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