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Risk-Driven Software Testing
Understanding the Value of “Risk-Driven” Testing
Explore a risk-driven test process—applicable to any development lifecycle model—to help you make critical testing decisions earlier and with more confidence. This two-day course is appropriate for test professionals, test managers, project leaders, quality analysts, and software developers.
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- Develop dynamic test strategies to reduce product and project risk with effective testing
- Learn a flexible and adaptable approach for testing any software
- Discover the keys to risk-based test planning and how to establish realistic testing goals
- Identify, analyze, and prioritize test objectives to guide all testing activities
- Focus test designs on finding important bugs more quickly and with less effort
- Find out how to report testing results and use this information to improve your testing processes
A Risk-Driven Test Process for any Software Development Lifecycle
Whether you are new to testing or looking for a better way to organize your test practices and processes, understanding risk is essential to successfully testing software in today’s ever-changing world. This course describes a general risk-based framework—applicable to any development lifecycle model—to help you make critical testing decisions earlier and with more confidence.
The key is deciding how to focus your testing effort, what elements and areas to test, and how to organize test designs and documentation. Learn the fundamentals of risk identification, analysis, and the role testing plays in risk mitigation. Learn how to develop an inventory of test objectives to help prioritize your testing efforts and translate these objectives into a concrete strategy for designing and developing tests. With a prioritized inventory and focused test design and architecture, you will be able to focus your test case creation on those areas essential to your stakeholders.
Execution of the resulting tests and assessing results based on risk-based processes will provide a better understanding of both the effectiveness of your testing and the potential for failure in shipped software. Take back a proven approach to organize your testing efforts and new ways to add more value to your project and organization.
Focuses on the Most Important Testing Issues
In a small-group class setting, your instructor, a seasoned testing expert, will help answer your tough testing questions and help you understand how to apply risk-driven testing to your specific situation. You’ll leave equipped with a practical and proven testing approach that you can adapt to your organization, development lifecycle, applications, and project for immediate benefit. As a tester, you’ll be equipped with the tools and skills to attack any testing project—no matter the context or scope.
Who Should Attend?
The audience includes test professionals, test managers, project leaders, quality analysts, and software developers. No specific prerequisites are assumed. However, attendees are expected to have some software experience.
Chapter 1 – Testing and Risk
Focus of testing
Complete/exhaustive testing Is impossible
Risk management ― overview
Software risk areas
Understanding process risks
Understanding project risks
Understanding product risks
Categorizing risk
Attitudes and viewpoints relating to risk
Key elements of risk-driven testing
Chapter 2 – Project Risks - Test Planning
Deciding on a test plan
Test planning – key elements
Division of the testing effort
Developer testing (component and component integration)
System testing
Acceptance testing
Staffing decisions and choices
Managing regression testing
The regression decision
Defining the testing scope
Deliverables and tasks
Environment ― concerns and issues
Tools and automation – benefits and risks
Schedule, estimation and budget
Approvals (sign off on Plan)
Chapter 3 – Product Risk (Identification, Analysis, Mitigation)
Risk identification
Risk identification techniques
Risk analysis
Risk-Driven test analysis
A product risk analysis model
Risk analysis activities
Creating an Inventory
Applying the inventory process
Risk analysis and prioritization
Primary risk characteristics – impact and likelihood
Approach to risk analysis
Adjusting the testing
Chapter 3 – Product Risk (continued)
Risk mitigation
Determining the mitigation strategy
Risk mitigation – approaches
Risk mitigation – strategic issues
Product risk mitigation – scope
Utilizing risk Information
Chapter 4 – Utilizing Product Risk – Test Design
Determining the scope of testing
Approaches to test design
Selecting the test approach
Formal test design
Informal test design
The test design process
Organize the test objects
Example test set definition
Test techniques and risk
Chapter 5 – Execution, Reporting, and Reassessing Risk
Test execution and risk – key elements
Testing status
Test effectiveness issues
Test execution issues
Test execution and failure
Categorizing defects
Coverage assessment
Reporting testing status
Assessing defect status
Stopping the testing
Chapter 6 – Wrap Up
Summary
The key to success
Course evaluations
Bibliography ― books
Bibliography ― articles and papers
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- Develop dynamic test strategies to reduce product and project risk with effective testing
- Learn a flexible and adaptable approach for testing any software
- Discover the keys to risk-based test planning and how to establish realistic testing goals
- Identify, analyze, and prioritize test objectives to guide all testing activities
- Focus test designs on finding important bugs more quickly and with less effort
- Find out how to report testing results and use this information to improve your testing processes
A Risk-Driven Test Process for any Software Development Lifecycle
Whether you are new to testing or looking for a better way to organize your test practices and processes, understanding risk is essential to successfully testing software in today’s ever-changing world. This course describes a general risk-based framework—applicable to any development lifecycle model—to help you make critical testing decisions earlier and with more confidence.
