Software Testing Syllabus

Introduction to Testing

• Brief History of Testing
• Testing Opportunities
• Testing Principles

Software Quality

Quality Assurance

Quality Control

Differences Between QA and QC

Software Development Life Cycle

Different Life Cycle Models

• Waterfall Model
• V – Model
• Spiral Model
• RAD Model
• Prototype Model
• PET Model
• Agile Methodology

Testing Types

• Black Box Testing
• White Box Testing
• Acceptance Testing

Testing Techniques

• Boundary Value Analysis
• Equivalent Class Partition

Different Testing Definition

• Test Design
• Test Methodology
• Test Scenarios
• Test Cases

Differences Between Test Methodology, Test Scenario and Test Cases

Levels of Testing

Error, Defect and Bug

Bug Life Cycle

Test Reporting

Test Management

• Test Policy
• Test Strategy
• Test Methodology
• Test Plan
• Testing Process

Traceability Matrix

Test Responsibility Matrix

Testing Metrics

Reviews

• Reviews
• Walk throws,
• Inspections
• Desk Checking
• Protory

Testing Standards

• ISO
• CMMI and PCMMI
• Six Sigma

Fundamentals of Testing

Software Testing?

• What is software testing?
• Functional and Non-Functional testing
• Static and Non-Static testing
• Defects
• Statement Coverage, Branch / Decision coverage and Path coverage

Why Software Testing is necessary?
Software Test process
Software Testing techniques
Testing mindset

Need of Software Testing

Why software testing is necessary? Why it is required in SDLC?

Answer is:

• To verify if developed solution meets the requirements
• To verify the completeness and correctness of the application/system
• To verify the reliability, usability of the application/system
• To find defects as early as possible to avoid higher fixing cost at later stages
• To find maximum number of defects to ensure high quality

What is Software Testing

Software testing is the process to verify if the developed solution/product meets the requirements with desired quality. Software testing is investigation to find unknown defects in the system once developers provide the product. The main intention of performing software testing is find maximum number of defects which in turn will ensure quality of the final product.

Software testing can also be stated as the process of validating and verifying that a software program/application/product:

1. meets the business and technical requirements that guided its design and development;
2. works as expected; and
3. meets defined quality standards

Software testing can be started at any phase of software development life cycle (depending upon the methodology used to develop software). But it is always preferred to start testing activities at early stage to have better defect stage contamination.

Software testing is also termed as the process to verify completeness and correctness of developed solution/system. 

SOFTWARE TESTING

What is Software testing?
What is the need of software testing?
Difference between black box testing and white box testing
Types of testing
Functional vs non-functional testing
SDLC Models (Difference between SDLC & STLC)

Test scenarios
Test conditions and expected result
Designing test cases
Test data
Test environment
Executing test cases
Defect reporting

Test report
Agile & SCRUM methodologies