Inspection is deserving method with careful consideration of an organization, which concerns about the quality of the product. The process is being done by the quality control department.

Inspection is a disciplined practice for correcting defects in software artifacts.

A walk through is an evaluation process which is an informal meeting, which does not require preparation.

The product is described by the produced and queries for the comments of participants. The results are the information to the participants about the product instead of correcting it.

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Pilot testing involves having a group of end users try the system prior to its full deployment in order to give feedback on its performance.

Beta testing is testing of the product in the user environment.

From the definitions, its is evident that beta testing comes at last in development cycle; whereas pilot testing takes place before deployment of the system. Also, beta testing takes place in real time user environment and pilot testing in development environment. A selected group of users do pilot testing whereas beta testing is carried by all users.

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Automation is chosen when

-A same set of tests need to be repeated again and again

-When a single test needs to be repeated for a large number of data

-When stable modules needs to be regressed frequently.

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