Module 1: Software Testing Introduction

• What is testing?
• Importance of testing
• Roles and Responsibilities
• Principles of software testing
• What is Quality?
• How much testing is enough?
• Differences between Manual and Automation Testing

Module 2: Software Development Life Cycle

SDLC Phases

• Requirements Phase
• Analysis Phase
• Design phase
• Coding Phase
• Testing phase
• Delivery and Maintenance Phase

SDLC Models

• Waterfall Model
• V Model
• Agile Model
• Prototype Model
• Spiral Model

Module 3: Software Testing Methodologies

• White Box Testing
• Black Box Testing
• Grey Box Testing

Module 4: Test Case Design Techniques

Static Techniques:

• Informal Reviews
• Walkthroughs
• Technical Reviews
• Inspection

Dynamic Techniques:

• Structural Techniques
• Statement Coverage Testing
• Branch Coverage Testing
• Path Coverage Testing
• Conditional Coverage Testing
• Loop Coverage Testing
• Black Box Techniques
• Boundary Value Analysis
• Equivalence Class Partition
• State Transition Technique
• Cause Effective Graph
• Decision Table
• Use Case Testing

Experienced Based Techniques:

• Error guessing
• Exploratory testing

Module 5: Levels of Testing

Functional Testing

• Unit Testing
• Integration Testing
• System Testing
• User Acceptance Testing
• Sanity/Smoke Testing
• Regression Test
• Retest

Non Functional Testing

• Performance Testing
• Memory Test
• Scalability Testing
• Compatibility Testing
• Security Testing
• Cookies Testing
• Session Testing
• Recovery Testing
• Installation Testing
• Ad-hoc Testing
• Risk Based Testing
• I18N Testing
• L1ON Testing
• Compliance Testing

Module 6: Software Testing Life Cycle

Requirements Analysis/Design

• Understand the requirements
• Prepare Traceability Matrix

Test Planning

• Object
• Scope of Testing
• Schedule
• Approach
• Roles & Responsibilities
• Assumptions
• Risks & Mitigation
• Entry & Exit Criteria
• Test Automation
• Deliverables

Test Cases Design

• Write Test cases
• Review Test cases
• Test Cases Template
• Types of Test Cases
• Difference between Test Scenarios and Test Cases

Test Environment setup

• Understand the SRS
• Hardware and software requirements
• Test Data

Test Execution

• Execute test cases
• Defect Tracking and Reporting
• Types of Bugs
• Identifying the Bugs
• Bug/Defect Life Cycle
• Reporting the Bugs
• Severity and priority

Test Closure

• Criteria for test closure
• Test summary report

Test Metrics

• What is Test Measurements?
• Why Test Metrics?
• Metric Life Cycle
• Types of Manual Test Metrics

Module 7: QA & QC & Testing

• What is Quality Assurance?
• What is Quality Control?
• Differences of QA & QC & Testing