User Acceptance Testing your R12 Upgrade

Joanne NashVatis Consulting Pty. Ltd.

16 August 2010

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Overview

• Purpose of UAT

• Who should perform UAT?

• What could we test?

• How do we work out what we should test?

• White Paper: http://www.vatis.com.au

What do I test?

Theory

The BusinessThe Business

ITIT

Start with Business Process

The upgrade process begins with an update of the business processes to incorporate new and changed functionality

IT deliverables

The project team perform the upgrade and complete configuration changes for new functionality

Testing

Unit testing for customisations

Interface testing establishes whether any interfaces are affected by the upgrade.

System Testing (aka Functional Testing) tests the application functionality

UAT - must be based on business process

The Big Picture

Who should be responsible for UAT?

The Business Perspective

• Why is the EBS not like other software?

• I.T. changed it – they should know what to test

The IT Perspective

• The business owns the system

• Familiarity with the business process

Can We All Agree?

What should we test?

Scenario Criticality

• How long could we go with this not working?

• How visible is this process – customers, suppliers, reporting

Functional Risk

• What changed?• What has failed for

others?

Activity – Refer Handout

Test Order

Conclusion1) Scenario Based 2) High risk first

Questions

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