Software Testing in the Real World

  Developers are under great pressure to deliver more complex software with increasingly aggressive schedules and with limited resources. Testers are expected to validate the quality of software even faster and with even fewer resources. In such an environment; solid, repeatable, and practical testing methods and automation are a must. This seminar prepares you to meet testing challenges by introducing new techniques for cost-effective analysis, test design, testing, and overall evaluation of your software product or system. Learn how to organize your testing effort so that it is under control, your successes are measurable, and your risks are minimized. Learn what standards are applicable to testing and how they can help you simplify communication and stop re-inventing the wheel!

YOU WILL LEARN: How to evaluate and improve your software test process A new state-of-the-practice test design approach - receive a set of new test templates How to improve your defect finding potential and prevent error migration How to organize your testing effort so it is measurable and controllable How to create meaningful test plans and other critical test documents How to evaluate your testing effectiveness and know when to stop testing

INTRODUCING NEW, PROVEN STATE-OF-THE-PRACTICE TEST

  Only the most practical, field-proven software test methods are presented, including specific testing tasks, roles, techniques, activities, and deliverables. Practical integration of the software development process and the test development process is clearly laid out using the SDT Dotted-U model. This powerful model is not dependent on specific tools and can be applied to any software test organization. The fundamental concepts of software testing are clearly described, and active participation in exercises reinforces discussions and provides valuable experience.

  In addition, the course covers many of the factors that influence testing and test process improvement, including risk reduction, measurable test results, and relevant testing standards.

  Learn how to organize your software testing effort so it is measurable and controllable. This includes what to measure, how to obtain measurements, and how to use measurements to understand and control software test process. In addition, the use of standards simplifies communication and often eliminates the need to invent new solutions. All relevant ANSI/IEEE software engineering standards are identified and employed in the course material.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

  Testers and test specialists, developers, managers, quality assurance specialists, maintainers, auditors, systems analysts, tool developers, project managers, MIS directors, MIS managers, software development managers, and others whose jobs involve understanding software testing.

The SDT Dotted-U Model™ from “Software Testing in the Real World” by Edward Kit