There is a great deal of talk about risk-based testing, but few testers have a method for applying it and few test planners understand how to identify and analyze the relevant risks. Risk-based testing requires knowledge not only of testing but also of risk and its analysis. This course introduces this knowledge, explaining how to identify and analyze the risks and how to apply the results to achieve effective testing. It teaches not only methodical risk analysis but also the psychological biases in humans that influence it.
This course, created and presented by Felix Redmill, develops ability to analyze risk and plan testing based on that analysis. Three
approaches to risk-based testing are taught. The first is strategic, such that planning can be carried out well in advance.The second is tactical. The third is a combination of the two, and provides a way of making tactical adjustments to strategic plans when the need arises.
The risks addressed by testers are introduced before testing takes place,and the course includes a module on how to apply a risk-based testing approach at various stages in the development life cycle. This provides development personnel with means of achieving early risk identification and management, which can result in improved project and product control.
Objectives:
- gain an understanding of how testing can be based on risk
- learn about the subject of risk and its difficulties
- be able to carry out a methodical risk analysis
- discover the ways in which human psychological biases can influence risk analyses
- be aware of the relationships between risk and testing
- learn how to apply the principles of risk analysis earlier in the life cycle so as to improve both development and testing
Intended for
Anyone who plans and/or designs testing; project and development managers; system architects and designers; strategic planners
Key points
This course:
- explains in detail how risk-based testing can be practiced and transfers risk principles from the fields of safety and security
- introduces not only technical risk analysis but also psychological influences
- teaches the principles and illustrates their application to test planning
- provides numerous examples to reinforce theoretical understanding and enable practical application
- develops a risk-based way of thinking
- explains how an approach that is both risk-based and test-based can be taken during development so as to identify and reduce the risks in the first place
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Two days