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Manage Acceptance Test
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Manage Acceptance Test
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The purpose of this workflow detail is to ensure that the product is deemed acceptable to the customer prior to its general release.
The Deployment Manager organises the installation of the product on one or more Test Environment Configurations that represents an environment acceptable to the customer as specified in the Product Acceptance Plan. In some cases, this environment will actually be the production deployment environment itself.
In some cases, the installation process itself may involve be subject to an acceptance test, as may any preceeding hardware upgrades and configurations.
Once installed, the Tester typically runs through a pre-selected set of tests—usually based on a selected subset of the existing Test Suites—and determines the Test Results. The Deployment Manager and other stakeholders review the Test Results for anomalies. If there are "show stoppers", the Deployment Manager raises Change Requests that require immediate attention and resolution, and may delay or postpone subsequent plans for deployment to a wider user base.
A Deployment Manager needs to be someone who is aware of the operational needs of the end user and capable of enabling a valid assessment of the product in a suitable environment. Pulling together all the many items, events and resources required for a sucessful acceptance test requires exceptional planning an organization skills.
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