Essentials of Manual Testing

1.1 Why is testing necessary  

• Software systems context  

• Causes of software defects  

• Role of testing in software development, maintenance and operations  

• Testing and quality  

• How much testing is enough? 

1.2 What is testing? 

1.3 General testing principles  

1.4 Fundamental test process 

• Test planning and control 

• Test analysis and design  

• Test implementation and execution  

• Evaluating exit criteria and reporting 

• Test closure activities 

2.1 Testing within a life cycle model 

2.2 Test levels 

• Component testing 

• Integration testing  

• System testing 

• Acceptance testing 

2.3 Test types  

• Testing of function (functional testing)  

• Testing of non-functional software characteristics (non-functional testing) 

• Testing of software structure/architecture (structural testing) 

• Testing related to changes (confirmation testing (retesting) and regression testing)  

2.4 Maintenance testing 

3.1 Static techniques and the test process  

3.2 Review process  

• Phases of a formal review 

• Roles and responsibilities 

• Types of review  

4.1 The TEST DEVELOPMENT PROCESS  

4.2 Categories of test design techniques 

  4.3 Specification-based or black-box techniques 

• Equivalence partitioning  

• Boundary value analysis 

• Decision table testing  

• State transition testing 

• Use case testing  

4.4 Structure-based or white-box techniques 

• Statement testing and coverage  

• Decision testing and coverage 

• Other structure-based techniques  

4.5 Experience-based techniques  

4.6 Choosing test techniques  

5.1 Test organization 

•  Test organization and independence 

•  Tasks of the test leader and tester 

 5.2 Test planning and estimation  

• Test planning  

• Test planning activities 

• Exit criteria  

• Test estimation  

• Test approaches (test strategies) 

5.3 Test progress monitoring and control 

• Test progress monitoring  

• Test Reporting 

• Test control  

5.4 Configuration management  

5.5 Risk and testing  

• Project risks  

• Product risks  

5.6 Incident management  

• 6.1 What is Agile Testing 

  • Agile Testing Vs. Waterfall Testing 
  • Agile Testing Principles 
  • Agile Methodologies 
  • Agile Testing Methodologies 
  • Testing Quadrants 
  • Sprint Planning 
  • Release and Iteration Planning 
  • Fundamental Agile Testing Principles, Practices, and Processes 
  • Role and Skills of a Tester in an Agile Team 
  • Agile Testing Methods, Techniques, and Tools 

  6.2 JIRA – Basic terminology and concepts 

  • How to use Jira to get work done 
  • How to build reports in Jira 
  • Get Going with Jira Team-managed Projects 

  6.3 Jira & Confluence Introduction 

• 7.1 Introduction to QTP, Loadrunner and QC – Test management tool 

• 7.2 Introducing Selenium 

• 7.3 Developing Test Cases & Test Suites With Selenium-IDE Selenium WEBDRIVER 

  • Why WebDriver? 
  • Selenium RC and Webdriver 
  • Downloading and configuring webdriver in eclipse 
  • WebDriver Interface  
  • Drivers for Firefox, IE, chrome 
  • First Selenium WebDriver Code 
  • Identifying WebElements using id, name, linkname, class, xpath, tagname etc  
  • Handling Input Box/Buttons 
  • Handling WebList  
  • Handling Radio Buttons, CheckBoxes 
  • Extracting links and other web elements 
  • Capturing screenshots with WebDriver  
  • Pop up handling in Selenium Extracting Data from WebTable  
  • Dynamic WebTable Handling 
  • Handling Ajax Autosuggest