pilot test
Small-scale preliminary evaluation
A pilot test is a small-scale preliminary trial of a system, program, or procedure before full implementation.
Organizations run pilot tests to identify problems and refine approaches: We're doing a pilot test of the new software in one department before rolling it out company-wide.
Also called a pilot study or simply a pilot.
- trialJudicial examination of claims
- experimentSystematic investigation procedure
- trial balloonPreliminary test of opinion
- prototypeFirst functional specimen
- betaGreek alphabet's second letter
small scale · dry run · sample · preliminary · focus group · validation · feasibility · proof of concept · control group · guinea pig · simulation · rehearsal · sneak peek · cockpit · aviation · flying · controls · navigator
- trialsjury trial, bench trial, civil trial, criminal trial, retrial
- Experiment Termscontrol group, variable, sample size, double blind, placebo
- experimentationexperimentation, experimenting, trial run, attempts, guess and check
- Testing the watersprobing, easing in, tiptoeing, trial balloon, baby steps
- trial runstrial run, dry run, tryout, trial period, practice round
- design methodsbrainstorm, prototype, wireframe, mockup, storyboard