Testing Training: The Complete Lifecycle


Course Delivery

Live Instructor-Led Training

Course Description

The course A Complete Course (Testing & Quality Assurance Training) focuses on industry best practices in software testing & quality assurance. The training includes testing & bug types, functional requirements, test plans & test cases and test plan development to name a few. The course also covers test automation, test driven development & quality assurance.

Course Dates and Pricing


Jan 21 - 24, 2025$3,750.00Feb 18 - 21, 2025$3,750.00Mar 18 - 21, 2025$3,750.00Apr 22 - 25, 2025$3,750.00May 20 - 23, 2025$3,750.00Jun 17 - 20, 2025$3,750.00Jul 22 - 25, 2025$3,750.00

Course Outline

Fundamentals of Testing Part I

Testing: Roles and Responsibilities
Testing Axioms
Terms and Definitions
Types of Testing: Unit, Regression, User Acceptance, Usability, etc..
A Looming Security Threat: The User

Bugs and Defects

History of Bugs: Infamous Software Disasters
Types of Defects
What is a Bug?
Common Software Errors
Documenting and Reporting Bugs

Gathering Information

Information Gathering Techniques
Interviews and Focus Groups
Questionnaires
Decision Tables
Condition Response Tables
JAD Sessions

System Requirements

About Analysis and Use Cases
About Actors
Finding Actors
Documenting Actors
Finding Use Cases
Documenting Use Cases: Short Form versus Fully Dressed Use Cases
UML Use Case Diagrams: A Useful Communication Tool
The Supplemental Specification
Requirements Based Testing
Dealing with Large Systems
Implementing a Change Management Process

Fundamentals of Testing Part II

Black Box versus White Box Testing
Static versus Dynamic Testing
Testing the Specifications
Testing Functions Testing Data
Test-to-pass/Test-to-fail

Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC)

Waterfall versus Iterative Methodology
Waterfall Methodologies
Iterative Methodologies: RUP and MSF
Phase Specific Responsibilities of the Testing Group

Testing Types

Overview
Objectives limits of testing
Functional Testing versus Regression Testing
Configuration/Compatibility Testing
Testing Multi-Lingual Systems
Usability Testing
Web site Testing
COTS Testing

Testing for Security

Overview
Threat Modeling
Buffer Overruns
Computer Forensics

Quality Assurance

Responsibilities of the QA Group
Expectation/Deliverables from QA
Major Milestones in QA
Implementing Quality Control
QA and Standards

Test Cases

What is a Test Case? What is a Test Plan
Characteristics of a Good Test Case
Test Case Design
Test Plans
Writing effective Test Cases Validating Test Cases

Review, Inspections and Documentation

Testing Review:
Writing Testing Documents
The Master Test Plan
Test Metrics
Test Coverage
Conducting Walkthroughs and Reviews

Automation Tools

Automation Tools
Overview of Test Case Management Tools
Overview of Defect Tracking Tools
Software Configuration Management Tools
Manual Vs Automated Testing: Why not everything can be automated.
Importance of Automation

Course Locations

  • Ottawa

  • Montreal

  • Toronto

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