Syllabus of the Software Testing Training Course

The Software Testing Training course is the same equivalent level of material covered when attending a 3 day classroom course without the 3 days away from the office. The study time is around 8-10 hours, plus time spent on the exam simulator.

'Index' and 'contents' buttons allow you to move around to the areas you require, or you can just do the course in sequence from the first to the last module.

The comprehensive Syllabus covers the following areas;

Module 1 - Introduction

Module 2 - Fundamentals of Testing

Section 2.1 - Why is testing necessary?
Section 2.2 - What is testing?
Section 2.3 - General testing principles
Section 2.4 - Expected Results
Section 2.5 - Exit, Completion, and Closure or Acceptance criteria
Section 2.6 - Fundamental test process
Section 2.7 - The Psychology of Testing

Module 3 - Testing through the lifecycle

Section 3.1 - Software development models
Section 3.2 - Test levels
Section 3.3 - Functional and Structural Testing
Section 3.4 - Non-Function System Testing
Section 3.5 - Re-Testing and Regression Testing
Section 3.6 - Maintenance Testing

Module 4 - Static Techniques

Section 4.1 - Reviews and the Test Process
Section 4.2 - Phases of a Formal Review
Section 4.3 - Static analysis using tools

Module 5 - Test Design Techniques

Section 5.1 - Identifying test conditions and designing test cases
Section 5.2 - Categories of test design techniques
Section 5.3 - Equivalence Partitioning
Section 5.4 - Boundary Value Analysis
Section 5.5 - Decision Table Testing
Section 5.6 - State Transition Testing
Section 5.7 - Use case testing
Section 5.8 - Path Testing
Section 5.9 - Statement Testing
Section 5.10 - Branch/Decision Testing
Section 5.11 - Error-Guessing
Section 5.12 - Exploratory Testing
Section 5.13 - Choosing Test Techniques

Module 6 - Test Management

Section 6.1 - Test Organisation
Section 6.2 - Test Planning
Section 6.3 - Test Estimation
Section 6.4 - Test Approaches (strategies)
Section 6.5 - Test progress monitoring and control
Section 6.6 - Configuration Management
Section 6.7 - Risk and Testing
Section 6.8 - Incident management

Module 7 - Tool Support for Testing

Section 7.1 - Types of test tool
Section 7.2 - Effective use of tools: potential benefits and risks
Section 7.3 - Introducing a tool into an organisation

Module 8 - Exam Simulator

A comprehensive exam simulator that emulates the actual exam, by providing a randomised selection of 40 questions, with a timer keeping track of your time in the Exam.