Which stage takes the delivery team beyond continuous integration?
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The answer is acceptance tests.
Acceptance tests take the delivery teams beyond continuous integration. These tests are performed against all versions of the software that gets through the commit tests. They evaluate the compliance of the system with the requirements of the business and determine whether they can be accepted for delivery. They can be either physical, chemical or performance related.
There are primarily four kinds of acceptance testing as given below:
*User acceptance testing
*Operational acceptance testing
*Contract and regulation acceptance testing
*Alpha and beta testing
Continuous delivery is the next stage which takes the delivery team beyond continuous integration.
The goal of continuous delivery is to get new features that the developers are creating to the customers and users as soon as possible.
Continuous delivery is to regularly delivering the applications being developed to QA and operations for validation and potential release to the customers.