Manual Testing course for freshers by Floris Technologies

OVERVIEW

- THE BIG PICTURE

- WHAT IS SOFTWARE? WHY SHOULD IT BE TESTED?

- WHAT IS QUALITY? HOW IMPORTANT IS IT

- WHAT EXCATLY DOES A SOFTWARE TESTER DO
- WHAT MAKES A GOOD TESTER?

- GUIDELINES FOR NEW TESTERS

INTRODUCTION
- SOFTWARE LIFE CYCLE

- VARIOUS LIFE CYCLE MODELS

- SOFTWARE TESTING LIFE CYCLE

- WHAT IS A BUG? WHY DO BUGS OCCUR?
- BUG LIFE CYCLE

- COST OF FIXING BUGS
- WHEN CAN TESTING BE STOPPED/REDUCED?

SOFTWARE TESTING LEVELS, TYPES,TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

- TESTING LEVELS AND TYPES

- TESTING TERMS

MOST COMMON SOFTWARE ERRORS

THE TEST PLANNING PROCESS

- WHAT IS A TEST STRATEGY? WHAT ARE ITS COMPONENTS?

- TEST PLANNING SAMPLE STRUCTURE

- MAJOR TEST PLANNING TASKS

TEST CASE DEVELOPMENT
- GENERAL GUIDELINES
- TEST CASE SAMPLE STRUCTURE

-TEST CASE DESIGN TECHNIQUES
- SPECIFICATION DERIVED TESTS

- EQUIVALENCE PARTITIONING

- BOUNDARY VALUE ANALYSIS

- STATE TRANSITION TESTING

- BRANCH TESTING
- CONDITION TESTING
- DATA DEFINITION USE TESTING

- INTERNAL BOUNDARY VALUE TESTING

- ERROR GUESSING
- USE CASES

DEFECT TRACKING

- WHAT IS A DEFECT?
- WHAT ARE THE DEFECT CATEGORIES?

- HOW IS A DEFECT REPORTED?

- HOW DESCRIPTIVE SHOULD YOUR BUG/DEFECT REPORT BE?
- WHAT DOES THE TESTER DO WHEN THE DEFECT IS FIXED?

TYPES OF TEST REPORTS
- TEST ITEM TRANSMITTAL REPORT

- TEST LOG

- TEST INCIDENT REPORT

- TEST SUMMARY REPORT

SOFTWARE TEST AUTOMATION

- FACTORS DETERMINING TEST AUTOMATION
- APPROACHES TO AUTOMATION

- CHOOSING THE RIGHT TOOL

- TOP TEN CHALLENGES OF SOFTWARE TEST AUTOMATION

INTRODUCTION TO SOFTWARE STANDARDS
- CMM

- SIX SIGMA

- ISO

SOFTWARE TESTING CERTIFICATIONS
FACTS ABOUT SOFTWARE ENGINEERING