Enterprise System UAT Testing Guide

User acceptance testing should prove that the configured solution supports the business process end to end. Clicking through fields is not enough if integrations, permissions, notifications, reporting and exception paths have not been tested.

Define acceptance criteria

Agree what must be true before the business will accept the solution. Criteria may include critical workflows passing, priority defects closed, integrations reconciled, reports validated and key user roles able to complete their tasks.

Write scenario-based tests

Build scripts around realistic processes: report an incident and investigate it, hire a worker and provision downstream systems, transfer an employee and update learning assignments, or onboard a contractor through approval and site access.

Use representative test data

Include different sites, business units, contractor types, employment statuses and edge cases. Clean happy-path records alone will not expose mapping, hierarchy or permission problems.

Test roles and permissions

Run the same process as the submitter, manager, reviewer and administrator. Confirm users can see what they need and cannot see sensitive information outside their role.

Test notifications and escalations

Validate recipient logic, email content, links, due dates and escalation timing. Excessive or incorrect notifications are common go-live issues because they are difficult to assess from configuration screens alone.

Include integrations

Where possible, run the full interface path and reconcile the result. Confirm both successful transactions and failure handling, including what users see when a downstream update is rejected.

Validate reports

Compare key report totals to known source records. Test date filters, hierarchy, security and metric definitions before executives receive the first production dashboard.

Manage defects visibly

Record severity, owner, evidence, status and retest outcome. Separate genuine defects from enhancement requests so go-live decisions are based on risk rather than backlog size alone.

Run regression after fixes

A configuration change can affect other workflows. Retest related scenarios and critical integrations after material fixes rather than assuming the change was isolated.

Use formal sign-off

Business owners should understand remaining risks, deferred items and support arrangements before approving go-live. Sign-off should reflect evidence, not calendar pressure.

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