Kick off your gaming QA career: basics of testing for games

Kick off your gaming QA career: basics of testing for games, available at $64.99, has an average rating of 4.77, with 13 lectures, 9 quizzes, based on 608 reviews, and has 3261 subscribers.

You will learn about Step by step guide on how to do manual testing for games how gaming studio really works and where QA fits in bigger picture How to write great test cases that are easy to use and maintain How to create excellent bug reports that won't be ignored How to use JIRA and other bugs databases for testers QA methodology and introduction to games QA management Different types of testing, why we need them and when should we use them How to make decisions on what to test and when How to organize testing for different gaming platforms how to get QA job in gaming industry This course is ideal for individuals who are People interested in entering gaming industry or People switching career to QA or Game industry professionals (Producers, Project Managers, Developers, Product Managers…) looking to find out more about QA or Testing professionals interested in the gaming industry It is particularly useful for People interested in entering gaming industry or People switching career to QA or Game industry professionals (Producers, Project Managers, Developers, Product Managers…) looking to find out more about QA or Testing professionals interested in the gaming industry.

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Summary

Title: Kick off your gaming QA career: basics of testing for games

Price: $64.99

Average Rating: 4.77

Number of Lectures: 13

Number of Quizzes: 9

Number of Published Lectures: 13

Number of Published Quizzes: 9

Number of Curriculum Items: 25

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 25

Original Price: $109.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Step by step guide on how to do manual testing for games
how gaming studio really works and where QA fits in bigger picture
How to write great test cases that are easy to use and maintain
How to create excellent bug reports that won't be ignored
How to use JIRA and other bugs databases for testers
QA methodology and introduction to games QA management
Different types of testing, why we need them and when should we use them
How to make decisions on what to test and when
How to organize testing for different gaming platforms
how to get QA job in gaming industry

Who Should Attend

People interested in entering gaming industry
People switching career to QA
Game industry professionals (Producers, Project Managers, Developers, Product Managers…) looking to find out more about QA
Testing professionals interested in the gaming industry

Target Audiences

People interested in entering gaming industry
People switching career to QA
Game industry professionals (Producers, Project Managers, Developers, Product Managers…) looking to find out more about QA
Testing professionals interested in the gaming industry

There is so much more to testing games than just playing them! QA career is considered entryway to the gaming industry and if you are interested in joining this lucrative and fascinating industry, testing job might be just the right start. In this course, you will gain necessary skills for QA job and learn:

– basics of quality assurance (testing)

– how to manually test games

– what is a bug and how to report them

– how to select and use testing tools for manual testing

– how to write excellent test cases that will yield bugs for a long time

– what is a testing strategy and how to pick the right one

– basics of testing methodology.

Many lessons will also apply to general software testing. At the end of the course, you will have skills to start and improve your QA career in games, and a deeper understanding of what is QA and why it is necessary for any modern software development. Besides testing, you will also learn more about the gaming industry in general, how gaming studios work and basics of agile methodologies.

This course is aimed at people who are interested in starting their QA career in the gaming industry, but it’s beneficial for anybody already working in QA, considering changing careers to QA, or requires a deeper insight into how manual testing is done (for example producers, product owners, project managers).

This course can be taken without prior experience in the gaming and tech industry, but a general understanding of technology and software is beneficial. You don’t need to invest into any special tools or software for this course, as we will be focusing our practice on free-to-play games and software that has limited free usage.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction to QA

Lecture 2: Games QA basics

Lecture 3: Types of testing

Lecture 4: Test cases

Lecture 5: Platforms and operating systems

Chapter 2: Testing strategy and execution

Lecture 1: Bug reporting flow

Lecture 2: Bug reporting

Lecture 3: QA methodology

Lecture 4: Testing approach

Lecture 5: QA and live OPS

Chapter 3: Working in QA

Lecture 1: What makes a good tester

Lecture 2: Team and QA

Lecture 3: Test management

Instructors

Nikolina Finska
Gaming industry veteran and QA guru

Rating Distribution

1 stars: 4 votes
2 stars: 9 votes
3 stars: 67 votes
4 stars: 211 votes
5 stars: 317 votes

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