Introduction

• Importance of software systems
• Common problems in software development
• Why software has bugs?
• What is quality?
• Testing objectives
• What are error, bug, defect, mistake, false and flaw?

SDLC Implementation

• Feasibility study/Requirement Gathering
• Analysis, Designing, Coding, Testing
• Delivery and Maintenance
• Software Development Models

Software Development Models

• Waterfall Model
• Incremental Model
• Prototype Model/Use and Through Model
• Spiral Model
• V-Model
• W-Model
• Agile Testing Implementation
• Agile-SCRUM

Kinds of Testing

• Un-Conventional Testing
• Conventional Testing

Methods of Testing

• Black Box Testing
• White Box Testing
• Gray Box Testing

Static Testing

• Reviews
• Inspections
• Audit
• Walkthrough

Dynamic Testing

• Unit Testing
• Module Testing
• Integration Testing
• System Testing
• User Acceptance Testing

Software Project Environments

• Stand-alone Environment
• Client/Server Environment
• Web Environment
• Distributed Environment

Software Testing Life Cycle and Implementation with Real Time Project

• Requirement Reviews
• Test Plan Preparation
• Test strategy Preparation
• Test case Identification

Black Box Test Design Techniques

• ECP
• BVA
• Error Guessing
• Decision tables

White Box Testing Techniques

• Basis Path Testing
• Cyclomatic Testing
• Condition Testing
• Code Coverage

What is Use Case?

• UCD
• Identify Use Case Based Test cases

Test Case Design

• Introduction
• Test Case Design Template
• Types of Test Cases
• Test Case Design Reviews
• Requirement Traceability Matrix

Test Data Setup

• Importance of Test Data in Testing
• Approach for gathering Test Data
• Benefits of Test Data Gathering

Test Execution

• Test Execution Life Cycle Process
• Re-Testing
• Regression Testing
• Database Testing

Result Analysis

• Comparing Expected and Actual Values
• Status of the Result

Defect Tracking

• What is defect?
• Categories of Defects
• Preparation of DPD (Defect Profile Document)
• Defect Metrics

Defect Reporting

• Defect Life Cycle Process
• Defect Removal Efficiency

Test Measurement Techniques and Metric Collection

• Importance of Test Metrics
• Testing Data used for Metrics
• Different Types Metrics

Test Closure Activity

• Test Execution Stop Criteria
• Test Summary Report Preparation

User Acceptance Testing

• Importance of UAT
• Scope of UAT
• Alpha Testing
• Beta Testing

Different Testing Techniques in Live Environments

• Smoke Testing, Sanity Testing
• Re-Testing
• Regression Testing
• Static Testing, Dynamic Testing
• Installation (Deployment) testing/ System Testing
• Portability Testing/Compatibility testing
• Usability testing
• Monkey/Gorilla/Chimpangi testing
• Exploration testing
• Mutation testing (White Box)
• Forced Error testing
• Inter Systems Testing/ End-to-End testing
• Security testing/Penetration Testing
• Scalability testing, Reliability testing
• Accessibility testing
• Adhoc testing
• Intelligent Testing/Agile testing/Context Driven testing
• Big-bang testing/ Informal Testing
• Incremental Testing/Formal Testing
• Be-Bugging
• Defect density
• Inspection
• Localization Testing
• Test lab /Test batch/Test suite /Test Bed
• Test Harness/Test Driver/Test Execution
• Performance Testing
• Load Testing
• Stress Testing
• Recovery Testing
• Differences of Alpha and Beta
• Test Management

Overview on Test Management

Quality Center – Introduction

• Need of Test-Management Tool
• Module (TestDirector Project, Site Administration, Customization)
• Domain/Project Fundamentals
• How to Get Started

Architecture of TD/QC Tool

• Site Administrator
• Create Domain, Create Project, Create Users
• Assign Users to Project
• Monitor Connections

Main Objectives of QC

• Test Management Process
• Requirements
• Business Components
• Test Plan
• Test Lab
• Defects

Site Administration

• Creating Domain/project
• Adding users to project
• Creating Groups

Customization of Quality Center Release and Cycle creation Test Requirements

• Example of a test requirement
• Importance of tracing and tracking Requirements
• Reviewing and building a
• Requirements structure
• Entering requirements manually

Test Cases Creation and management

• Review of an existing test case
• Parameters
• Building a test case structure
• Creating manual test cases
• Requirements coverage

Test Sets and Test Execution

• Creating folders and test sets
• Defining test execution flow
• Setting test set properties
• Manual test execution
• Logging defects during manual testing
• Automated test execution
• Adding test hosts
• Running a test set
• Setting run times

Defect Tracking

• Reporting defects
• Searching for similar defects
• Using grid filters
• Deleting defects

Reporting and Analysis

• Analysis menu graphs and reports
• Creating editable reports with the advanced
• Reporting

Bug Tracking Tools

• BugZilla
• Mantis
• PRTracker
• VSS

Introduction to Automation Testing

• What is Automation Testing?
• Benefits of Automation Testing?
• Manual Testing vs. Automation Testing
• Types of Automation Testing Tools
• Tool selection Criteria
• Automation Testing Process
• When should Test Automation be used?
• When should Test Automation be avoided?

