Manual Testing Training Syllabus

Fundamentals of Testing

• Why is testing necessary? What is testing?
• Testing principles
• Fundamental test process
• The psychology of testing

Testing throughout the software life cycle

• Software development models
• Test levels
• Test types: the targets of testing
• Maintenance testing

Static techniques

• Reviews and the test process
• Review process
• Static analysis by tools

Test design techniques

• Identifying test conditions and designing test cases
• Categories of test design techniques
• Specification-based or black-box techniques
• Structure-based or white-box techniques
• Experience-based techniques
• Choosing a test technique

Test management

• Test organization
• Test plans, estimates, and strategies
• Test progress monitoring and control
• Configuration management
• Risk and testing
• Incident management

Tool support for testing

• Types of test tool
• Effective use of tools: Potential benefits and risks
• Introducing a tool into an organization