Certificate in Quality Assurance ®

This 5 day course provides over as many weekends is an excellent introduction to Quality Assurance. The course provides theoretical and practical training on testing tools and methodologies. This course is on lines of curriculum of ISTQB (International Software Testing Quality Board). This course is intended for those who intend to take a career in testing and quality assurance. While this course does not mandate long testing experience, some IT exposure, is desirable.

The course content is as follows:

Fundamentals of Testing

• Why is testing necessary?
• What is testing
• Testing Principles
• Fundamental test process
• Psychology of Testing

Testing throughout the software life cycle

• Software development models
• Test levels
• Test Types : The targets of testing
• Maintenance testing

Static Technique

• Reviews and the test process
• Review Process
• Static Analysis by Tools

Test Design Techniques

• Identifying test conditions and designing test cases
• Categories of test design techniques
• Specification based or black-box techniques
• Structure based or white-box techniques
• Experience based techniques
• Choosing a technique

Test Management

• Test Organization
• Test Plans, Estimates and Strategies
• Test Process Monitoring and Control
• Configuration Management
• Risk and Testing
• Incident Management

Tools support for testing

• Type of test tool  
• Effective use of test tools: Potential benefit and risks
• Introducing a tool into an organization.