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Software Testing Foundation: A Comprehensive Hands-On Introduction
Preparing for the ISTQB Certified Tester Exam

Course: 316   Type: Hands-On   Duration: 4 Days
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You Will Learn How To

  • Apply general software testing principles and fundamental test processes
  • Implement test levels and types to various software development models
  • Conduct static techniques using proper roles, responsibilities and tools
  • Perform specification- and structure-based test design techniques
  • Manage tests including planning, estimating, monitoring and controlling
  • Prepare for the ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level Exam

Course Benefits
The proper testing of software can save an organisation time, effort and money. In this course, software professionals and managers gain thorough knowledge of testing approaches that can be integrated into the software life cycle. Through hands-on exercises, you learn how to build testing methods into your work process to correctly design products that are functionable and maintainable.

Who Should Attend
Software testers, programmers, test leaders, quality specialists and those who would like to earn the ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level certification. A familiarity with software development concepts is assumed.

Hands-on Training
Hands-on exercises and software-based exam simulations provide you with practical experience in software testing, including:
  • Recognising equivalence partitions
  • Performing boundary value analysis
  • Designing decision tables
  • Conducting state transition testing
  • Ensuring statement and decision coverage
  • Writing and assessing an incident report
  • Preparing test plans and documentation
  • Simulating an actual exam experience

Course Content
Fundamentals of Software Testing
  • Grasping the software systems context
  • Identifying causes of software defects
  • Bug
  • Defect
  • Error
  • Failure
  • Fault
  • Mistake
  • Quality
  • Risk
Ensuring Software Success Through Testing
The key objectives of testing
  • Finding defects during development
  • Providing confidence and information
Adhering to seven testing principles
  • Presence of defects
  • Exhaustive testing
  • Early testing
  • Defect clustering
  • Pesticide paradox
  • Context dependent
  • Absence-of-errors fallacy
Applying common sense processes
  • Planning and controlling
  • Analysing and designing
  • Implementing and executing
  • Evaluating exit criteria and reporting
  • Closing activities
Coping with the psychology of testing
  • Contrasting developer vs. tester mindset
  • Discerning levels of independence
Testing and the Software Life Cycle
Distinguishing software development models
  • Adapting to V-model and iterative models
  • Performing tests within a life cycle model
Conducting the main test levels
  • Component
  • Integration
  • System
  • Acceptance
Comparing four software test types
  • Recognising functional and structural tests
  • Performing non-functional testing
  • Analysing software structure/architecture
  • Conducting confirmation and regression tests
Performing maintenance testing
  • Identifying reasons for maintenance testing
  • Modification
  • Migration
  • Retirement
Finding Defects with Static Techniques
Comparing static analysis to dynamic testing
  • Detection
  • Correction
  • Improvement
Differentiating various review types
  • Informal
  • Technical
  • Walkthrough
  • Inspection
Leveraging Test Design Techniques
Differentiating various "specifications"
  • Test design
  • Test case
  • Test procedure
Applying specification-based techniques
  • Equivalence partitioning
  • State transition
  • Boundary value analysis
  • Use case
  • Decision table
Utilising structure-based techniques
  • Statement coverage
  • Decision coverage
Deploying experience-based knowledge
  • Intuition
  • Experience
  • Knowledge
Managing the Testing Process
Organising and assigning responsibilities
  • Independence
  • Test leader
  • Tester
Planning and estimating the activities
  • Metrics-based vs. expert-based approach
  • Justifying exit criteria adequacy
  • Standardising test documentation
Monitoring and controlling test progress
  • Applying common metrics
  • Interpreting test summary reports
Implementing configuration management
  • Ensuring proper version control
  • Generating incident reports
Addressing project and product risks
  • Contractual
  • Organisational
  • Technical
  • Assess
  • Determine
  • Implement
Adopting Test Support Tools
Classifying different types of test tools
  • Test management
  • Static testing
  • Test specification
  • Executing and logging
  • Performance and monitoring
  • Other
Introducing a tool into an organisation
  • Recognising potential benefits and risks
  • Considering special circumstances
  

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Software Testing Foundation Introduction
Course Schedule
20 - 23 May, 2008
London
22 - 25 Jul, 2008
London
23 - 26 Sep, 2008
London
21 - 24 Oct, 2008
Edinburgh
25 - 28 Nov, 2008
London
10 - 13 Feb, 2009
London
17 - 20 Feb, 2009
Edinburgh

Participants drafting a detailed test plan.

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