SOFTWARE TESTER ADVANCED LEVEL

Testing Process

• Introduction
• Test Planning, Monitoring, and Control
• Test Analysis
• Test Design
• Test Implementation
• Test Execution
• Test Closure Activities

Test Management

• Introduction
• Test Management in Context
• Risk-Based Testing and Other Approaches for Test Prioritization and Effort Allocation
• Test Documentation and Other Work Products
• Test Estimation
• Defining and Using Test Metrics
• Business Value of Testing
• Distributed, Outsourced, and Insourced Testing
• Managing the Application of Industry Standards

Reviews

• Introduction
• Management Reviews and Audits
• Managing Reviews
• Metrics for Reviews
• Managing Formal Reviews

Defect Management

• Introduction
• The Defect Lifecycle and the Software Development Lifecycle
• Defect Report Information
• Assessing Process Capability with Defect Report Information

Improving the Testing Process

• Introduction
• Test Improvement Process
• Improving the Testing Process
• Improving the Testing Process with TMMi
• Improving the Testing Process with TPI Next
• Improving the Testing Process with CTP
• Improving the Testing Process with STEP

Test Tools and Automation

• Introduction
• Tool Selection
• Tool Lifecycle
• Tool Metrics

People Skills – Team Composition

• Introduction
• Individual Skills
• Test Team Dynamics
• Fitting Testing Within an Organization
• Motivation
• Communication