Assuring Quality Through Acceptance Testing
Making Sure that the Business Problem is Solved
It is the Business Analyst’s job to define the
business problem to be solved by information
technology (IT) professionals. It is also the
Business Analyst’s responsibility to confirm that
the resulting solution developed by IT does, in
fact, solve the defined problem. This is done
first through testing - especially acceptance
testing - and then through monitoring of the
installed solution in the user community.
The Business Analyst is not only concerned
with the testing itself, but also with the
management and monitoring of the users
doing the acceptance testing and recording,
analysis and evaluation of results.
Prerequisites
A solid understanding of Business Analysis
and software development, as well as some
experience in both
Course Level
Intermediate/Advanced
Who Should Attend
It is important for you to attend if you:
Work as a Business Analyst
Perform acceptance testing on behalf of the
users
Manage or monitor users performing
acceptance testing
Prepare test cases for system or acceptance
testing
Evaluate, analyze or record the results of
acceptance testing
Ensure that the product is accepted and
used in the business community and solves
the initial business problem it was intended
to solve
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Performance Focus
Acceptance testing
System testing
Creation of test cases and test scenarios
Planning an acceptance test
Confirmation of the business solution in the
business environment
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What You Will Learn
You will learn how to:
Create a set of acceptance test cases
Manage and monitor an acceptance test
stage where users perform the testing
Work with the development team in the
systems testing stage
Assess the solution once it is in the business
environment
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Course Overview
Getting Started
Introductions
Course structure
Course goals and objectives
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Foundation Concepts
The role of the Business Analyst
The IIBA®’s A Guide to the Business Analysis
Body of Knowledge® (BABOK® Guide)
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Knowledge Areas
The Business Analyst and the product and
project life cycle
Introduction to assuring software quality
through acceptance testing
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The Scope of IT Testing
Overview of testing stages
The testing process
Testing documentation
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Pre-Acceptance Testing
The various roles in software testing
Early development testing stages (unit and
integration)
Late development testing stage (system)
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The Acceptance Test Stage – Part I (Planning,
Design and Development)
Overview of user acceptance testing
Acceptance test planning
Designing user acceptance tests
Developing individual user acceptance test
cases
Building effective user acceptance test
scenarios
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The User Acceptance Test Stage – Part II
(Execution and Reporting)
Operating guidelines
Execution
Reporting
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Post-Acceptance Testing
Overview
Project implementation
Project transition (project closure)
Production through retirement
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Testing Commercial Off-the-Shelf Software
Overview
Selecting the software
Implementing the software
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Summary
What did we learn, and how can we
implement this in our work environments?
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