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checklist, the user test group records them to the systems people periodically.
Modifications are made to make the system ready to be released for full imple-
mentation and operations.
A product's beta is an officially released version of a product which includes
most of the product's functionality. The beta version is intended for external
testing of the product in order to identify configurations that cause problems, as
well as collect requirements and suggestions from users.
Before its official release, a beta version always undergoes a full cycle of
internal testing, after which the application is sufficiently stable in the majority of
computing environments.
A release notes file is supplied with each beta version. Release notes provide the
following information:
• the exact version number,
• system and technical requirements for the equipment used for testing,
• the list of changes since the previous version, and,
• Descriptions of known problems (if any) and other relevant information.
Please note that a beta version is not the final version of the product and
therefore the developer does not guarantee an absence of errors that may disrupt
the computer's operation and/or result in data loss.
Consequently, beta testers use the beta version at their own risk and the
company bears no responsibility for any consequences arising out of the use of the
beta version.
10.10.2.1 Participating in Beta Testing Enables you to:
• help to improve the quality of the product being tested;
• suggestions on possible ways of improving the product.
10.10.2.2 Reporting Problems:
• To report an error, a detailed description of the steps which lead up to the error
and characteristics of the hardware used for testing is necessary.
• Suggestions on improving the product from different testers and users are also
included.
10.11 UML Model Testing
Testing is done commonly from program source code and graphical models of
software (such as control flow graphs). Briand and Labiche describe the TOTEM