Introduction to QuickTest

• Overview of Add-In Manager and QuickTest
• QuickTest Window and Tools
• QuickTest Commands
• Tools in QuickTest

Record and Playback

• Recording a Test
• Understanding your recorded Test
• Executing a Test
• Different Recording Levels
• Default Recording
• Analog Recording
• Low Level Recording
• Analyzing the Results

Introduction to VBScript

• Difference between Languages and Scripts
• VB script Language Overview
• History of VBScript
• VBScript and Versions
• Difference between Languages and Scripting

Comments

• Purpose of comments:
• Types of Comments
• Comments and Shortcut keys

VB Script Variables

• Declaring Variables
• Option Explicit
• Naming Restrictions for Variables
• Scope of Variables
• Life Time of Variables
• Assigning Values to Variables
• Scalar Variables and Array Variables
• Dynamic Arrays

VB Script Data Types

• Variant Subtypes

VB Script Operators

• Operator Precedence
• Arithmetic Operators
• Comparison Operators
• Logical Operators
• String Manipulation

Input/Output Operations

• InputBox Function
• MsgBox Function

Constants

• Creating Constants

Conditional Statements

• If Statement
• If…Then….Else Statement
• If…Then….ElseIf Statement
• Select…Case Statement

Loop through Code

• Do…Loop
• Do Until
• While…Wend
• For…Next
• For Each…Next

Procedures

• Sub Procedures
• Function Procedures

Error Handling

• Handling Syntax & Runtime Errors
• Coding to Avoid Errors
• Coding to Handle Errors
• The Error Object
• The Raise Method

Built-In Functions

• String Functions
• Math Functions
• Date and Time Functions

Debugging

• Why Debug
• Types of Bugs
• Stepping Though Code
• Watching Variable Values
• Regular Expressions
• Methods
• Objects

Introduction to Objects

• What are Objects?
• Properties Defined
• Methods Defined
• Events Defined
• Referencing Objects
• Properties
• Classes

Working with Test Objects and Object Repositories

• Object Repository Introduction
• How Objects are added into OR
• Identifying the Objects
• Viewing the Object Properties
• Object Repository Modes
• Per-Action vs. Shared Object Repository
• Object SPY
• OI Introduction
• User Defined Objects
• Smart Identification
• Managing Object Repositories
• Merging Shared Object Repositories
• Associating Shared Object Repositories to a Test
• Merging Object Repositories

Synchronization

• What is Synchronization?
• Synchronizing Your Tests
• Synchronization Methods
• Adding Wait Property Method
• Adding Wait Method, Adding Exist method
• Adding Sync Method
• Global Synchronization Settings
• Browser vs. Page Sync()
• Web Event Recording Configuration

Checkpoints

• Introduction
• Adding Checkpoints while recording
• Types of Checkpoints
• Standard Checkpoint
• Text Checkpoint, Text area Checkpoint
• Bitmap Checkpoint
• Database Checkpoint
• Accessibility Checkpoint
• XML from Resource Checkpoint
• XML from Application Checkpoint
• Page Checkpoint, Table Checkpoint
• Image Checkpoint
• Updating Checkpoints at run time

Output values

• Introduction
• Types of Output Values
• Creating Output values
• Storing output values

Actions

• Introduction to Actions
• Types of Actions, Creating Actions
• Inserting Call to Actions
• Insert Call to Copy of Action
• Insert Call to Existing Action
• Splitting Actions
• Input and Output Parameters
• Action Template

Parameterization Tests and Data Driven Tests

• What is Parameterization?
• Parameterizing a Test Manually
• Parameterizing Using Actions
• Parameterizing Using DataTables
• Parameterizing Using Environment Variables
• Built-in Environment Variables
• Internal Environment variables
• External Environment Variables
• Parameterizing Using Random Number

Working with DataTables

• Introduction
• Working with global and Action Sheets
• Editing and Saving DataTables
• DataTable Methods
• DataTables and Database
• Importing and Exporting Data to/ from Spread Sheet

Regular Expressions

• Introduction to Regular Expressions
• Defining Regular Expressions
• Running and Analyzing Regular Expressions
• Regular Expression Characters
• When to use Regular Expressions in QuickTest

Functions

• Introduction
• Creating User Defined Functions
• Advantages if Using functions
• Creating generic Functions
• Function Decomposition
• Read from Excel
• Write to Excel
• Step Generator