Acceptance Test Engineering Guide, Vol. I - Thinking about Acceptance RC1

Update: Release Candidate version of Volume I of the Acceptance Test Engineering Guide (Oct 26, 2009) is released

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Project Description

The Acceptance Test Engineering Guide will provide guidance for technology stakeholders (developers, development leads, testers, test leads, architects, etc.) and business stakeholders (managers, customers, end users, etc) on the discipline of acceptance testing.

Why acceptance testing?

patterns & practices has produced just a few guides related to testing (including performance testing, security testing of web apps, and testing of .NET application blocks). However, we hear a lot of requests from our customers for guidance on testing and test strategy in general, and also guidance on every type of testing you can think of. Based on this customer feedback, and a look at what guidance was available, we determined that acceptance testing was the next area to invest in.

What is acceptance testing?

Working definitions for a number of terms are available in our Draft Glossary. The current definition that is framing our work and discussions is: We are open to suggestions on this and other terms. Please leave comments on the Draft Glossary page.

What are we producing?

This guide is the first in the series of three dedicated to acceptance testing and requirements engineering:
The first guide will cover the discipline of acceptance testing from several perspectives and contexts. It will provide models, heuristics and a set of actionable job aides rooted in a sample app. The focus is on:

What types of things you can learn in the guide?

If any of the following goals apply to you, you will want to check out the the guide.
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