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ISEB Foundation Course in Software Testing Training

3 days - £695 + vat including exam fees

This Software Testing Foundation training course provides delegates with a good basic understanding of the principles of software testing and prepares them to sit the ISEB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing.

ISEB Foundation Course in Software Testing Course Content

1.    The Principles of Testing

• Why testing is necessary
• How much testing is enough?
• Coverage and completion criteria
• The fundamental test process
• The psychology of testing
• Re-testing and Regression testing
• Prioritisation of tests
• Testability

2.    Testing throughout the lifecycle

• Testing and the Development Lifecycle
• High Level Test planning
• Stages of Testing
• Component Testing
• Link Testing
• System and acceptance testing
• Large Scale Integration testing
• Alpha and Beta testing
• Non-functional system testing
• Load, performance and stress testing
• Security testing
• Usability testing
• Storage and volume testing
• Installation testing
• Documentation testing
• Backup and recovery testing
• Maintenance testing

3.    Test Techniques

• Test techniques and the lifecycle
• Black and White Box testing
• Equivalence partitioning
• Boundary Value Analysis
• State transition testing
• Statement and Branch testing
• Error-guessing
• Reviews and the test process
• Types of review
• Static Analysis

4.    Test Management

• Organisation
• Configuration management
• Test estimation, monitoring and control
• Incident management
• Standards for testing

5.    Tool support for testing (CAST)

• Types of CAST tool
• Tool selection and implementation

ISEB Qualifications

The ISEB Software Testing Foundation training course prepares candidates to sit the examination leading to the ISEB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing, which takes place at the end of the course. This involves a one-hour, multiple choice examination.

The ISEB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing is a specialist module for the ISEB Diploma in Systems Development.

In association with Sogeti UK Ltd 

ISEB Foundation Course in Software Testing Course Recommended Reading

Software Testing: An ISEB Foundation by Brian Hambling - buy from amazon
Testing Object Oriented Systems: Models, Patterns and Tools - Robert Binder - buy from amazon
British Qualifications - Kogan Page - buy from amazon

Download course outline as pdf.

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