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Software Testing Workshop – Quality Assurance and Testing Training Introduction
Welcome to the Software Testing Workshop, a comprehensive training program designed to elevate your expertise in software quality assurance and testing.
In a world where the robustness and reliability of software are crucial, this workshop is your stepping stone to becoming proficient in ensuring that software products not only meet but exceed business and user expectations.
Over the course of two enlightening days, the Software Testing Workshop dives into the critical elements of software testing. You will gain an in-depth understanding of why testing is an indispensable part of the software development lifecycle and explore various types of testing methodologies and their applications.
This workshop is meticulously structured to provide both theoretical knowledge and practical insights, making it an invaluable experience for professionals aiming to excel in the field of software testing.
Course Objectives
- Gain a solid understanding of basic concepts related to software testing.
- Discover how testing aligns with the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
- Recognize the advantages of improved software quality through effective testing techniques.
- Identify key roles, activities, and deliverables associated with requirements-based testing.
- Utilize a Business Use Case to define test scenarios.
- Learn the art of creating a comprehensive test plan and writing test cases with relevant test data.
- Grasp the process of testing functional requirements.
- Tackle the challenges of testing vendor-supplied applications.
Prerequisites
- A basic understanding of the software life cycle is recommended for an optimal learning experience.
Audience
This workshop is tailor-made for:
- Developers looking to enhance their software testing skills.
- Systems analysts interested in gaining a deeper understanding of quality assurance.
- Testers engaged in testing the functionality of technology projects.
- Anyone passionate about improving software quality.
Software Testing Workshop – Quality Assurance and Testing Training Course Outline:
Background – Why is Testing Important?
- Symptoms and sources of quality problems
- Benefits of early inspections and reviews
- The Quality Maturity Scale
- The current state of testing
- Challenges in improving quality
The Testing Lifecycle – A Process Overview
- What is a testing lifecycle?
- Iterative testing principles
- Sample testing types
Testing Types – A Process Overview
- Classifying testing types
- System, Integration, Vendor Validation, Regression, Maintenance, etc.
Software Testing – The Basics
- Typical problems we encounter with software
- The Cost of Quality (CoQ) and the cost of finding defects too late
- The four stages of software testing (Unit, Integration, System, User Acceptance Testing (UAT))
- Testing best practices
- Exercise: “How would you test it?” – A new technology is presented to the participants, and they brainstorm what they would test to ensure it’s working correctly
Understanding the Tester’s Terminology
- What is requirements-based testing and what is the role of the tester?
- Characteristics of a good tester
- The tasks of testing
- The documents
- Common terms & definitions
- The three testing techniques
- Testing visibility (White Box, Gray Box, and Black Box testing)
- Exercise: Testing Jeopardy – A fun and fast-paced game of Jeopardy used as a review of terms, concepts, and roles learned in this lesson.
The Test Planning Process
- The importance of test planning
- What is a Test Plan?
- The six steps for creating a Test Plan
- General testing tips
- Exercise: “Create a Test Plan” – Participants identify test scenarios from a Business Use Case and define test objectives and high-level test data for each scenario
Test Coverage
- What is test coverage?
- Using a Requirements Traceability Matrix
- Set the testing scope – what to test and what not to test
- The Test Coverage Matrix
Creating and Executing the Test Cases
- What are the goals of testing?
- What is a Test Case?
- How do Test Plans and Test Cases relate?
- The four steps for creating a Test Case
- Exercise: “Write a Test Case” – Participants write a high-level Test Case from their Business Use Case and define test data for a portion of the steps
Preparing, Running, and Documenting the Tests
- General testing tips and techniques
- Verifying the Test Results
- Documenting test results
- What is a defect?
- How to log a defect?
- The “bug” lifecycle
- Writing a good problem description
- Taking screen snapshots
- 10 tips to avoid writing bad defect reports
- Exercise: “Log a defect” – Participants write a concise and complete statement to explain a defect
Signing-off on the Product Testing Vendor-Supplied Applications
- Challenges of testing vendor-supplied applications
- Challenges to the business
- Eight steps for testing vendor-supplied applications
- Handout: An industry case study for testing vendor products
$1195.00
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2 Days Course |