Hands-on technical aspects of software testing for beginners

If you are a beginner or a non-software tester, then you have made an excellent choice in choosing this course.

This course will walk you through real-life workplace simulated scenarios, which have been driven by my real-life workplace experiences.

Simulated scenarios, mock projects, personae, challenges & quizzes used in this course will drift you away, form the traditional learning methods, to place your learning engagement at the highest.

This course has been specifically designed for beginners and non-testers who seek to become software test professionals.

Key features of the course:

• Introduce software testing to beginners and non-testers

• Personal skills & career development

• Practical aspects of software testing at workplace

• Practical learning of software testing by doing

• Manual approach to build principles of software testing

• Implement software testing using popular tools: Jira, X-Ray & Confluence

• Gain familiarity with technical testing: (Relational databases) – (Brand new section)

• Gain familiarity with test automation frameworks – (Brand new section)

This course is presented in 11 sections:

• What does the course cover – The course Landscape

• Real Workplace Scenarios 

• Overall Test Management Process

• Using Jira, X-Ray & Confluence 

• Implementing & leading Jira Agile projects

• Other Software testing jobs

• So you want to be a Software Tester?

• Challenge: Manual vs Automated testing

• Relational database testing – (Brand new section – In progress)

• The Extras: Section contains the latest features, functionality and demos

• Bonus: Recommendation: ISTQB Training, Certification Exams & (XRAY new features update)

By the end of this course you will be able to perform the following software testing roles:

1. Software Test Analyst

2. Software Test Designer

3. Software Test Executor

What will you lean:

• Identify soft and hard skills needed to be a Software Test Professional

• Make decisions to develop missing skills needed to do the job

• Learn how to monitor your progress

• Gain insight into software testing market demand

• Learn how to employ your skills at workplace

• Gain familiarity with typical IT organization structure and departments

• Gain familiarity with people roles and responsibilities at workplace

• Appreciate how important is to be proactive and a team player

• Cope and adapt with awkward situations at workplace

• Turn awkward situations at workplace to your advantage

• Be determined, proactive and use your own initiative all the way through

• Develop and sharpen your skills to cope with unforeseen circumstances at workplace

• Learn how to multi-task to cope with unusual situations 

• Observe minor details around you and at workplace

• Be proactive to develop own knowledge, capabilities and self-motivation

• Gain insight into other software testing jobs

• Familiarize yourself with other software tools and applications

• Gain insight into how to get software testing jobs

• How to start as a software tester in the UK

• How to start your own LTD or Umbrella company in the UK

• How to prepare yourself for job interview questions

  Software requirements: Functional & Non-Functional:

• Learn the difference between functional & non-Functional software requirement specifications

• Analyze software requirement specifications

• Extract functional requirements

• Learn that software requirement can be modeled as Use Cases

• Gain familiarity with Unified Modelling Language

Test Phases, STLC, Test Case Design and Test Data:

• The important phases of Software Test Life Cycle

• Software Test Life Cycle phases, test types and what each phase involves

• How test is organized within the overall project plan

• How to organize your test efforts

• Create, set preconditions and prepare test data for test cases

• Link test cases to requirements 

• Use structured test design approach to find bugs early

• Know the success of software product relies on its quality

• Learn why software testing considered necessary to the quality

• How to link user events, actions or flows to preconditions

• The difference between dummy and real client data

• How test data can uniquely identify a future defect

• The difference between valid and invalid inputs

• How to define and create test case template

• The minimum data columns required for a test template

• How to come up with a new test template

• How a test template can measure software traceability & test coverage

• How test template can aid test reporting

• How to differentiate between defects and correct behavior

• How to write positive test case scenarios

• How to write negative test case scenarios

• How to challenge application or system under test

• How to raise defects during test cycles

Manual Test Case Execution, Manual vs Automated testing:

• How to manually execute test steps

• How to create a report template using Excel or Word applications

• How to compile end of test report

• Compare Manual vs Automated testing plug-ins & tools

Jira, X-Ray & Confluence:

(NB: This tool is closely related to the course andyou will need to sign-up)

• Create and Delete projects

• Create user stories

• Create tests & link to user stories

• Create project releases versions & components

• Link tests to software versions & components

• Edit and change existing components

• Create or import manual test steps from CSV file format

• Create test preconditions

• The difference between epic, story and tasks

• Create issues, bugs, tasks and epics

• Confluence collaboration tool basics

• Create How-to articles confluence pages

• Create Confluence project workspace

• Execute Jira tests

• Implement Agile projects 

• Edit and view issue details

• Create and save filters

• Create scrum boards

• Create project dashboards

• Use default project board

• Use gadgets to customize project dashboard

• Edit filters and share with project team or group

• Make filter columns visible or invisible

• Build project backlog

• Prioritize Scrum backlog issues

• Identify sprint workload activities

• Use active sprints to organize & monitor issues

• Estimate story efforts in hours, days or weeks

• Report on current sprint status

• Generate X-Ray test coverage, traceability & other reports

• Export X-Ray reports to CSV file format

• Export Test Cases to CSV file format

Software Development frameworks: Agile & Waterfall:

• The difference between Agile and Waterfall development frameworks

• The quality attributes of Agile framework

• Familiarize yourself with rapid development, continuous release integration & delivery

• Gain familiarity with software testing in Agile environment

• Optional – Data Science & Data Analytics tools (Install Anaconda, Jupyter Notebook, Neural Network and Deep learning packages)

• New Lecture (Work in Progress) Dive into System Integration, Verification, and Testing & Test Tools

This course has Assignments, Challenges, 2 Practice Tests and Quizzes

What do you get when you buy this course?

• Lifetime access to the course video lectures downloads and updates

• Full support from the instructor all aspects of software testing & testing career

Please note: 30-day money back guarantee, you’ve nothing to lose.

Enroll now and start learning, your future software testing career depends on what you do today.

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