Identifying and Executing the Most Important Tests

(CSTP #4)

This tutorial counts as training towards the Certified Software Test Professional requirements.

This seminar applies techniques introduced in the Risk Based Test Management seminar. Students should be familiar with inventories,
risk ranking techniques, test metrics, planning, sizing, and test estimation in order to get the most benefit from this seminar.

Course Outline

Test Design
Analytical Test Design
• Path Analysis
• Data Analysis
Non-Analytical Test Design
Risk analysis and Ranking

Test Execution
Managing Test Execution and Reporting Test Progress
• S-Curves – How they work
• S-Curves in Practice
Automation Techniques and Tools
• Publishing Results
• Status
• Task assignments
• High Function Web Sites

Reporting and Tracking Bugs
Analyzing Bug Statistics
Tracking and Reporting the Test Effort
Beyond the test cycle: Adding more value

Learning Objectives

• Risk based selection techniques for test design
• Building and managing test scripts and test suites
• Adding automation to improve the performance of the test effort
• Techniques for tracking bugs and getting them removed
• Adding value to the product and demonstrating that value to management
This seminar is useful to testers in all type of development shops, from heavyweight to lightweight, even out to the eXtreme(s).