Patterns & practices Acceptance Test Engineering Guide, Volume 1 (Beta 2) is now available. The working definition that the team is using for acceptance testing is the planned evaluation of a system by customers and customer proxies to assess to what degree it satisfies their expectations. According to Microsoft, the guide is addressed at those intimately involved in the process of software development, developers, testers, architects, as well as at those responsible for selling the products and ultimately to customers and end users, being capable of delivering an insight into acceptance testing.

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