Basic Principles of Software Testing

Attendees will receive the necessary background and introduction to the basic principles for successful software testing. This course will take the attendees from their own frame of reference about testing in their everyday living to examples of testing complex software systems in various industries.

At the end of this course, the attendees will understand all testing terms, know all the fundamental principles of testing and will be able to apply the key testing processes e.g. designing high-quality tests, execution of test scenarios, logging of incidents and Incident management. The attendees will understand the importance of test management and the risk to the lack of it.

Learning Objectives

• Understand the basic concepts of software testing

• Know testing terminology

• Know the fundamental test process

• Understand how the test process fits into various development life cycles

• Know test design techniques

• Apply basic test design techniques

• Understand various types of bugs

• Write and execute test cases

• Log incidents and manage incidents

• Understand the different roles and responsibilities in the test team