Attach an Honest Label to Any UAT Result From a Non-User
The Simulated User Disclosure
Companion to You Are Not the User · Updated 2026-09-29
Use this when a UAT result came from anyone other than a real user, so the result travels with an honest label. Worked in “‘We Tested It’ Means Almost Nothing.”
The Simulated User Disclosure: attach it to every simulated UAT result.
| Field | Entry |
|---|---|
| Who simulated which user role | |
| Their UAT Distance | |
| What they know that the real user wouldn’t | |
| What the real user knows that they don’t | |
| Conditions that were absent (volume, interruptions, real data, exceptions) | |
| The decision this result may support | |
| The decision this result may not support |
The last two rows are the reason the disclosure exists. If nobody can fill in “may not support,” the team hasn’t thought about what simulated UAT can’t tell it.