One of the most important aspects of implementation, I think, is user acceptance testing. At the end of the day, systems are made to be used by users. They’re the ones who will be doing work or utilizing the system on a regular basis. When the users can actually get their hands on the system and start working with it, they can decide whether or not their requirements have been met. As the book describes, acceptance testing can be split into two types: alpha and beta. Alpha testing comes first and involves simulated data in a test environment. There are different types of tests that get run during this process, including stress tests, performance tests, recovery testing, and security testing. The goal is to identify bugs and the ways a system will react to different situations. Beta testing is where the actual users get involved. The system is put into their environment with real data and they get to try it out. As the book points out, it’s like a rehearsal. The system, training, documentation, etc. are all evaluated by real users.<\/p>\n
I’m sure that user acceptance testing and actually getting users to accept a system can be a challenging, long process. But systems that skip it entirely are at great risk of a disastrous implementation. In those situations, the acceptance testing essentially comes when the system is put in place in production. It’s much harder to fix bugs and keep users happy then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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