Module 1 – Testing Fundamentals and Process

• Quick Overview on Testing
• Testing Lifecycle Process
• Testing in the SDLC
• Test Monitoring, Planning and Control
• Test Analysis
• Test Design
• Test Implementation
• Test Execution
• Evaluating Exit Criteria and Reporting
• Test Closure Activitie

Module 2 – Test Management for the Test Analyst

• Test Progress Monitoring and Control
• Distributed, Outsourced and Insourced Testing
• Test Analyst’s Tasks in Risk-Based Testing

Module 3 – Testing Software Quality Characteristics (Part 1)

• Test Techniques
• Specification-Based Techniques
• Defect-Based Techniques
• Experience-Based Techniques
• Cause-effects graphs
• Equivalence partitioning
• Boundary Value
• Decision Table
• State Transition
• Pairwise Testing
• Case-based Testing
• Mind Mapping
• Test Matrix
• Error Guessing Technique
• Checklist-based Technique
• Exploratory Testing
• Attacks

Module 4 – Testing Software Quality Characteristics (Part 2)

• Quality Characteristics for Business Domain Service
• Testing Characteristics
• Typical Defects
• Testing in the Life Cycle
• Approaches, Usability Requirements and User’s Expectations

Module 5 – Review Preparation

• Using Checklists in Reviews
• Analyze a use case or user interface and identify problems
• Analyze a requirements specification
• Types of review
• Roles and Responsibilities in Reviews
• Informal Review
• Management Review
• Analyze Requirements Specification or User Story

Module 6 – Defect Management

• Detecting Defects
• Defect Report Fields
• Non-functional Defects
• Defect Classification
• Identifying, Gathering and Recording Classification
• Root Cause Analysis

Module 7 – Test Tools and Automation

• Test Tools
• Test Analyst’s role in Keyword Driven Automation
• Troubleshooting
• Testing Tools Approaches

Module 8 – Software Inspection

• Software Inspection
• Testing Methods and Strategies

Module 9 – Usability Testing

• Attributes
• Usability Testing Process
• Client/Server Testing