Acceptance Test

While acceptance criteria are the conditions or requirements new functionality must meet, acceptance tests are the practical steps taken to verify that these criteria have been met. The criteria set the expectations and create a common understanding about what a valuable and useful result is. Acceptance tests assess whether those expectations have been fulfilled in the actual software product. This enables fast feedback cycles and quick learning.

Example:

"The user clicks on this button, and the credit score is returned." This test would result in either a pass or fail.