Brief the room
Confirm candidate build, role, data, case priority, evidence convention, and escalation route.
03 · Runs
Runs
Conduct acceptance sessions as controlled observation, with visible progress, clean evidence, and disciplined retest.
The session
Run a room, not a spreadsheet.
UAT execution needs facilitation. Give participants a clear purpose, reliable access, and a fast route for resolving ambiguity without altering the evidence.
Protect observation
Let representative users interpret and act. Record confusion rather than coaching it away.
Close the loop
Resolve provisional outcomes, file evidence, assign defects, and publish the next state.
Preserve build context
Every outcome must remain tied to its environment, data, role, time, and candidate version.
One shared language
Keep verdicts unambiguous.
P
Pass
The complete expected business outcome was observed and evidence is sufficient.
F
Fail
The observed result differs materially from the accepted outcome.
B
Blocked
The case could not reach a verdict because a prerequisite or dependency failed.
N
Not run
Execution has not started; it is not a proxy for blocked or deferred.
Field note
Report what changes a decision.
Progress by priority
Show critical journey execution and pass rate separately from aggregate totals.
Decision blockers
Name blocked journeys, unresolved critical failures, and missing ownership.
Evidence debt
Surface cases whose verdict exists but whose supporting record is incomplete.
Recovery forecast
State the next candidate, retest window, and decision point—not a vague confidence level.
Retest rule
A closed defect proves a fix was attempted. A passed journey proves the business outcome was restored.