Manual testing 23 - What is Beta testing? What are the Entry and exit criteria of beta testing?

What is beta testing? Beta Testing It is type of testing which is done after releasing product or software to the market. It is done by set of test engineers or end users or customers. How to do Beta testing In beta testing end users or customers will download the trail version or beta version and install the software and start to use the software. While using software if they find any defect then they give the feedback to the company. Again, company will fix the defect, test the defect and release the trail or new version of the software in the market. Again, end user or TE will download the new version and start to use the software. Once customer gets confidence on the software then customer will pay for the product and purchase the product where in license version will be installed in the client place. Why we should do beta testing • Test engineer test the software in same platform and end user might use the software in different platform. To get this information we should do beta testing. • The way end users use the software is different in order to get this information we should beta testing • We can understand customer expectation by collecting the feedback from the customer and do some modification if possible. Entry criteria for Beta testing • Usually after Alpha Testing and product is 90% - 95% complete • Features are freeze and no enhancements accepted • Build should be stable for real users. • Alpha Testing should be signed off • Beta Tests takes what to test and document for how to use the Product. Exit criteria for Beta Testing • All the cycles should be completed • Major defects should be fixed. • Feedback provided by participants should be completed • Beta Test summary report • Beta Testing should be signed off Advantages of Beta testing • Helps to identify bugs that were not found during Alpha testing activities. • Suggestions from end users helps in enhancement of the product in future. • Increase customer satisfaction on the product. • Reduces product failure. • Maintain Better Customer Relationship Disadvantages of Beta Testing • Not all the feedback is effective - time taken to review feedback is high • Test Management is too difficult. • Finding the correct beta tester or a group of testers can sometimes be difficult • Since the testing is carried out in real time environment, you cannot have any control over the testing mechanism Possible Interview Questions on beta testing What is Beta Testing. How to do Beta Testing. Why we do Beta Testing Entry and Exit criteria for Beta Testing Advantages and Disadvantages of Beta Testing Difference between Alpha testing And Beta Testing ankpro ankpro training Asp.net MVC C# C sharp Bangalore Rajajinagar Selenium Coded UI Mobile automation testing Mobile testing JQuery JavaScript .Net C C++ Components of the .Net framework Hello World Literal Keywords Variable Data types Operators Branching Loops Arrays Strings Structures Enums Functions