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beta testing | ||||
subject | fact |
beta testing | has definition Testing performed by the user or client in a normal work environment | |
has advantage | ||
is a subtopic of 10.9 - Strategies for Testing Large Systems | ||
is a kind of testing performed by users and clients | ||
testing performed by users and clients | should occur when the developers believe that the software has reached a sufficient level of quality (e.g. it is approaching the quality targets) | |
testing | can find defects whose consequences are obvious but which are buried in complex code, and thus will be hard to detect when inspecting | |
involves thinking of what could go wrong without actually studying the software | ||
is complementary to inspecting | ||
requires attention to detail | ||
process | see also process^2 |