Quality Assurance Testing

This course is designed for individuals who have some basic computer experience and wish to prepare as a Software Tester or Quality Assurance Analyst. Related experience might include familiarity with Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office and using the Internet browsers.

The course will provide instruction and hands-on training for the students to feel confident and begin working in the industry as software tester or QA Analyst.

Learning Outcomes:

After attending this course, participants will learn:

• Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Fundamental concepts in software testing, including software testing objectives, process, criteria, strategies, and methods.
• Various software testing issues and solutions in software unit testing, integration, regression, and system testing.
• Techniques and skills on how to use modern software testing tools to support software testing projects.
• Planning a test project, design test cases and data, conduct testing operations, manage software problems and defects, generate a testing report.
• Advanced software testing topics, such as object-oriented software testing methods, and component-based software testing issues, challenges, and solutions.
• Understand software test automation problems and solutions.

64 hours of virtual, facilitated course time is required.

Software Quality Assurance and Testing Basics

• What is Software Quality Assurance (SQA), SQA vs. Software Testing
• The profession of SQA
• Knowledge and skill areas for SQA and Testing
• SDLC – Software Development Life Cycle
• Patterns or Approaches of SDLC

Requirements Analysis and more about testing basics

• What are software requirements
• Types of software requirements
• Analysis Techniques
• Requirements Quality Analysis
• STLC – Software Testing Life Cycle
• Defect life cycle
• Types of testing, black box, white box, sanity testing, regression testing

Test Planning & Documentation

• Test plan
• Test case
• Traceability Matrix
• Test Reports

Functional Testing

• SQL Query Joins
• Front end testing
• UNIX testing and LINUX testing to validate servers and log files
• Quality Center | HP ALM – application life cycle management tool to cover requirements, test plan, Test case, defects and test lab, resources and dashboard module.
• Security Testing

Backend Testing, Security Testing & Mobile Testing

• SQL queries to validate database
• Code review
• Log Files review
• Security Testing
• Mobile Testing

Load, Performance, Stress, Security, Mobile Testing

• Analysis of load, performance and stress testing
• Deep issues of performance
• Performance testing tools

Quality Assurance Testing has no official certification or exam.

Quality Assurance Testing has no required prerequisites for admittance.

Students are responsible for purchasing course materials and paying for professional certification exams, if applicable.

*This program is authorized for WIOA funding for eligible applicants. For information, click here.

Maryville Course Fee: $2,250

Estimated course material cost: $80
Estimated exam fee: N/A
Estimated total cost to complete this course: $2,330