User Acceptance Testing, Go-Live Readiness Practice Test

A financial services firm is at the end of the SDLC (deployment readiness) for a loan origination platform developed under Scrum with a separate release management gate. UAT was executed by loan officers using production-like data; all critical paths passed, but testers discovered that the system allows a loan to be submitted without attaching a required income verification document if the user saves the application as a draft first. The team is considering go-live with this defect logged as “medium” because it occurs only in a specific sequence. What potential risk identified during testing requires immediate attention?

A healthcare provider is completing the deployment phase of a new patient scheduling system built using a hybrid SDLC (waterfall requirements and design, Agile configuration). UAT included scripted tests and a small set of exploratory tests by clinic staff; most defects were minor, but users reported that appointment reminders sometimes display the wrong clinic address for patients who recently changed primary location. The go-live decision is scheduled for tomorrow, and leadership is focused on meeting the regulatory reporting timeline. Which criteria should be prioritized to determine go-live readiness?