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Author Difference between smoke test and build acceptance test?
peyo2@o2.pl

2006-09-25, 4:18 am

Hi all,

Can you explain the difference between smoke test and build
acceptance test? Are they synonymous?

Thanks and Regards,

Peter

ifernandez.redsauce@gmail.com

2006-09-25, 7:06 pm

User Acceptance Tests
This is a suite of tests that demonstrates to the client (the user)
that the object of the testing is able to accomplish the tasks it was
designed for, at least in a minimum way.

Smoke tests
It is a small (and usually fast in time) subset of tests executed over
the product just to ensure that it works in a first instance. Usually,
a smoke test is executed just after a build. If the smoke test is not
passed, the QA team should be capable of rejecting this version of the
product.

Hope this be helpful :)


Iv=E1n Fern=E1ndez
QA Manager
www.redsauce.net

James Bond 007

2006-09-25, 7:06 pm


<peyo2@o2.pl> wrote in message =
news:1159179862.941370.189790@d34g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
> Hi all,
>=20
> Can you explain the difference between smoke test and build
> acceptance test? Are they synonymous?
>=20
> Thanks and Regards,
>=20
> Peter


I think they are synonymous. Another term you will see is basic sanity =
test. It is a very short and quick suite of tests (maybe only 1 or 2 =
tests) that verify that the build was good, the system is stable and =
that it can be used for further development and testing efforts.
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