What is user acceptance testing?

UAT is the final testing phase where real users or stakeholders verify the product meets business needs before release. It focuses on real-world scenarios and explicit pass/fail criteria rather than code-level checks.

What makes a good acceptance test case?

A good case states a clear scenario, concrete steps, and an unambiguous expected result so anyone can run it and judge pass or fail. The builder structures each case into exactly those fields.

What are entry and exit criteria?

Entry criteria are conditions that must hold before UAT starts, like a deployed build; exit criteria define when testing is complete, such as all critical cases passing. The plan includes both so the round has clear boundaries.

Why include a sign-off section?

Sign-off records who approved the release and when, creating accountability and an audit trail. The builder appends a sign-off block with name, role, decision, and date fields for each stakeholder.

How is the pass rate computed?

The tool counts how many test cases are marked Pass versus the total number of cases and shows the percentage. It updates live as you change each case's status during testing.

Acceptance Test Plan Builder

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A complete UAT plan without a template hunt

User acceptance testing needs a clear scope, well-formed test cases, and a sign-off trail. This builder assembles all three from simple inputs, computes a live pass rate, and produces a plan you can copy straight into a doc to circulate for approval.

How it works

You set the feature scope and the entry and exit criteria that bound the round. Then you add test cases, each with a scenario, ordered steps, an expected result, and a status of Pass, Fail, or Not Run. As you mark statuses, the tool counts passes against the total to display a live pass rate, which is the most common UAT exit metric. Finally it appends a sign-off block so each stakeholder can record their name, role, decision, and date. The whole plan renders as clean text for copy-paste.

Tips and example

Keep each test case to one scenario — “User resets a forgotten password” — so pass or fail is unambiguous.
Define exit criteria up front, for example all critical cases Pass and no open blockers.
Use the Not Run status for cases blocked by an environment issue so they are not silently skipped.
Circulate the sign-off block early so approvers know exactly what they are accountable for.