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Revisiting the Acceptance Criteria

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In this lesson, you will learn:

  • Why testing starts from the acceptance criteria
  • How each criterion becomes a test
  • SNWR’s checklist

🔁 Quick look back: Last time: Troubleshooting ACC. You learned how an offline agent was brought back.

1 The Problem: Testing Without a Target Proves Nothing

It’s week 9. Everything seems to work. But ‘seems to work’ isn’t proof. Without a target:

  • Everyone judges success differently.
  • Gate 5 can’t be signed fairly.

🎯 The problem: Testing without a target proves nothing.

👉 The fix: Test against the acceptance criteria SNWR agreed in week 2.

Table of criteria and how to test.
Figure 1. Acceptance criteria as a testing checklist.

2 From criteria to tests

  1. List every acceptance criterion.
  2. Write how you’ll measure each one.
  3. Decide the evidence you’ll show.
  4. Run the tests and record results.

3 Why this matters

⭐ Remember: Hana agreed these criteria before the build. Meeting them is the fairest proof that Clear View worked.

4 Project Clear View: How We Implemented It

📍 Situation: Testing starts in week 9.

🧭 Decision: Turn AC-01 to AC-12 into the testing checklist.

🛠️ Steps we took:

  1. Listed the twelve criteria.
  2. Wrote a measure and evidence for each.
  3. Agreed the checklist with Hana.
  4. Linked each to test cases in the test plan.

✅ What we verified:

  • Every criterion has a test.
  • Hana agreed the checklist.

📁 Evidence: The acceptance checklist, part of the test plan.

5 Quick recap

  • Test against the criteria agreed in requirements.
  • Each criterion needs a measure and evidence.
  • Agree the checklist with the client.
  • Meeting agreed criteria is the fairest proof.

6 Check yourself

Think of your answer first. Then tap to check.

1 Why test against the acceptance criteria? Show answer

They’re the target the client agreed before the build.

2 How is AC-09 tested? Show answer

By searching results for excluded IP addresses.

3 When were the criteria agreed? Show answer

Week 2, during Requirements Gathering.

Nice work! Clear View’s testing has a clear target. 🎉
Next up: Writing the Test Plan

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