The alpha phase of the release life cycle is the first phase to begin software testing (alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet, used as the number 1). In this phase, developers generally test the software using white - box techniques. Additional validation is then performed using black - box or gray - box techniques, by another testing team. Moving to black - box testing inside the organization is known as alpha release.
when does the alpha release phase of a software project happen
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