Software Testing Techniques and Approaches

6th and 7th September 2012 | Pune, INDIA

Introduction

“A Complete Course on Software Testing Techniques and Approaches” is a unique intensive course of two days duration. This course is a collection of concepts, applications, good practices, and case studies. Content of the course is segregated into a group of comprehensive modules which are presentations of learnings of Arunkumar Khannur over the past two decades.

Objectives

Following are the objectives of this course:
• To learn about software testing and software test life cycle
• To learn about bugs and their impact
• To learn about basic and advanced Black Box testing techniques
• To learn about different test approaches like Agile, Risk Based, Exploratory, and Model Based testing
• To learn about special testing techniques and techniques for test effectiveness
• To learn good practices in software testing

Who can Participate

This bootcamp will be highly suitable for software professionals with experience ranging in between 0 to 4 years in software testing.

Faculty Profile

	KRISHNA KUMAR, a Senior Professional in Software Testing, Quality Assurance and Delivery Management, has quite a few key distinct milestones in his 20+ Year long career. A veteran Speaker in the Software Testing related topics, Krishna Kumar has to his credit 45+ successful project completions from QA/QC perspective. Krishna Kumar has managed testing teams at multiple organizations, largest one being at SRIT, Bangalore which comprised 9 Test Managers, 17 Test Leads and a total team size of 123. Krishna Kumar has had the opportunity to build testing teams from ground up at 4 different organizations and has been a mentor to many successful Test Managers. He carries association with brands like Novell, Huawei, Logica CMG, SRIT, Microland Group, Planetasia.com, Bowstreet.com, StarAlliance, BCG (Boston Consulting Group), TuV Rheinland, Strategies, Ojus Healthcare, Religare Technologies, IBM Global Services and more.
Clientele
	Ariba, Cambridge Technologies, Cellstream, Cognizant, HP, IBM, iFlex, Interwoven, LG, Oracle, Philips, Robert Bosch, Samsung, Sharp, Siemens, VMWare, Wipro, Yahoo, Top Group- China, Idea Factory- Argentina, GCS- Vietnam, LacViet- Vietnam, Software Technology Park- Thailand; Idea Factory, Argentina etc.

Topics Covered

Day 1

Registration Fee

MODULE I: Testing Fundamentals

Software and Scope for Errors, Faults, and Failures; Bugs and Consequences: Requirements, Features, and Functionality Bugs; Structural Bugs; Data Bugs; Coding Bugs; Interface, Integration, and System Bugs; Test and Test Design Bugs; Testing and Design Styles; Configuration Bugs; QUIZ; Case Study and Exercises

MODULE II: Test Analysis and Quality Profiling

Requirements Review using Systems Thinking; Case Study; System Thinking: Alien Thinking and Pendulum Thinking; Understanding Stake Holders, Internal and External Environment; Case Study; Using Brainstorming Technique in Requirements Review; Case Study; Test Analysis on Requirements; Case Study; Quality Profiling; Case Study; Identifying Functional and Non-functional Test Conditions; Case Study; Arriving at Test Acceptance Criteria; Case Study; Example

MODULE III: Basic Techniques of Black Box Testing

Understand what Black Box Testing is; Types of Black Box Testing; Boundary Value Analysis (BVA); Exercise; Equivalent Partitioning (EP); Exercise; Input/Out Testing; Experience Based Testing

MODULE IV: Advanced Techniques of Black Box Testing: Decision Table BasedTechnique

Decision Table Based Technique; Understanding decision tables with actions and conditions; Preparing Test Cases; Exercise

Day 2
MODULE V: Advanced Techniques of Black Box Testing: Use Case Based Technique
Use Case Based Technique; Preparing Use Cases; Preparing Test Cases; Exercise
MODULE VI: Advanced Techniques of Black Box Testing: State Transitions Based Technique
State Transitions Based Technique; To understand States and Transitions; Preparing Test Cases; Exercise
MODULE VII: Special Testing Techniques
Ad Hoc Testing Techniques; Mutation Testing; Smoke Testing; Sanity Testing; Buddy Testing
MODULE VIII: Test Execution and Error Tracking
Test Execution and Error Reporting; Error Classification; Error Tracking and Follow-up
MODULE IX: Techniques for Test Effectiveness
Defect Seeding; Bug Bashing
Discussion; Summary

Individual	Rs. 9,750/-
Note: The above amount excludes 12.36% service tax as applicable.
Payment can be made by cash/ cheque / DD Cheque/ DD to be payable in favor of “ISQT Process & Consulting Services Pvt. Ltd” Registrations are on first come first served basis, with limited seats in each batch.
Contact Details
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