Beta Testing of a Mobile Application: A Case Study.
Mateja Kocbek, Marjan Heričko · 2013
Beta testing is the last stage of testing, and normally involves sending the product for beta testing and real-world exposure outside the company. Beta testing is often preceded by a round of testing called alpha testing. Beta testing can be considered a form of external user acceptance testing. Software in the beta phase will generally have many more bugs in it than completed applications, as well as speed and performance issues that may still cause crashes or data loss. Beta testing is the first opportunity to get real feedback from target customers. The launch of a mobile application is especially crucial because it is the single biggest opportunity to get an application discovered in the mobile markets. In this article, the beta testing of mobile applications is presented. Our aim is to identify the optimal number of testers, who can reveal the majority of errors and mistakes during beta testing. The findings were obtained through the case study research method. Key Words and Phrases: alpha testing, beta testing, software testing, acceptance testing 1.