Plan and align user testing and resources

Trigger: The development phase of a new IT deployment nears completion, triggering the need to prepare for user acceptance validation.

1. Define user testing methodologies and acceptance criteria
2. Identify required business users and subject matter experts
3. Allocate test environments, tools, and test data
4. Develop the user testing schedule and milestones
5. Obtain resource commitments from department managers
6. Finalize and distribute the user testing plan

Outcome: A finalized testing plan is published with methodologies selected, test environments prepared, and necessary personnel scheduled.