When the first round of bugs has been fixed, the product goes into beta test with actual users. For custom software, the customer may be invited into the vendor's facilities for an alpha test to ...

Alpha measures a manager's skill in adding value to a portfolio beyond market gains. Beta assesses how a stock or fund's volatility compares to the market average. High alpha and low beta indicate ...

Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as a result. THIS ...