UAT Defined: A Guide to Practical User Acceptance Testing

Chapter 2. Defining UAT—What It Is…and What It Is Not

Introduction

If I know you as well as I think, you probably skipped the Introduction to this book. I am not going to waste your time spending the first chapters defining terminology and quality assurance concepts like most books on testing. Heck, I’m not even going to explain the difference between black-box and white-box testing. But you do need to have a good understanding of the goals, expectations, and scope of UAT before learning how to be successful at it. In fact, I insist on going further than other testing books with the depth that I explore topics indirectly related to UAT. My goal is this and only this: to provide you with everything you need to know to be successful and effective ...