Diploma Program in Software Testing

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Module 01: English Language Concepts (0.5 Day)

Learning Objectives

• Learn the fundamentals and essential grammar in English Language
• Understand sentence construction
• Develop structured statements of language using concepts learnt
• Learn to Present and write coherent statements in English Language

Coverage

• Parts of speech
• Subject verb agreement
• Tenses
• Word order
• Articles
• Free speech and extempore – fluency
• Sentence stress and thought groups
• Active and passive voice
• Power of constructing short and simple sentences
• Degrees of comparison
• Public speaking
• Conversational openers

Module 02: Reading Comprehension (0.5 Day)
Learning Objectives

• Learn to read & comprehend documents effectively
• Ability to develop skills for logical understanding of complex situations

Coverage

• Reading Technical Documents
• Understanding and Interpreting Documents
• Questioning Skills
• Logical Flow
• Tips for Comprehension and Retention
• Identifying sections of requirement documents which are critical
• Mind-mapping strategies

Module 03: Writing Skills for Testers (1 Day)
Learning Objectives

• Learn to write technical specifications correctly
• Learn to present Logical Test Case Design

Coverage

• Important aspects of writing
• Approach to wring test cases
• Inverted pyramid style
• Benefits of short simple sentences
• Editing and Proofing
• Active and Passive voice
• Writing Effective Bug Reports
• Email writing

Module 04: Presentation Skills for Testers (0.5 Day)
Learning Objectives

• Learn to present Logical Test Case Design

Coverage

• Presenting Results of testing
• Presenting results to developers, customers and other stake holders
• Planning, Designing and Delivering Presentations Components of a Test Case

Module 05: Team & Workgroup Participation (0.5 Day)
Learning Objectives

• Learn to be a good team player
• Learn to bond and work well as a team member

Coverage

• Working effectively with team mates (testers)
• Handling Developer – Tester issues
• Behavioral Skills
• Negotiation Skills
• Listening Skills
• Team work and Co-operation

Module 06: Essentials of OOPS and Java (4 Days)
Learning Objectives

• Learn the concepts regarding object oriented programming
• Learn to create simple programs and applications using Java Language

Coverage:

1) OOP’s Features

• What is an Object?
• What is a Class?
• Data Abstraction and Encapsulation
• Inheritance
• Polymorphism

2) Java Features

• Platform independence
• Architecturally neutral
• byte code or Concept of  class file
• JVM
• Multithreading
• Interfaces
• Exception Handling

3) Basics of Java

• Installing Java
• Installing Eclipse
• First Eclipse Project
• First Java program
• Variables, Constants, Data Types
• Operators
• Basic Input/Output
• Control Structures
• Arrays
• Loops
• Methods
• static and non-static methods
• why  is main method static
• call by reference and call by value
• method overloading

4) Object Oriented Programming: Classes

5) Constructors and Destructors

• Debug Output
• The Default Constructor
• When are Constructors Called?
• The Destructor
• The Copy Constructor
• Other Constructors
• Type Casting of objects.

6) Inheritance

• Inheritance
• Multiple inheritance
• method Overriding
• super keyword
• Dynamic Method Dispatch

7) Interfaces

• Defining an Interface
• Variables in Interface
• Methods in Interface
• Implementing Interfaces

8) Packages

• What is Package
• Creating Package
• Hierarchy of packages
• Accessing classes across packages

9) Access Modifiers

• Public
• Private
• Default
• Protected

10) Exception Handling

• Why Exception Handling
• Exception and Error
• Default Exception Handler
• Try and catch block
• Multiple Catch Blocks
• Throw, throws

11) Collections

• Array List Classes
• Hash Table Class

12) File Handling

• Reading from Text files
• Writing into Text files

13) Reflection API usage and importance

Assignment: Exercise from Java exercise work book

Module 07: Introduction to RDBMS (2 Days)

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the role and nature of relational database management systems (RDBMS)
• Translate written business requirements into conceptual entity-relationship data models
• Convert conceptual data models into relational database schemas using the SQL Data Definition Language (DDL)
• Query and manipulate databases using the SQL Data Manipulation Language (DML)

Coverage

1) Database Introduction

• RDBMS Introduction
• Entity Relationship Model
• Normalization Techniques
• Codd’s rules

2) Introduction to SQL and Query writing

• DDL Statements
• DML Statements
• DCL Statements
• Joins and Types of Joins

Assignment: Exercise from RDBMS exercise work book

Module 8: Basics of Software Engineering( 1 Day)

Learning Objectives:

• Learn the fundamentals of Software, its processes and the types of models
• Learn to choose an appropriate model for a given project

Coverage:

1) Software

• What is software & its myths
• Attributes of good software
• Reasons for failure of good software
• Changing nature of software

2) Software Process

• What is software process?
• Characteristics of Good Process
• Software Process Types

