Introduction to Software Testing

Code: SQA-026
Duration: 8 hours

Description

During the course, students will get an insight into the basics of software testing.

Roadmap

Generally accepted terms of software testing.
Goals of software testing.
Basic terms:

Test object, test basis;
Error/mistake, bug/defect/fault, failure;
Verification vs validation.

Cost of software defects;
Testing as part of quality assurance area;
7 testing principles;
Software development lifecycle;
Software development lifecycle models:

Waterfall;
Iterative model;
Spiral model.

Advantages and disadvantages of different software development lifecycle models;
Testing within different software development lifecycle models. Testing challenges within each of them;
Project team. Place of tester within it;
Levels of independence of software testing;
Testing levels;
Testing types;
Software defect;
Defect structure;
Defect lifecycle;
Classification of software defects;
Portrait of software tester. The direction of software tester development.

Objectives

After completion of the course, students will:

Have a general idea about software testing;
Have an idea about software development lifecycle models;
Know main definitions in the area of software testing;
Have an idea about defect management and expectations related to testing;
Understand specifics of various types and levels of software testing;
Know main vectors of software tester development.

Target Audience

All project roles with no experience in testing.

Trainer in Bucharest Krakow

Bogdan-Cristian Damian QA Automation Engineer

Damian is a senior QA engineer with 6 years of experience in automation and automated regression testing in the area of networking for various vendor devices. Through his work in a variety of projects involving automation he has developed his expertise in building test environments, running test scenarios, analyzing and reporting the results.

Apart from the work Damian does in our projects he is also interested in sharing his expertise with others which is why he also facilitates courses for Luxoft Training.

Michal Kordas Software Development and Software Testing Specialist

Michal believes that being a truly good QA means first of all being a software developer. One that is capable of delivering production-quality code with additional quality-related skills. He is passionate about Java, Groovy, JVM and fancy tools that help him test code in a smart, fluent and expressive way.

He is an Agile and Scrum evangelist and his main area of interest is Agile Testing. Michal loves bringing feedback loops to the micro-level. He practices test-driven development, evolutionary design, analysis brought to minimal cycle, acceptance test-driven development and three agile amigos.

Michal believes in being business-centric in order to deliver solutions based on outside-in behavior-driven development techniques which are continuously deployed to satisfy the client as soon and as often as possible.