Take a structured approach to test case development as you plan recurring test activities and examine the product fundamentals necessary for decision making. Recognize testers’ contribution to the product team and their role in an agile environment. You’ll develop advanced skills in test planning, prioritization and modeling. As part of the curriculum, students will gain new skills and insight into test effectiveness, the measurement of test progress, and identification of risks associated with complex software development projects. Course topics include test plan writing; test verification and validation; project metrics; user acceptance; testing to spec; and common enterprise environments. 

• Principles of Software Testing or equivalent knowledge  

Lessons 1 and 2  

Planning 

• Why you need a test plan 
• Elements of a great plan 
• Using the plan 
• Dealing with unplanned tasks 
• Agile vs. Waterfall 
• Recurring test activities 
• Identify the tester’s role in Product Life Cycle 

Lessons 1 and 2 Assignments 

• Test questionnaire 
• Class designs application to be used in entirety of class 

Lessons 3 and 4  

Modeling 

• Driving quality upstream 
• Test case creation 
• Test case prioritization 
• Discuss the numerous issues and scenarios which can affect the priority of testing, severity of issues found, impact on the full range of customers, and test requirements needed for product testing 

Lessons 3 and 4 Assignments 

• Review application design 
• Create test cases for application 

Lessons 5 and 6  

Reporting 

• Metrics 
• Selecting test scenarios 
• Running and evaluating test scenarios 
• Measuring test progress 
• Reporting and dashboards 

Lessons 5 and 6 Assignments 

• Create test plan for application