BETA TESTING

BETA TESTING

     Beta testing can be considered to be a form of external user acceptance testing.The software is released to a group of people so that further testing can be done to ensure that the product has no faults or bugs.Beta versions are also sometimes made available to the public to facilitate in the increase of the feedback maximum number of future users.

     Generally a release notes file is included with each beta version. Release notes reveal certain information about the product like:

•  version number of the product,
•  technical requirements for the machine that is to be used for testing,
• the list of changes from the previous version, and,
• descriptions of known problems about the product.

     A beta version is NOT the final version of the product and hence the developer of the product does not ensure an absence of errors that could disrupt the computer's operation which could result in data loss.

     Consequently, beta testers use the beta version at their own risk and the manufacturing company has no responsibility for any consequences that may arise out of the use of the beta version.

References

Retrieved may 11th 2014 from http://www.kaspersky.com/downloads/beta_testing

Retrieved may 11th 2014 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_testing.