The key is deciding how to focus your testing effort, what elements and areas to test, and how to organize test designs and documentation. Learn the fundamentals of risk identification, analysis, and the role testing plays in risk mitigation. Learn how to develop an inventory of test objectives to help prioritize your testing efforts and translate these objectives into a concrete strategy for designing and developing tests. With a prioritized inventory and focused test design and architecture, you will be able to focus your test case creation on those areas essential to your stakeholders.
Execution of the resulting tests and assessing results based on risk-based processes will provide a better understanding of both the effectiveness of your testing and the potential for failure in shipped software. Take back a proven approach to organize your testing efforts and new ways to add more value to your project and organization.
Focuses on the Most Important Testing Issues
In a small-group class setting, your instructor, a seasoned testing expert, will help answer your tough testing questions and help you understand how to apply risk-driven testing to your specific situation. You’ll leave equipped with a practical and proven testing approach that you can adapt to your organization, development lifecycle, applications, and project for immediate benefit. As a tester, you’ll be equipped with the tools and skills to attack any testing project—no matter the context or scope.
Who Should Attend?
The audience includes test professionals, test managers, project leaders, quality analysts, and software developers. No specific prerequisites are assumed. However, attendees are expected to have some software experience.
Chapter 1 – Testing and Risk
Focus of testing
Complete/exhaustive testing Is impossible
Risk management ― overview
Software risk areas
Understanding process risks
Understanding project risks
Understanding product risks
Categorizing risk
Attitudes and viewpoints relating to risk
Key elements of risk-driven testing
Chapter 2 – Project Risks - Test Planning
Deciding on a test plan
Test planning – key elements
Division of the testing effort
Developer testing (component and component integration)
System testing
Acceptance testing
Staffing decisions and choices
Managing regression testing
The regression decision
Defining the testing scope
Deliverables and tasks
Environment ― concerns and issues
Tools and automation – benefits and risks
Schedule, estimation and budget
Approvals (sign off on Plan)
Chapter 3 – Product Risk (Identification, Analysis, Mitigation)
Risk identification
Risk identification techniques
Risk analysis
Risk-Driven test analysis
A product risk analysis model
Risk analysis activities
Creating an Inventory
Applying the inventory process
Risk analysis and prioritization
Primary risk characteristics – impact and likelihood
Approach to risk analysis
Adjusting the testing
Chapter 3 – Product Risk (continued)
Risk mitigation
Determining the mitigation strategy
Risk mitigation – approaches
Risk mitigation – strategic issues
Product risk mitigation – scope
Utilizing risk Information
Chapter 4 – Utilizing Product Risk – Test Design
Determining the scope of testing
Approaches to test design
Selecting the test approach
Formal test design
Informal test design
The test design process
Organize the test objects
Example test set definition
Test techniques and risk
Chapter 5 – Execution, Reporting, and Reassessing Risk
Test execution and risk – key elements
Testing status
Test effectiveness issues
Test execution issues
Test execution and failure
Categorizing defects
Coverage assessment
Reporting testing status
Assessing defect status
Stopping the testing
Chapter 6 – Wrap Up
Summary
The key to success
Course evaluations
Bibliography ― books
Bibliography ― articles and papers
Bring this course to your team at your site. Contact us to learn more at 929.777.8102.
