Pre-production product testing to find and eliminate the most obvious design defects or deficiencies, usually in a laboratory setting or in some part of the developing firm's regular operations, although in some cases it may be done in controlled settings with lead customers See also beta test and gamma test
A program in a preliminary stage of testing by the company or developers creating it Usually this phase is conducted internally by the developers before releasing a BETA TEST to potential users outside of the organization
The stage during the research and development of a new product during which a prototype of the system is operated to determine whether the system concept and design are functional Stage to identify areas that need further development and/or enhancement
a test of software to see if it works properly, done by the company that is writing the software beta test
The primary testing of new software by developers, during the early stages of development To be followed by later stages, see Beta Test
An alpha test is run during the development stage of a project A programmer would alpha test a program while they are writing the code The hope is that all problems will be found at this stage before the program is released A beta test is usually required though Even then most projects have a few unfound problems when released to the public
The "alpha" is the software prototype stage when the software is first able to run It will not have all the intended functionality, but it will have core functions and will be able to accept inputs and generate outputs During the alpha test, the EPRI project manager and domain experts typically exercise the software and provide feedback to the developers EPRI Software Quality must review any alpha software that will be run outside the developer's shop More than one alpha may be developed and tested
Conducted internally by the manufacturer, it takes a new product through a protocol of testing procedures to verify product functionality and capability
(computer science) a first test of an experimental product (such as computer software) carried out by the developer
the testing on software performed by the developers, usually during the development process; also, the first of several stages in the software testing process (see beta test)
The testing of a new product in-house, not with potential users (beta test) The testing may be in a laboratory setting or (as in the case of glues or computers) in some part of the developing firm's regular operations
In-house testing of pre-production products to find and eliminate the most obvious design defects or deficiencies, either in a laboratory setting or in some part of the developing firm's regular operations See also BetaTest
Alpha testing describes the stage in project development when selected users are asked to run rigorous tests on the newly developed software that will identify problems such as programming bugs so that the developer can fix the software before Beta testing or wider release