UAT Planning: Getting Real Sign-Off From Real Stakeholders | Clickmasters

Production-like data (masked), integrations connected or convincingly stubbed, and access sorted before day one — UAT that fights its environment tests nothing.

Exit criteria in writing (blockers zero, criticals dispositioned), named approvers, and a decision meeting — sign-off is a commitment ceremony, not an email shrug.

Skipping the discipline this article describes until an incident, audit, or stalled project forces it — every practice above is cheaper adopted early than retrofitted under pressure.