Software Engineering

20.6 
 Software test and evaluation (software acceptance 
testing stage)
1. 
Execute the acceptance test procedures.
 The software test and evaluation 
organization should execute acceptance test procedures to qualify the software 
configuration and computing environment. Any test failures must be analyzed 
to identify the source of the failure. Members of the software quality assurance 

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team should monitor the execution of each test to ensure that the test procedures 
were followed and that the results were properly captured or recorded.
2. 
Generate software problem reports.
 When a software test procedure does not 
generate the expected results, then a software problem report should be gener-
ated to identify the problem and how it deviated from the expected results. 
Software problem reports should document each problem encountered in a 
manner that enables reconstructing the test results. Each problem report must be 
assigned to the appropriate software development organization for resolution.
3. 
Publish the acceptance test report.
 The software test and evaluation organiza-
tion should prepare the acceptance test report to document the status of soft-
ware acceptance testing. This report should identify any deficiency identified 
and establish the regression testing necessary to properly demonstrate that the 
repaired software configuration or computing environment characteristic ade-
quately resolves the deficiency.