From the course: Software Testing Foundations: Test Preparation
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Viability testing and product prep
From the course: Software Testing Foundations: Test Preparation
Viability testing and product prep
- [Instructor] There are two early steps in the process you can take to ensure your preparation for the beta test is a success. These are viability testing and product prep. Viability testing is taking the product through its paces to ensure there are no critical issues. Product prep is stepping through each of the pieces of the product and checking them off. In both cases, these steps help you find confidence the product is ready to hand off for customer validation. The purpose of a beta test is to have real people assessing the product from a real-world perspective. Getting the product into the hands of customers to validate the durability, quality, and performance is essential to the success of any product. Having real customers look over things helps ensure that when the product goes to production, it's ready for the consumer. However, readiness for test is a whole different matter. Users are volunteering for the project,…