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ISEB/ISTQB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing

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Course Overview

This course provides comprehensive first-level training for anyone involved in software testing and culminates in an optional one-hour multiple choice examination for the ISEB/ISTQB Foundation certificate in Software Testing. This course has been classified as IT Technical Training.

Audience

Anyone currently involved in testing or about to move into a testing role.

Those wishing to attain the ISEB/ISTQB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing - Foundation Level.

Skills Gained

  • understand the principles and psychology of testing
  • describe verification, validation and the steps in the testing lifecycle
  • produce a project test plan
  • understand the test management lifecycle
  • produce test designs using equivalence partitioning, boundary value analysis and state transition techniques
  • use static techniques to assess quality and coverage
  • appreciate the different tools available for automating testing

Examinations

ISEB/ISTQB Foundation certificate in Software Testing.

Those delegates taking the ISEB/ISTQB Examination will need to spend some time each evening on revision and example examination questions. The amount of time required will depend on experience, but delegates should be prepared to spend a minimum of 1 hour each evening.

Prerequisites

Delegates should already have a basic working knowledge of IT and an understanding of the testing role in software development. Those who intend to sit the examination at the end of the course will benefit from pre-reading the ISEB/ISTQB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing Syllabus and a standard text on the subject from the ISEB/ISTQB booklist.

Course Outline

Fundamentals of Testing

  • Testing terminology
  • General testing principles
  • Why testing is necessary
  • Fundamental test process
  • The psychology of testing

Testing Throughout the Lifecycle

  • Models for testing
  • Component, System Integration and Acceptance testing
  • Maintenance testing
  • Non-functional system testing
  • Functional system testing

Static Techniques

  • Reviews and the test process
  • Costs and benefits of reviews
  • Types of review: Walkthrough, technical review, inspections, informal review
  • Static analysis

Test Design Techniques

  • Black and White box testing
  • Black box test techniques including equivalence partitioning, boundary value analysis and state transition testing
  • White box test techniques including statement and decision testing
  • Experience-based techniques
  • Choosing test techniques

Test management

  • Organisation
  • Project test plan
  • Configuration management
  • Test estimation: Inclusion in project schedule
  • Monitoring and control
  • Tracking progress and deviations from plan
  • Incident management: Logging, tracking and analysis
  • Risk and testing

Test tools

  • Types of test tool
  • Requirements testing
  • Static analysis
  • Test design
  • Data preparation
  • Capture/replay
  • Test running
  • Test harnesses, drivers and simulators
  • Performance testing
  • Dynamic analysis
  • Debugging
  • Comparison
  • Test management
  • Coverage measurement
  • Effective use, benefits and risk
  • Introducing a tool into an organization

ISEB/ISTQB examination

  • 1 hour multiple-choice examination (optional)


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