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The Top 5 Reasons to Conduct User Acceptance Testing: Ensuring Successful Software Deployment

by 
Ash Conway
Aug 16, 2023
User Acceptance Testing (UAT) is a critical phase in the software development life cycle that involves testing the software with real users to ensure it meets their requirements and expectations. It is a vital step towards ensuring successful software deployment and user satisfaction.
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The Importance of User Acceptance Testing: Ensuring Customer Satisfaction and Software Success

by 
Ash Conway
Jul 20, 2023
User acceptance testing (UAT) is a crucial phase in the software development lifecycle that focuses on validating the software's readiness for real-world use. It involves testing the system with real users to ensure that it meets their requirements and expectations.
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The Definitive Guide To User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

by 
Ash Conway
Jan 1, 2018
Access a detailed UAT guide packed with free templates and tips for start-to-finish user acceptance testing success. Discover how to build UAT teams, plan for UAT and how to manage results. Download the free guide - no opt-in required.
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How To Conduct A UAT Market Assessment

by 
Ash Conway
Mar 29, 2017
Did you know that professional UAT teams can add significant value to new releases, even before a single line of code has been written? It’s true. Senior digital leaders are increasingly turning to user acceptance teams with the hope of uncovering critical product insights during the planning stage of the SDLC - not to review their own software, but rather the software of others in your market (and beyond).
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UAT Infographic: A Tale Of Two Startups

by 
Ash Conway
Mar 15, 2017
This infographic explores how two very different testing philosophies can impact the trajectory of your startup.
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How website usability affects conversions

by 
Ash Conway
Feb 9, 2017
Usability can actually be a marketing tool. The more informative a website is, the more likely it is that a potential customer will remain long enough to convert. A high quality site also makes it easier for the customer to interact, thus minimising website abandonment, and these aren’t the only ways that user friendliness and usability increase conversions.
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Testing beyond coding

by 
Bugwolf Team
Jan 1, 2017
Perhaps the single most important element in software testing is to produce a functional piece of software. You want what reaches the customer or the marketplace to be as free of bugs as possible.
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Testing software for nonfunctional performance

by 
Ash Conway
Oct 15, 2016
The purpose of nonfunctional testing is to go beyond the input and output of an application to determine how well it meets system requirements. Nonfunctional testing determines how well an application interacts with the the environment in which it is intended to function.
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Building consistent user interface

by 
Ash Conway
Oct 13, 2016
From the viewpoint of software development, interface exists to enable human beings to communicate with and use software. This is so true that the average individual judges the quality of an application by the quality of its interface. It doesn't matter how well the program may perform its designed functions, it will still be rejected if the interface is not well designed.
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Important touch points in website development

by 
Ash Conway
Sep 18, 2016
The Internet has become a vital part of society. It is the Library of Alexandria of the 21st Century. More people are going online every year and no business can avoid the need to reach customers and do business through the Internet. The website has gone from being an adjunct form of advertising, to being the image that any given business presents to the world. Consequently, building the right website has become an important part of any successful business plan.
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The importance of humans in software testing

by 
Ash Conway
Aug 21, 2016
Software testing began as a human activity and has evolved, right along with coding, to embrace an increasing amount of automation. The pressure to automate is quite strong. It speeds the development process and cuts costs, at least most of the time. But is it always the go-to solution?
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The growing importance of user acceptance testing

by 
Bugwolf Team
Apr 21, 2016
The importance of user experience testing has grown in direct proportion to the complexity of what is being tested. There was a time when software UAT didn’t even exist because software did not exist. There was no such thing when Charles Babbage started work on his “difference engine” way back in the early 1800s.
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