Course Details :: Test Strategy & Planning

This course will teach you how to complete the overall strategy and planning your testing activities.  You will explore the test planning process, identify the inputs you will need and things you should produce.  It will also provide guidance on how to plan for test case creation, defect tracking, status monitoring and progress reporting.

Outcomes

On completion of this course you will be able to:

Produce better software products by truly understanding the entire test planning process and its critical effect on product success or failure

  • Testing fundamentals
  • Understand the basic principles of Test Strategy and Planning
  • Identify all the different types of tests required
  • Identify test cases and plan for their timely development and execution
  • Gather and document test requirements
  • Use a thorough and powerful traceability matrix to guarantee the comprehensiveness of your testing
  • Accomplish risk planning and management for fail-safe testing activities
  • Capture relevant stakeholder buy-in for your testing effort to eliminate delays, surprises, and unintended consequences
  • Integrate your test plans with other project plans to guarantee their relevance and effectiveness
  • Quickly obtain organizational commitment to your test plan
  • Track and manage the testing effort and take corrective action to avoid costly human or technical errors
Course Topics

Overview:

  • Understand how testing fits the software development lifecycle
  • Understand the role and use of a test strategy
  • Understand the role and use of a test plan
  • See how the test plan relates to other plans (Project plan, quality plan)
  • Identification of the inputs and outputs of test planning
  • Peer reviews of the test plan
  • Organizational commitment to the test plan
  • Tracking progress against the test plan, report status and re-plan
 
Prerequisites

You should have some understanding of the software development life-cycle and the role of testing is desirable

Who should attend

Test Managers, Test Team Leads, and Test Analysts needing to update or formalize their implicit understanding of their role, accountabilities and activities.  Project and Business Managers who incorporate the Testing role within their functional activity sets.

Structure and Material

This is an instructor led course consisting of presentations and exercises.  The material includes:

  • Student notes
  • Certificate of attendance
Course Duration and Price
  • 2 Day Course
  • $1,400 Excl. GST

( If not already discounted, a discount of 10% for three or more from the same company or Government Department)

 

 
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Course dates - 2008
LOCATION DAYS COMMENCEMENT DATES
Melbourne 2 on request
Sydney 2
on request
Canberra 2
on request
Brisbane 2 on request
Perth 2 on request
Adelaide 2 on request
Your place 2 on request

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