UAT
Business & Finance abbreviation · Project Management
| Stands for | User acceptance testing |
|---|---|
| Categories | Business & Finance |
UAT stands for User acceptance testing, a project management abbreviation also used in technology.
Final testing phase in which business users or clients verify that a system or product meets their requirements in realistic scenarios before it is accepted and released to production.
Example: UAT starts Monday, and the finance team will test the month-end close scripts.
Usage notes
UAT follows unit, integration and system testing done by developers and testers. Sign-off after UAT often triggers contractual acceptance and payment milestones. Testing in a production-like environment with real data patterns reveals problems that lab testing misses.
Related abbreviations
More project management abbreviations
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- ART – Agile release train
- BAC – Budget at completion
- CAPM – Certified Associate in Project Management
- CCB – Change control board
- CCPM – Critical chain project management
- CO – Change order
- CPFF – Cost-plus-fixed-fee
- CPI – Cost performance index
- CPM – Critical path method
- CR – Change request
- CSM – Certified ScrumMaster