User Acceptance Testing

User acceptance testing involves real users trying out a cloud solution or service to gather feedback about usability, functionality, and performance. This iterative testing method is crucial because it shows engineers what works and what doesn't in the implementation, allowing them to improve the solution based on user feedback and ensure the system meets user requirements and expectations.

Starting Points

• AWS Well-Architected Framework - Testing - understanding the importance and approach of testing
• User Acceptance Testing for Cloud Applications - step-by-step explanation and best practices for UAT

Key Points

• You plan structured testing sessions and formulate concrete goals (e.g., testing specific features) and acceptance criteria.
• You collect both quantitative data (response times, success rates) and qualitative feedback from users and analyze this to identify pain points in the system.
• You demonstrate adjustments based on user feedback and reflect on how these improve the user experience.