Alpha and Beta Testing-Acceptance Testing
Alpha and Beta Testing Acceptance Testing Making sure the software works correctly for intended user in his or her normal work environment. Alpha test (version of the complete software is tested by customer under the supervision of the developer at the developer’s site) Beta test (version of the complete software is tested by customer at his or her own site without the developer being present) Software can be built as a custom software, (e.g. MIS for a particular organization) for one customer or as a product to be used by many customers. When it is developed as custom software, a series of acceptance tests are conducted to enable the customer to validate all requirements. They are conducted by the end-user rather than software engineers and may be conducted over a period of weeks or months. In case of software being developed as a product it is not possible to have acceptance testing by each end-user and hence a process called alp...