BCS/ISTQB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing
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Certification is recognised as the essential measurement to prove knowledge of the fundamental principles of testing techniques for those making a career in testing. Senior executives have realised that major IT Projects cannot be successfully implemented without a committed and enthusiastic testing team. Increasing demand for qualified personnel means that proof of knowledge is now vital for employers. Our Foundation Certificate in Software Testing is based upon the foundation level syllabus published by the International Software Quality Testing Board (ISTQB) and offers an internationally recognised qualification in software testing.
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- IT
- Testing
Course programme
- Why testing is necessary
- Harm caused by defects in software
- Root causes
- Testing and quality assurance
- What testing is
- General testing principles
- Fundamental test process and the psychology of testing
- Software development models
- Relationship between development, test activities and work products in the development life cycle, project and product characteristics and context
- Test levels, objectives, typical objects and targets of testing
- Functional, non-functional, structural and change-related testing
- Confirmation and regression testing
- Maintenance testing
- Regression testing and impact analysis in maintenance
- Reviews and the test process
- Software work products and the different static techniques
- Importance and value of static techniques
- Difference between static and dynamic techniques
- Typical formal review process
- Different types of review: informal review, technical review, walkthrough and inspection
- Explain the factors for successful performance of reviews
- Static analysis by tools
- Defects and errors identified by static analysis
- Typical benefits
- Typical code and design defects identified
- Identifying test conditions and designing test cases
- Categories of test design techniques
- Specification-based (black-box) and structure-based (white-box) approaches
- Equivalence partitioning
- Boundary value analysis
- Decision tables
- State transition diagrams, use case testing
- Structure-based or white-box techniques
- Code coverage
- Statement and decision coverage
- Control flows using statement testing and decision testing
- Coverage
- Experience based techniques
- Choosing techniques
- Test organization
- Independent testing
- Tasks of typical test leader and tester
- Test planning and estimation
- 'Standard for Software Test Documentation' (IEEE 829)
- Typical factors that influence the effort related to testing
- Estimation approaches (metrics-based and expert-based)
- Test preparation and execution tasks
- Exit criteria
- Test progress monitoring and control
- Metrics and reporting
- Configuration management
- Risk and testing
- Incident reporting and management
- Types of test tool
- Effective use of tools
- Potential benefits and risks
- Introducing a tool into an organization
- Mock examination
- Official examination
BCS/ISTQB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing