The QA versus UAT Matrix
Use this when a team is treating a QA pass as proof that users can do the job, or scheduling UAT that is really a second round of QA. Worked in “‘We Tested It’ Means Almost Nothing.”
The QA versus UAT Matrix, one line per dimension, filled in for your own release.
| Dimension | QA | UAT |
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Question asked |
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Who performs it |
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Tested against |
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Data used |
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What “pass” means |
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What a pass can’t prove |
If the two columns come out nearly identical in the “Who performs it” and “Data used” rows, the team ran QA twice and called the second one UAT.