User Acceptance Testing

Prepare your acceptance test team for the big responsibility ahead of them

Acceptance Testing is the final stage of testing before product release or implementation. It presents specific challenges for starting software testers and is often the first testing experience for the subject matter experts involved. This course familiarises participants with the basic principles of software testing and equips them with the skills necessary to achieve the objective of their acceptance test.

"Fabulous trainer. Ball of energy & very approachable"

Wendy Roberts, Aegis.

First, the role of Acceptance Testing in the context of the overall testing lifecycle is discussed. Then, using a mix of theory and practical hands on exercises, this course provides techniques and processes necessary to:

Create a risk analysis
Decompose requirements documents
Identify non-functional requirements
Define acceptance criteria
Prepare realistic business scenarios for testing
Identify test environment requirements
Manage changes during testing
Schedule test execution
Evaluate the test results from a business perspective, and
Deal with the specific challenges of contractual acceptance testing and managing vendor testing.

"A very thorough course, very helpful in thinking about processes to set up solid foundations for testing"

Gavin Wood, Fisher & Paykel Finance.

This IIBA™ endorsed course also provides material and skills relevant to the BABOK™ knowledge area of Solution Assessment and Validation.

Intended For

Starting software testers, business analysts and subject matter experts who will be involved in the Acceptance Testing process plus other project professionals who want to develop a better understanding of the process.

Looking for a more generic introduction to software testing course? In that case, you may also be interested in our publicly scheduled Introduction to Software Testing course. Regardless whether you start with system testing, acceptance testing, functional or non-functional testing, this course allows you to add value from the moment you are involved in testing software.

Prerequisites

Nil.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course participants will be able to:

Understand the different types of testing
Understand the software development lifecycle and the testing lifecycle
Articulate how Acceptance Testing fits into the testing lifecycle
Understand functional, non-functional, business scenarios, system integration and end-to-end scenarios
Understand the challenges of integration testing and regression testing
Define test scope
Determine the priorities for testing activities
Apply software testing best practices
Create appropriate test cases for Acceptance Testing
Execute a process for decomposing requirements or use cases to testable conditions
Understand the different test design techniques
Design and implement a process for tracing test cases to requirements
Balance test execution progress with thoroughness
Write good defect reports

Content

Principles of testing

The “testing mindset”
The fundamental test process

Testing throughout the lifecycle

The different types of testing
Specific challenges
System integration testing
Regression testing

Risk analysis

Recognising the greatest business and technical risks
The process for establishing the priority for testing

Defining the scope

Identifying what needs to be done
Defining a strategy to achieve this
Defining high level test suites
Decomposing requirements or use cases to testable conditions
Functional, non functional and system integration requirements

Test planning

High level test planning techniques
Identifying the appropriate strategy
Exploratory and pre-designed test approaches
Understanding constraints of the test environment
Defining a regression test strategy
Test execution scheduling

Test design

Different techniques for:
- Functional test cases
- Business scenarios
- System integration test cases
- End-to-end scenarios
- Non functional test cases

Test case construction

Good test case design
The level of precision required
Documentation
Practical exercise

Method Used

Presentations, interactive discussion and hands-on exercises.

Testimonials

"Good subject matter, Sharon very engaging with students and really knows her material."

Sylvia Cates, Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service.

"A very thorough course, very helpful in thinking about processes to set up solid foundations for testing"

Gavin Wood, Fisher & Paykel Finance.

"Fabulous trainer. Ball of energy & very approachable"

Wendy Roberts, Aegis.

"Ellan you are a fantastic presenter and I thoroughly enjoyed this course"

Angela Miller-Priebee, Systems Support Officer, Sysmex NZ Ltd.

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