What is Beta Testing? What are the Entry & Exit criteria?

Product testing is an important part of the design cycle. Different stages of the development cycle require different types of testing. In this tutorial, we’ll learn about beta testing, which is a type of testing that can help prevent product failure.

There is still a lot of confusion about what beta testing is and what it can do for product design teams. We will assist you by giving you advice on how to beta test and things to consider when you do.

What is Beta Testing?

Beta testing is a type of user testing where a group of users gets to try out a nearly finished product and tell the product team how well the product works in the real world.

There is no set standard for what a beta test should look like or how to set up a beta test. The testing procedure should be relevant to the goals. In order to be ready for beta testing, a product needs to meet a few requirements:

• The product should be finished with all the features that are planned for the final version.
• The product should be stable enough that participants do not face unpredictable crashes.
• The test participants should be part of the product’s target audience.
• Test participants should use an app in the real world and interact with it.

What are the features of beta testing?

The product is tested by real users in a real environment. A beta version of the software is released to a limited number of users to find out if the product is good. Beta testing helps to make sure that the product will work and that customers will like it. It is the final phase of testing before the product is shipped to customers. The customers give feedback when the testing is done. It is always useful to test the product in the customer’s environment.

Features of beta testing are:

• A real environment is used for testing. Beta testing helps provide an actual position on quality.
• Testing is done by the client, the person or group being tested, and the person or group doing the testing.
• Beta testing is done after alpha testing and before releasing it into the market.
• Beta testing is a form of black-box testing.
• Beta testing is done with real users who aren’t testers.
• Before the final product release, alpha testing is performed.
• It is done for testing software products like utilities and operating systems.

Entry & Exit Criteria

What are the Entry Criteria for Beta Testing?

We should take a look at the criteria for starting beta testing.

1. A proper signoff is received from the testing team after Alpha testing is completed.
2. The Beta version of the application should be available to test.
3. A known issues list should be documented and kept ready to be published.
4. A tool that captures real-time errors.

Based on the Alpha testing signoff, Beta testing can be performed.

What are the Exit Criteria for Beta Testing?

Let’s review the criteria for passing beta testing.

1. There are no major bugs in the application.
2. The feedback report should be used to make future versions of the product better.
3. Delivery of Beta Summary Report.
4. Sign off on beta testing

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