Course Content

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1. Introduction to QA

• Overview of QA concepts

• Roles and Responsibilities of QA

• QA and QC

• Software development life cycle

• Software testing

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2. QA Principles and Types of Testing

• Seven key principles of Software testing

• Causes of Software defects

• Types of tests – Functional and Non-functional testing

• Levels of testing – Unit, Integration, System and Acceptance tests

• Retest and Regression testing

• Lab

• Homework

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3. Software Testing Lifecycle and Artifacts

• Inputs for Software testing

• Key phases of Software testing

• Understanding Software requirements

• Test Plan

• Test case designs

• Labs

• Homework

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4. Advanced testing

• Test execution and defect management

• Testing techniques

• Boundary Value analysis

• Decision table testing

• State transition testing

• Branch testing

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5. Understanding technologies and maintaining test data

• Introduction to HTML

• Lab: Creating HTML documentation

• Test Formats: CSV, XML, JSON

• Lab: Managing test data in CSV files

• Lab: Managing test data in JSON files

• Lab: Managing test data in XML files

6. Test management and lean methods

• Managing test artifacts using MS Office

• Managing test artifacts in Jira

• Agile testing methodology

• Role of QA in Agile testing

• Introduction to BDD and TDD

• Labs

• Homework

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7. Project work