Software Testing Foundation Online

Introduction to Testing

• What is testing?
• What is the need for testing?
• Principles of testing
• Verification Validation
• Expected results
• Fundamental test process
• Exit, Completion, Closure and Acceptance Criteria
• psychology of testing

Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)

• SDLC models
• Waterfall Model
• Spiral Model
• V model
• Prototype Model
• Agile Model
• Test levels
• Functional and Structural Testing
• Maintenance testing
• Non-function system testing
• Retesting and Regression testing

Static techniques and testing

• Review and test process
• Phases of formal review
• Using tools perform static analysis
• Alpha testing
• Beta testing
• UAT
• End-End testing
• Ad-Hoc testing
• Risk-based testing
• Sanity/Smoke testing
• Regression testing
• Exploratory testing
• Concurrent testing
• Parallel testing
• Usability testing
• Accessibility testing
• Security testing

Levels of testing

• Unit testing
• Integration testing
• System testing
• White Box and Black Box testing
• Static testing Dynamic testing
• Inspection and review process

Test Design Techniques

• Find test conditions
• Design test cases
• Categories of test design techniques
• Equivalence partitioning
• Boundary value analysis
• Decision table testing
• Use case testing
• Path and statement testing
• State transition testing

Software Testing Lifecycle

• Fundamental test process
• Test strategy and management
• Test planning
• Test case design
• Test execution
• Test reporting and metrics
• Test documentation templates
• Automation Overview

Test management

• Test organization
• Test planning and estimation
• Test approaches or strategies
• Test progress control and monitor
• Configuration management
• Risk and testing
• Incident management

Tool support for testing

• Various types of analysis tool
• Benefits of tools
• Risks of tools
• Introducing a tool to an organisation