3) Software Process Models

• Prescriptive model
• Waterfall model
• Incremental model
• Evolutionary model
• Specialized process model
• Spiral Model
• Agile Methodology

Assignment: Case Studies on different Software Models

Module 9: QA / QC and Introduction to Testing (1 Day)

Learning Objectives:

• Learn the importance and need for Quality Software
• Learn the Definition of Quality in Software
• Learn the role of QA and QC teams in ensuring quality in a product
• Understand the importance, objectives, principles & limitations of software testing
• Understand the evolution, misconceptions, myths of software testing
• Understand the Software Testing Life Cycle, testing terminologies
• Understand the various levels of testing like Unit testing, Integration testing, System testing, Acceptance testing & Regression Testing
• Understand the Software Test process & the steps involved in the testing process model

Coverage:

1) Introduction to Quality

• Definition of Quality
• View’s of Quality
• What is Quality Software
• Quality Attributes of an Information System
• Software Quality Factors
• Cost of Quality
• Types of COQ
• Key Principles of Quality
• Quality Solution
• Software Quality Assurance
• Software Quality Control
• SQA Vs SQC
• Roles & Responsibilities

2) Importance of Software Testing

• A necessary evil
• Why do we test
• Another view – cynical
• First up – How much
• Secondly – What sort
• Thirdly – by whom
• Lastly – When
• objective of Software testing
• Principles of Software Testing
• Limitations of Software testing

3) Software Testing

• Test Vs Development
• Misconceptions about testing
• Myths about Software Testing
• Software Testing Evolution
• An emerging field in IT
• The Change
• Career growth prospects
• Career growth
• Testers Competency
• Testers areas of progression

4) Software Testing Life Cycle

• Levels of Software Testing
• Unit Testing
• Integration Testing
• System Testing
• Acceptance Testing

5) Types of Testing

• Regression Testing
• Other types of Testing

6) Test Process

• Generic process steps
• Testing Process Model

7) Terminologies of Software Testing

Assignment: Exercise from Testing exercise work book

Module 10: Test Requirements (1 Day)

Learning Objectives:

• Learn the fundamentals of requirements
• Understand different types of requirements
• Learn to read, understand and analyze business requirements.

Coverage:

1) Requirements Essentials

• What is a requirement?
• Sources of Requirements
• Common Issues of Requirements
• Stakeholders  for Requirements

2) Requirements Engineering Process

• Requirements Elicitation
• Requirements Analysis
• Requirements Specification
• Requirements Validation

3) Creating Testable Requirements

• Gathering Requirements for Software Testing
• Categorizing and Prioritizing the Test Requirements
• Verify the Completeness of the requirement

Assignment: Create an SRS for the project completed in IT foundation

Module 11: Test Planning (1 Day)

Learning Objectives:

• Understand what is Test Strategy
• Understand the process of test planning and the various activities involved in it
• Understand the test flow and when testing can be stopped

Coverage:

Test Planning

• Pre-requisites for Test Planning
• Definition of Test Objectives & Goals
• Definition of Test Activities
• Preparation of Test Plan
• Familiarization with IEEE 829 Standard for Test Plan

Assignment: Create a Test Plan for the project

Module 12: Test Case Design Methods (2 Days)

Learning Objectives:

• Learn the need for systematic Test design
• Learn the different design techniques for doing black box testing and white box testing.
• Practice the concepts learned

Coverage:

1) Test Case Design – Methods and Techniques

• Introduction to Test Documentation
• Introduction to Test Design
• Need for Test Design

2) Black Box Test Design Techniques

• Equivalence Class Partitioning
• Boundary Value Analysis
• Decision Tables
• State Transition Testing
• Orthogonal Arrays
• All Pairs

3) White Box Test Design Techniques

o    Static White Box Techniques

• Desk Checking
• Code Walkthrough
• Formal Inspections

o    Structural White Box Techniques

• Coverage Testing
• Syntax Testing
• Data flow testing

Assignment: Design Test Cases for the project

Module 13: Test Case Writing & Documentation (2 Days)

Learning Objectives:

• Learn to write technical specifications correctly
• Learn to present Logical Test Case Design

Coverage:

Effective Test Case Writing

• Testware – Scenario
• Testware – Test Case Definition
• Test Case – Elements
• Test Case – Attributes
• Test Case – Development process
• Test Case – Format
• Test Case – Anatomy
• Test Case – Points to Improve Testability
• Test Case – Components
• Test Case – Guidelines For Writing
• Test Case – Common Mistakes
• Test Case  – Template
• Test Case – Review
• Test Case – Check List
• Test Case – Writing effective/successful cases

Assignment: Write Test Cases for the project

Module 14: Test Execution & Defect Reporting (2 Days)

Learning Objectives:

• Understand what is test environment & how to define it
• Understand what is test data, how it can be generated and the strategies involved in the test data generation
• Understand the basis for deciding what test cases are to be executed
• Understand the process of test execution
• Understand what is a defect, how the defects can be managed, its life cycle
• Understand how to record & report the test results.

