Project lifecycle
Test
Once the build stage of a project is finished, the website is ready for testing. The purpose of the test stage is to make sure that we find and fix as many defects in the system as possible before we deliver the website to the client.
Good, thorough system testing is notoriously difficult. Often too little time is spent doing it (usually because build has overrun), or it is done inefficiently or by the wrong people. We avoid these issues by using our testing methodology. We never hide build overrun in the test stage, we follow a structured method of testing and always use appropriate people to test an area of the website or application (which never includes the person who coded it).