What is Acceptance Testing? A Basic Introduction

Wondering what Acceptance Testing is and why it’s important? Acceptance testing ensures that your software meets business and user requirements before launch. From User Acceptance Testing (UAT) to Alpha and Beta testing, this phase identifies up to 90% of defects, improving quality and reducing risk. Learn about the different types and tools like Selenium, Cucumber, and TestComplete in our latest blog!

1. What is
Acceptance
Testing? A Basic
Introduction
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2. Acceptance testing is a crucial stage in the software
development lifecycle, ensuring a software application meets
business and user needs before release. It involves validating
functionality, performance, and usability to ensure it's functional,
reliable, and user-friendly.
Introduction

3. When to perform
Acceptance Testing?
Upon completion of coding,
acceptance testing is conducted
to ensure that all requirements are
met.
End of Development
The software is thoroughly tested
before its release to end-users.
Before User Acceptance
To identify last-minute issues or
defects before the software went
live.
Pre-Release
Sometimes after executing post-
deployment to ensure its
expected performance.
Post-Deployment

4. Types of Acceptance
Testing
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Business Acceptance Testing (BAT)
Contract Acceptance Testing (CAT)
Regulation Acceptance Testing (RAT)
Operational Acceptance Testing (OAT)
Alpha Testing
Beta Testing

5. Acceptance Testing Tools
Selenium: Automates web application testing across
browsers and programming languages, ideal for UAT and
regression testing.
Cucumber: Aids Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) by
enabling plain language tests, ideal for BAT and UAT.
JIRA with Zephyr: Robust test management, ideal for BAT
and OAT tracking, but may be costly for smaller teams.
TestComplete: Automates UI testing for web, desktop, and
mobile applications, offering a user-friendly interface.
Postman: Robust API testing tool for RAT and CAT, but may
not cover broader application testing needs.

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