Software Testing Syllabus

Manual Software Testing Syllabus

Chapter 1: Fundamentals of Testing

·         Why is testing necessary?

·         What is testing?

·         Economics of Testing

§  Black Box Testing

§  White Box Testing

·         Software Testing Principles

·         Fundamental Test Process

Chapter 2: Testing throughout the software life cycle

·         Software Development models

§  Waterfall model

§  V & V- Model

§  Iterative Life Cycles

§  Spiral Model

§  Scrum Model (Agile Methodology)

·         Test Levels/Types of testing

§  Component Testing

§  Integration Testing

§  System Testing

§  Acceptance Testing

§  Maintenance testing

Chapter 3: Static & Dynamic Testing Techniques

·         Reviews and the test process

·         Review Process

·         Inspections and Walkthroughs

·         Code Inspection

Chapter 4: Test Design Techniques

·         Identifying test conditions and designing test cases

·         Categories of test design techniques

·         Specification-based or black-box techniques

§  Boundary Value Analysis

§  Decision Table Testing

§  Equivalence Partitioning

§  State Transition Testing

§  Use Case Testing

·         Structure-based or white-box techniques

§  Code Coverage

§  Decision Coverage

§  Statement Coverage

§  Structural Testing

·         Experience-based techniques

§  Error Guessing

§  Exploratory Testing

·         Choosing a test technique

Chapter 5: Test Management

·         Test Organization

·         Test Plans, Estimates, and strategies

·         Test progress monitoring and control

·         Configuration Management

·         Risk and Testing

·         Incident Management

Chapter 6: Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC)

·         Test Planning

·         Test Development

·         Test Execution

·         Result Analysis

·         Bug Tracking and Reporting

·         Test Closure Activity

Chapter 6: Other Testing Types

·         Function Testing

·         Volume Testing

·         Stress Testing

·         Usability Testing

·         Security Testing

·         Performance Testing

·         Configuration Testing

·         Reliability Testing

·         Recovery Testing

• Build Verification Testing
• Regression Testing
• Re-Testing
• Alpha Testing
• Beta Testing
• Static Testing
• Dynamic Testing
• Installation Testing
• Compatibility Testing
• Monkey Testing
• End-To-Testing
• Exploratory Testing
• Security Testing
• Port Testing
• Adhoc Testing

Chapter 7: Introducing JIRA/Mantis/Bugzilla

·         The JIRA Testing Process

·         Starting JIRA

·         The Jira window