Agile Software Testing Training Course
Designed for test managers, quality assurance professionals, testers, software developers, project managers, and management, this course explores how Agile project management frameworks—particularly SCRUM—approach testing.
By the end of the course, each participant will have designed and executed a test plan for a sample application (which may be a real client application if one is available).
This course is available as onsite live training in France or online live training.Course Outline
Where do requirements come from?
- Traditional Business Analysis
- Use Cases, Scenarios, and Tests
- Non-functional requirements
- Performance
- Conformance
- UML in Business Analysis
Introduction to Testing
- Functional Tests
- Regression Testing
- UAT Testing
- Unit Tests
- Usability Tests
- Non-functional Tests
- Performance Testing
- Load Testing
- Stress Testing
- Soak Testing
To Test or Not to Test?
- Who decides what to test?
- The cost of testing irrelevant items
- Calculating ROI (including scenarios where analysis fails)
- The role of the Test Manager
The Testing Process
- Testing as a process and strategy
- Identifying testing needs
- Gathering requirements (use cases, user stories)
- Scoping (selecting and prioritizing scenarios)
- Designing tests
- Preparing data
- Preparing the environment
- Creating or recording tests
- Executing the test
- Analysis and reporting
- Conclusions and improvements
- Knowing when to "stop"
The Product Owner and Tests
- The customer representative and test prioritization
- Prioritizing tests
- Writing effective stories for UAT
- Acceptance criteria
- Group exercise: Producing customer requirements, writing stories based on those requirements, and creating tests
The Sprint
- Sprint backlog and test user stories
- Group exercise: Planning a sprint
Concluding a Sprint
- The Scrum review meeting as a testing opportunity
Is Agile and Scrum Right for You?
- Review of the Scrum process
- Comparison with other methodologies
- Benefits of pair programming
- Question and Answer Session
Requirements
None.
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