Overview

The core objectives of testing are to reduce risk and provide go-live assurance.

Pathway IT offers expert test management courses that will allow you to streamline testing processes and improve software quality. You will learn how to save time, reduce software defects, and improve product quality.

Our practical test management training is based on lessons learnt delivering critical projects and transformation programmes across a number of industry sectors. (Including charity, transport, finance, hotels, automotive and education.)

On this course you’ll learn about these topics.

• Test strategy
• Test approach
• Automated test tools
• Best practice on Agile, Waterfall or hybrid methodology projects
• Non-functional testing
• Test constraints and dependencies
• Security testing by project teams and third-party specialists
• Scheduling testing within a complex programme
• Advice for teams that are new to Agile
• Criticality of testing as a key assurance activity, not a tick-box exercise to allow the system to go live.
• Steps to minimise risk if the test schedule is compressed.

This course isn’t like many test management courses. It is based on proven principles that have been used to deliver complex, critical projects.

Course objectives

The course aims to help you learn how to:

• View a project holistically and determine the most effective test approach in order to provide assurance and reduce risk.
• Prepare test documentation including test strategy.
• Analyse the viability of automated test tools.
• Embed best test practices.
• Manage all test phases.
• Schedule testing on complex projects with multiple dependencies.
• Test risk management.
• Prepare meaningful test reports.
• Explain the criticality of using real data, or data that replicates real data, in some test scenarios.

Who is this course for?

This course is designed for people that want to learn the principles that will allow them to deliver test phases on projects successfully.

It will be valuable for anyone involved in IT projects with a desire to learn about effective, professional test management.

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course you should:

• Understand best practice for Waterfall and Agile projects and know how to apply the principles in your projects.
• Be able to prepare clear, professional test documentation.
• Understand the core objectives of testing and how to add value to all test activities.
• Have an awareness of test dependencies and constraints.
• Understand high-risk test activities that may take longer than anticipated to complete.
• Understand how to enhance traditional test methods to reduce risk.