This course develops and tests the fundamental practical skills needed by any tester. It is the essential follow-up to any theory-based or general testing course.
Documents produced by the delegate during the course are examined afterwards by a board of assessors. Upon successful completion a Certificate of Competence is awarded as documentary evidence that the delegate has developed the core practical skills required for the rôle of a professional tester.
Merit and Distinction grades are awarded for excellent performance.
Objectives
- enhance your career as a professional software tester
- practice the use of a formal and thorough approach to software testing based on the Generic Test Process, in particular the Analyse and Design stages
- gain a qualification in the practice of software testing to supplement your theoretical qualifications
Intended for
All software testers. The course has been designed to be taken after basic theory courses and some knowledge of fundamental testing principles is assumed.
Key points
The Generic Test Process
The specification and design document for a software application; the
management strategy document; understanding the strategy and the testing
challenge
Test plan
Reviewing the documentation; the test strategy; planning the testing work;
identifying test objects, test objectives and exit criteria; reviewing the
test plan
Test analysis
Performing detailed analysis of the specification and design documentation
to derive test conditions, document the scope of the testing work and
provide detail for the exit criteria; reviewing the test conditions and exit
criteria
Test design
Creating test scripts; ensuring that the planned test conditions are tested
correctly; reviewing test scripts
Test schedule, execution log and test report
Scheduling the execution of test scripts; recording issues; reporting
testing results
- This is the first of a series of workshops providing practical tuition and
exercises, each of which will lead to the award of a certificate of
competence in a specific testing rôle
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