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Origins of requirements

  • Conventional Business Analysis
  • Use Cases, Scenarios, and Testing Strategies
  • Non-functional requirements
  • Performance considerations
  • System conformance
  • Utilising UML in Business Analysis

Fundamentals of testing

  • Functional testing
  • Regression testing
  • User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
  • Unit testing
  • Usability testing
  • Non-functional testing
  • Performance testing
  • Load testing
  • Stress testing
  • Soak testing

Evaluating test necessity

  • Determining who makes decisions on test scope
  • The financial implications of testing low-value items
  • Calculating ROI, including scenarios where analysis fails
  • The strategic role of the Test Manager

The testing process

  • Viewing testing as both a process and a strategic approach
  • Identifying specific testing needs
  • Collecting requirements through use cases and user stories
  • Defining scope by selecting and prioritising scenarios
  • Designing test cases
  • Data preparation
  • Environment setup
  • Creating or recording tests
  • Executing tests
  • Analysis and reporting
  • Drawing conclusions and identifying areas for improvement
  • Determining when to cease testing

The Product Owner and testing

  • The role of the customer representative in establishing test priorities
  • Prioritising test scenarios
  • Crafting effective user stories for UAT
  • Defining acceptance criteria
  • A group exercise focusing on generating customer requirements, writing stories, and creating corresponding tests

The sprint cycle

  • Integrating the sprint backlog with user story tests
  • A collaborative exercise to plan a sprint

Completing a sprint

  • Understanding the Scrum review meeting as a critical test opportunity

Evaluating Agile and Scrum suitability

  • A comprehensive review of the Scrum process
  • Comparative analysis with alternative methodologies
  • The advantages of pair programming
  • Dedicated Q&A session

Requirements

There are no specific prerequisites required for this course.

 14 Hours

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