User Acceptance Testing (UAT) is the final stage of any software development life cycle. It is a process to confirm that the system meets the defined requirements and that users will be able to execute the required business processes upon go-live. While members of DePaul's core project team have already been testing Blue Sky, the UAT phase adds additional members of the user community to ensure that key users will have experience using the new system prior to go-live.
A group of “heavy users” of the system are participating in UAT activities in September and early October to test the system’s functionality before BlueSky HCM is introduced it to a wider user group.
Note: Testing and training will be conducted separately for the two parts of the system: BlueSky Human Capital Management (HCM) and BlueSky Finance. Once the system goes live, though, Blue Sky will deliver DePaul’s functions for human resources, finance and budgeting applications seamlessly.