Course Length: 2 day

Course Approach: Lecture, discussions, hands-on labs

Skill level: Basic

This introductory course is designed to familiarize testing professionals with the basics of Rational's functional test automation tool, Rational Robot. Students will be provided with hands-on instruction, from simple record/playback techniques to advanced test scripting concepts. Rational TestManager will be used to organize and process test results to facilitate data analysis. The focus will be on applying Rational Robot to resolve common automated testing challenges and to build effective, versatile test scripts through best practices and savvy usage of SQABasic code. At the conclusion of the course, principles learned will be applied to a .NET-based sample application.

Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:

The target audience is new Rational Robot, TeamTest, TestStudio, or Enterprise users. The principles taught in this course apply to all environments that Robot supports. The course is designed primarily for Quality Assurance professionals who will be using the automation tools. The audience might also include QA practitioners, managers, or team leaders who are responsible for interacting with testers or who need to ensure that tools are being implemented fully and appropriately.

This methodology course lays the foundation for the following products:

Note:  This is a methodology course and does not teach the products mentioned above.

This course has the following related courses:

Students should have completed:

To benefit from this course, students must have a solid understanding of: