Step 3: Test: Check the Work

Now it would be pretty embarrassing if we did all this heavy lifting and then didn’t follow through to make sure everything worked. Checking the work is where we make sure our work is up to snuff while getting some feedback from our customer.

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Walking the test criteria while demoing your software to your customer is one good way to show them it works. It’s even better if you can get your customer to drive through the demo while you sit back and observe how they use the software.

Now I know what you’re thinking. With all the testing that goes on with an agile project, do we even need a formal user acceptance test ...

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