Target Audience: Testers, Project Managers, Lead Software Designers & Developers,  Business Analysts

Description: 
Software Testing can consume about 40-50% of the software development time and effort, but frequently it is done without a conscious test strategy. A deliberate, well-planned test strategy can be more cost-effective, and can focus on the risks for the new product or new release. The result is to allocate your test time and effort so that it will have the most benefit and payback.

This seminar is designed to show what should be included in a deliberate, well-planned test strategy and how that can help reduce risks for a new product or a new release.  New approaches to optimizing the test process, as well as an approach to assessing the level of your current testing process are examined. 

Topics:
Developing an Overall Test Strategy
The Test Plan as The Foundation
Defining Effective Test Cases
Documenting The Test Cases in a Software Test Description (STD)
Comments on the Test Team(s)

Unit Level Testing
• Guidelines and targets
• Several approaches
• Software Development Files (SDFs)
• When is a "Unit" really finished?
• A Sample Unit Test Procedure (Process Definition)

Qualification Testing
• Special Preparations
• Dry Runs
• Witnessing and Test Logs

Software Test Reports (STRs)

Test Process Improvement & Assessment
• Key Areas
• Assessments - to identify improvement needs
• The Test Process Improvement journey

Simple Test Metrics

Estimating Testing Effort and Time/Schedule
• Estimating - using the main drivers
• Scheduling
• Selling management


Prerequisites: Familiarity with software development