DELIVER Run & Support UAT The User Acceptance Testing (UAT), plays a critical role as the last phase of the software development or change request lifecycle before its release. It helps to ensure that the software performs as intended in real-world scenarios. How To Perform During UAT execution the Solution Architect (SA) and QA Lead will work with the customer UAT team to review defects arising from testing. 1. High-level UAT expectations are described in the Quality Assurance Plan. 2. UAT roles and responsibilities are defined in the Testing Plan(s). 3. Environments needed to execute SIT testing are defined in the Environment Management Plan. 4. Customer/Partner writes and develops UAT plan / test cases. 5. QA Lead reviews UAT plan and test cases and provides input. 6. Customer UAT team executes UAT test cases. 7. Customer performs exploratory testing. 8. SA and QA Lead review defects arising from UAT.