Principles of Software Testing for Testers - Using the structure provided by the Rational Unified Process (RUP), explore a number of testing practices that can be applied in various contexts.

Course Length: 2 day

Course Approach: Lecture, discussions, hands-on labs

Skill level: Basic

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Gain an overview of some key practices that help make software testing successful within the general context of an iterative development life cycle. Hands-on exercises reinforce the practices with concrete examples.

Using the structure provided by the Rational Unified Process (RUP), explore a number of testing practices that can be applied in various contexts including:

Defining the mission of the test team
Examining various testing types and techniques
Analyzing and reporting defects effectively
Assessing and reporting the extent of testing

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

Understand and describe the basic concepts of functional (black box) software testing
Identify a number of test styles and techniques and assess their usefulness in your context
Understand the basic application of techniques used to identify useful ideas for tests
Help determine the mission and communicate the status of your testing with the rest of your project team
Characterize a good bug report, peer-review the reports of your colleagues, and improve your own report writing
Understand where key testing concepts apply within the context of the RUP

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Software engineering practices
Terminology of RUP, the testing discipline in RUP, and the testing workflow structure within an iteration
The mission of the test team
Identifying the goal of test documentation
Test ideas, test idea catalogs, and test matrices
Test techniques and styles of functional testing
Effective problem investigation and change request (defect) writing
Status reporting on the extent of testing
Verifying your test approach, validating the stability of a build, and ongoing maintenance and improvements to test assets

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Software developers, who want to understand the goals and tactics of functional testing, and software managers, who need to better understand the goals and methods of the testers who work on their projects.

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This methodology course lays the foundation for the following products:

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Students should have completed:

None prerequisite courses needed

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To benefit from this course, students should have:

Some experience performing software testing with either six months on the job experience or significant experience in some other software development role

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