Software Testing - Putting Theory into Practice

This course is aimed at introducing people to software testing. If you are looking at getting into the industry, then this course is for you. We cover the essentials you need to know in order to get started as a professional tester; we offer you practical hands-on experience of:

• Analysing various forms of requirement documents
• Planning and prioritising your tests
• Generating Test Cases
• Identifying Data and Environment requirements
• Test Execution, Defect Reporting and Tracking
• Test Result and Completion reporting etc.
• Introduction to testing tools

Students will not only be able to gain the confidence to make a start in a successful testing career, but will gain the knowledge about where to find further information if required.

Objectives

• To understand the reasons behind why we test
• To describe the various processes in the testing life-cycle;
• To introduce candidates to the fundamental testing process focusing on such areas as:
  

As a part of the course, candidates will develop an understanding of various testing techniques, understand fundamental testing terminology and best practice and will be well placed, if they wish to sit the ISEB Foundation exam . To this end we have a virtual learning zone that we give students access to upon registering for the course. We require that they spend some time exploring the material in here before attending the classroom part of the programme.

In addition to testing, basic development principles will be introduced, in order to help testers understand how code is put together and how it can be effectively tested.

The course is aimed at people entering software testing for the first time, (even with very limited IT experience - as long as you know your way around a computer!),business and system analysts who prepare specifications, developers with no formal training or experience in testing and project managers (business, I.T. etc.) who want a better understanding of testing.

We also recommend the book opposite as additional reading material.