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-The gamma phase is really just a name for when you stop assessing your workflow and testing suite and just rip through test sessions and post production work like a Ninja.
+The gamma phase is really just a name for when you stop assessing your workflow and testing suite and just rip through test sessions and post production like a Ninja.
-Unless you are testing a complex interface (MS Office or an e-commerce website) or you have a demographic quota to fill ''you probably don't need to perform any gamma tests.'' While statistical significance is important the general rule of thumb is to stop testing when you begin to see patterns emerge. When you can sessions become predictable, when you stop finding new errors, etc you have probably run into all the walls users can run into. Stop, fix the product, and start a new test.
+Unless you are testing a complex interface (MS Office or an e-commerce website) or you have a demographic quota to fill ''you probably don't need to perform any gamma tests.'' While statistical significance is important the general rule of thumb is to stop testing when you begin to see patterns emerge. When sessions become predictable you have probably run into all the walls users can run into. Stop, fix the product, and start a new test.
 ==Test Types==