Software Testing Fundamentals

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Course Overview

If you are new to testing or your project role involves some form of software testing, then you need to know the fundamentals. This course covers testing and its role in quality management, the testing process in various environments, the different levels (stages) of testing, and the types of testing. Also, learn key techniques for assuring testing efforts are adequate and effective and how to develop a testing strategy, a test plan, test scenarios, and a test case.

Note: This course has been approved for 14 PDUs and IIBA for 14 CDUs.

Who Should Attend

This course will benefit anyone wanting to learn more about software testing or just getting started in a software testing role.

Course Objectives

    • Develop an understanding of basic concepts associated with software testing
    • Recognize the benefits of quality efforts in testing
    • Describe the key roles, processes, activities, and deliverables associated with testing in various environments
    • Learn the importance of good requirements as a base for testing
    • Understand and distinguish among common testing approaches, levels, styles, and types
    • Articulate the key components in a test strategy and a test plan
    • Create a test strategy
    • Understand the challenges of testing vendor-supplied applications
    • Identify test scenarios and create test cases based on scenarios and requirements
    • Determine how to manage and report defects

Course Outline

Testing Concepts

  • Testing overview
  • Characteristics of effective testing
  • Test maturity model
  • Why testing is often inadequate
  • Quality and testing
  • Characteristics of “testable” requirements

Testing Process

  • Generic testing process
  • 7 tenants of software testing
  • Testing in predictive, iterative, incremental, and adaptive frameworks

Testing Level (stages)

  • Unit testing
  • Integration testing
  • System testing
  • Enterprise testing
  • User acceptance testing

Testing Strategy

  • Test strategy vs test plan
  • Test strategy elements
  • Testing approaches
  • Static testing
  • Dynamic testing

Test Plan -A Primer

  • Test plan contents
  • Test entry & exit criteria
  • Test case types
  • Test environment types
  • Test data, tools, roles, and schedule
  • Assumptions, constraints & dependencies

UAT Testing Process

  • Analyze requirements & define deliverables
  • Determine time and methodology
  • Form UAT test team
  • Setup the test environment, data & tools
  • Execute tests and record results
  • Fix bugs, re-test, and sign-off

UAT Test Scenarios, Test Cases, and Test Scripts

  • Tips for writing and identifying scenarios
  • Prioritizing UAT test scenarios
  • Prioritization techniques for test cases
  • Writing test cases with test scripts
  • Common test case management tools

Defect Management

  • Defect prevention vs detection
  • Defect classifications
  • Defect tracking log
  • Defect description writing tips
  • UAT Test closure

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Class Dates & Times

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This is a 2-day class

Price: $1,195.00

Discounted Price : $1,015.75

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