Learn How To Run A Successful User Acceptance Test (UAT)

What you'll learn
What a UAT is at why it's important to have one
How to plan for a successful UAT, including engaging other teams and writing good scripts
How to support and engage testers for a successful UAT
How to track UAT progress and report your success
Requirements
Email address for free Google Sheets template
Description
I designed this course to help you learn how to successfully plan, run and close a User Acceptance Test, or UAT. I created this course because a UAT is a critical part of every project, but it's hard to run a UAT successfully. UAT's go beyond just running some tests and calling it a day. To be successful you'll have to lan - understand the testing needs of your system, figure out who you need on the team AND get buy-in for it allExecute - running the UAT takes more than just following steps. You'll need to obsessively communicate, find systems champions and track issues and metrics.Finalize - completing the UAT is more than just finishing all the scripts. You'll need to address each and every issue, ensure the team signs off on the status, and get the official thumbs up that testing is done.This course will go over each of those areas (as well as some more!) to help you prepare for and run a successful UAT.You'll need this course if youAre running a project - EVERY project needs some kind of acceptance testing, no matter how big or small.Serving on a project team - At the very least you'll be involved in some way supporting or running a UAT, so knowing how they work is critical to your success.Being a tester in a UAT - Understanding what's expected of you, and what isn't, will help you get the most out of your time testing.Managing someone involved in a UAT - Knowing what your team is expected to do will help you, as their manager, better support them during the UAT.UAT's are also more than just test scripts - they're about people. This course covers several topics related to managing those individuals, including:Getting buy in - UATs take time and money, convincing stakeholders a UAT is worth it can be hard! You'll learn how to highlight the need for a UAT and what types of communications are needed to get buy-in.Managing the testers - Getting a diverse group of folks to help finalize testing can be a challenge - you'll have to stay on top of things like availability, different opinions and more. You'll learn how to address challenges, and other ways testers can be used to improve the product.Supporting the team - Testers need more than a "good luck!" to be successful. You'll need to get them documentation, work with them to clarify challenges and more.Being involved, or running, a UAT can seem like a lot! But don't worry - this course will set you up for success!
Overview
Section 1: Introduction
Lecture 1 What is a UAT?
Lecture 2 How to use Udemy
Section 2: Planning for a UAT
Lecture 3 Introduction to UAT Planning
Lecture 4 Getting Buy In
Lecture 5 Getting Your Team
Lecture 6 System Champions
Lecture 7 Scenarios and Scripts
Lecture 8 Scheduling
Lecture 9 Script Template
Lecture 10 Planning Wrap Up
Section 3: Running a UAT
Lecture 11 Running a UAT Introduction
Lecture 12 Issues and Tracking Issues
Lecture 13 The Kickoff Call
Lecture 14 Communication
Lecture 15 Supporting the Team
Lecture 16 Metrics
Lecture 17 Running the UAT Wrap Up
Section 4: Finishing a UAT
Lecture 18 Introduction to Finishing a UAT
Lecture 19 Final Review of Issues
Lecture 20 Official Signoff
Lecture 21 Finishing a UAT Wrap Up
Section 5: Common UAT Challenges
Lecture 22 Introduction to Common Challenges
Lecture 23 Script Ownership
Lecture 24 Loss of Engagement
Lecture 25 Challenges Wrap Up
Section 6: Wrapup
Lecture 26 Course Wrap Up
Section 7: Extra Content
Lecture 27 Other Jobs for Testers
Lecture 28 UAT Tracker Settings
Anyone who is expected to setup and run a UAT,Anyone who is involved in a UAT,Managers of individuals involved in a UAT,A stakeholder who is responsible for a project's success


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