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Beta testing is a type of external user acceptance testing and is the final round of testing performed before a product is finally released to the wider audience. In this testing, a nearly completed (90-95%) version of the software, known as the beta version is released to a limited number of end-users for testing. This beta testing method is performed to gain feedback on accessibility, usability, reliability, functionality, and other aspects of the developed software.<br><br>#Betatesting #Betatest<br>
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What is Beta Testing? Beta testing is a type of external user acceptance testing and is the final round of testing performed before a product is finally released to the wider audience. In this testing, a nearly completed (90-95%) version of the software, known as the beta version is released to a limited number of end-users for testing. This beta testing method is performed to gain feedback on accessibility, functionality, and other aspects of the developed software. usability, reliability,
What is the purpose of Beta Testing? The main purpose of beta testing is to get the developed product tested by real users in the production environment. This method of beta testing is conducted to gain effective feedback for product improvement before launching the product into the market for a larger set of audience. Additionally, it is a known fact that continuous improvement is an ongoing process and continues with an aim to constantly evaluate and improve products over time. As Beta testing is done by real-users or end-users, it gives more genuine and real-time insights about whether the product will be liked by end-users or not if launched.
Benefits of Beta Testing ● Beta testing delivers prompt feedback on the product and this helps to improve the product quality and thereby makes the product more satisfactory for the customer even before final release ● Beta testers test the reliability, usability, robustness of the software, and gives feedback/suggestions to developers to improve the product to meet customer expectations ● Beta testing helps various organizational teams to make informed decisions about a product depending on suggestions given by the testers who are the real-time users ● Helps to cover bugs in the software which might not have been covered or have been missed during any of the testing cycles ● Gives actual insight into customer likes and dislikes about the product since the product is tested by real users in a production environment
Types of Beta Testing: Public beta testing: In this testing method, the software product is delivered to people worldwide via online channels, and the feedback from users is collected through the online channels only. Technical beta testing: In this testing type, the software product is released to the internal employees or technical group of an organization to gather their feedback and suggestions for product improvement. Focused beta testing: Focused beta testing is performed to monitor specific features or components of the software product. Post-release beta testing: In this testing type, the software product is released to the market for the end-users, and their feedback, suggestions, and data are collected for the future release of the software.
How to create a Beta Test Strategy? Creating a beta test strategy is very important before conducting a beta test and a beta test strategy contains the below information: ● Business objective of the product ● Schedule for entire beta testing phases ● Beta test plan ● Beta testing approach to be followed by participants or beta testers ● Tools to be used for identification of bugs, measuring productivity, and for collecting feedback from end-users ● Rewards and incentives if any to the participants ● Information about entry and exit criteria
