If UAT and QA are not separate environments, with formal promotion between them, how can you do formal in house testing before giving the code to the customer to test? It also limits the time frames for testing in an environment where changes come in regular waves (like releases).
If UAT is "owned" by the customer, should they not have (and want to have) full control over the data in it? And to have that data very similar to "real" data. Would a customer want QA testers (much less programmers) to have access to data which looked sufficiently like production data? Would QA testers want data limited to the preferences and customs of just one customer? Auditors, both internal and external, in English speaking countries at least, want the greatest possible distance between "real" data and anyone not requiring access to that data. Regression testing is not easy (or cheap) in a modern database environment. On the other hand it is a great sleep aid. From: George Henke <gahe...@gmail.com> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Date: 06/15/2010 09:49 AM Subject: UAT Best Practices Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu> Would someone please tell me what is "best practices" as to where most of the User Acceptance Testing (UAT) should take place? 1) In the developers' Integration Testing environment and conducted by developers 2) In the Quality Assuarnce (QA) environment and conducted by QA analysts Also where should final user signoff occur? Thank you George Henke (C) 845 401 5614 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ----------------------------------------- The information contained in this communication (including any attachments hereto) is confidential and is intended solely for the personal and confidential use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, copying, or unauthorized use of this information, or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. Thank you ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