Save on Private Training for Your Team
Experience expert-led training delivered privately to your team either at your location or in an interactive virtual classroom. Our On-Site/Private Training options—including Virtual Team Training—is both cost-effective and convenient for your team of six or more. Get a no-obligation quote and details about how easy it is to give your team a private training experience. Call our Learning & Coaching Advocates at 929.777.8102, or email [email protected].
- Develop dynamic test strategies to reduce product and project risk with effective testing
- Learn a flexible and adaptable approach for testing any software
- Discover the keys to risk-based test planning and how to establish realistic testing goals
- Identify, analyze, and prioritize test objectives to guide all testing activities
- Focus test designs on finding important bugs more quickly and with less effort
- Find out how to report testing results and use this information to improve your testing processes
A Risk-Driven Test Process for any Software Development Lifecycle
Whether you are new to testing or looking for a better way to organize your test practices and processes, understanding risk is essential to successfully testing software in today’s ever-changing world. This course describes a general risk-based framework—applicable to any development lifecycle model—to help you make critical testing decisions earlier and with more confidence.
The key is deciding how to focus your testing effort, what elements and areas to test, and how to organize test designs and documentation. Learn the fundamentals of risk identification, analysis, and the role testing plays in risk mitigation. Learn how to develop an inventory of test objectives to help prioritize your testing efforts and translate these objectives into a concrete strategy for designing and developing tests. With a prioritized inventory and focused test design and architecture, you will be able to focus your test case creation on those areas essential to your stakeholders.
Execution of the resulting tests and assessing results based on risk-based processes will provide a better understanding of both the effectiveness of your testing and the potential for failure in shipped software. Take back a proven approach to organize your testing efforts and new ways to add more value to your project and organization.
Focuses on the Most Important Testing Issues
In a small-group class setting, your instructor, a seasoned testing expert, will help answer your tough testing questions and help you understand how to apply risk-driven testing to your specific situation. You’ll leave equipped with a practical and proven testing approach that you can adapt to your organization, development lifecycle, applications, and project for immediate benefit. As a tester, you’ll be equipped with the tools and skills to attack any testing project—no matter the context or scope.
Who Should Attend?
The audience includes test professionals, test managers, project leaders, quality analysts, and software developers. No specific prerequisites are assumed. However, attendees are expected to have some software experience.
Chapter 1 – Testing and Risk
Focus of testing
Complete/exhaustive testing Is impossible
Risk management ― overview
Software risk areas
Understanding process risks
Understanding project risks
Understanding product risks
Categorizing risk
Attitudes and viewpoints relating to risk
Key elements of risk-driven testing
Chapter 2 – Project Risks - Test Planning
Deciding on a test plan
Test planning – key elements
Division of the testing effort
Developer testing (component and component integration)
System testing
Acceptance testing
Staffing decisions and choices
Managing regression testing
The regression decision
Defining the testing scope
Deliverables and tasks
Environment ― concerns and issues
Tools and automation – benefits and risks
Schedule, estimation and budget
Approvals (sign off on Plan)
Chapter 3 – Product Risk (Identification, Analysis, Mitigation)
Risk identification
Risk identification techniques
Risk analysis
Risk-Driven test analysis
A product risk analysis model
Risk analysis activities
Creating an Inventory
Applying the inventory process
Risk analysis and prioritization
Primary risk characteristics – impact and likelihood
Approach to risk analysis
Adjusting the testing
Chapter 3 – Product Risk (continued)
Risk mitigation
Determining the mitigation strategy
Risk mitigation – approaches
Risk mitigation – strategic issues
Product risk mitigation – scope
Utilizing risk Information
Chapter 4 – Utilizing Product Risk – Test Design
Determining the scope of testing
Approaches to test design
Selecting the test approach
Formal test design
Informal test design
The test design process
Organize the test objects
Example test set definition
Test techniques and risk
Chapter 5 – Execution, Reporting, and Reassessing Risk
Test execution and risk – key elements
Testing status
Test effectiveness issues
Test execution issues
Test execution and failure
Categorizing defects
Coverage assessment
Reporting testing status
Assessing defect status
Stopping the testing
Chapter 6 – Wrap Up
Summary
The key to success
Course evaluations
Bibliography ― books
Bibliography ― articles and papers
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