Coverage:

1) Test Execution

• Introduction to Test Execution
• Test Environment
• Test Data
• Decide on Test Cases to Execute
• Test Criteria
• Test Execution – Definition
• Test Execution Process

2) Defects

• Defects – Definition
• Defects – Effects
• Defects – Why do they Occur?
• Defects – Fish Bone representation
• Defects – Cost of fixing
• Defects – Reporting Process
• Defects  – Life Cycle

3) Defect Management

4) Recording Test Results

5) Metrics for Testers

Assignment: 

• Log defects for the applications tested
• Create Test execution reports

Module 15: Hands-on Project on Functional Testing (Offline Project)

Learning Objectives:

• Apply the skills learned so far in testing a given product
• Hands-on with requirements, prepare test design, write test cases, execute test cases and log defects

Coverage:

Manual Project

• Understand Requirements
• Analysis of Requirements
• Test Case Design and Write Test Scenarios
• Write Test Cases
• Execute Test Cases
• Log Defects
• Test Reporting

Deliverables:

• Project Report & Presentations

Module 16: Introduction to Test Automation (1 Day)

Learning Objectives:

• Learn basics of test automation
• Understand the various tools available in the market

Coverage:

Basic Concepts of Test Automation

• What is Automated Testing?
• What is not Automated Testing?
• When to go in for Automated Testing?
• Why to go in for Automated Testing?
• Types of test tool and Test Tool Categories

Module 17: Introduction to Test Management Tool – Quality Center(ALM) ( 1 Day)

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the need for a test management tool
• Learn to use QC(ALM) as a test management tool

Coverage:

Working for Quality Center

• Introduction to Test Management Tools
• Requirements Tab
• Test Plan Tab
• Test Lab Tab
• Defect Tab
• Configuration Management using QC
• Maintaining Traceability

Assignment: Exercise from QC work book

Module 18: Introduction to Functional Testing Tool – QTP(UFT)(7 Days)

Learning Objectives:

• Learn the concepts in VB Scripting
• Learn the concepts in QTP(UFT)
• Create scripts and execute tests using QTP(UFT)

Coverage:

1) VB Scripting

• About VB Scripting
• Programming with VB Script
• Hello world program
• Basic data types
• User inputs
• Printing outputs
• Decisions
• Loops
• Library functions
• Functions and Procedure
• File management
• Object Model Reference

2) Introduction to Quick Test Professional(UFT)

• QTP Test Process
• Quick Test Window
• Types of Recording
• QTP Views

3) Object Management

• QTP Object Identification Process
• Object Identification
• Mapping Custom Objects to Standard Class
• Object Spy
• Object Repository
• Virtual Object

4) Synchronization

• Understanding Synchronization
• Synchronization
• Adding Global and Synchronization step

5) Regular Expressions

• Regular Expression Patterns
• Regular Expressions for Dynamic Object

6) Checkpoints

• Checkpoint – Definition
• Using Checkpoint
• Checkpoint Types
• Standard Checkpoints
• Text Checkpoints
• Text Area Checkpoints
• Bitmap Checkpoints
• Database Checkpoints
• Accessibility Checkpoints
• XML Checkpoints

7) Parameterize Data

• Data Driven Tests
• Run Time Data Table
• Driving Data from External Files
• Driving Data to External Files

8) Action, Action settings & Reusable Actions

• Actions and Reusable Actions
• Types of Actions
• Benefits of Reusable Actions
• Calling a Reusable Actions from an External Test
• How Reusable actions can affect data and parameters

Assignment: Exercise from QTP work book

Module 19: Functional Testing using Selenium Tool (3 Days)

Learning Objectives:

• Learn the concepts in Selenium
• Learn to create automation test scripts, execute them and observe the results using the functional testing tool

Coverage:

1) Introduction to Selenium

• What is Selenium
• Selenium IDE
• XPath, Object Identification tools
• Selenium RC Overview
• Selenium Components & Limitations

2) Eclipse IDE Setup

• Installing
• Importing the TestNG and WebDriver Libraries
• Creation of Project and tests
• Running the tests

3) Selenium RC

• Introduction to selenium RC
• Running selenium server
• Writing & Executing RC selenium RC script
• Difference within selenium Webdriver and RC

4) Selenium 2.0

• Introduction to Web Driver
• Implementation of WebDriver with HtmlUnit Driver
• Navigating
• Interacting with the Page
• Basic API of WebDriver
• Drag and Drop
• Windows and Frames Handling
• Popup Dialogs
• Navigation and Location
• How XPATH works in WebDriver
• Matching Implicit Attributes
• Page Object Pattern in Example
• File Handling

5) TestNG

• Why TestNG?
• Features
• Usage
• Results Analysis

6) Selenium Grid

• Why Grid?
• How it works?
• Getting Started, Using it

Case Study & Practice