The Simulated User Disclosure
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 |
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Who simulated which user role |
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Their UAT Distance |
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What they know that the real user wouldn’t |
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What the real user knows that they don’t |
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Conditions that were absent (volume, interruptions, real data, exceptions) |
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The decision this result may support |
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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.