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ISEB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing
Based on the ISTQB syllabus

Course Duration - 3 Days

Course Overviews

The ISEB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing is based on the ISTQB syllabus. This course prepares delegates for the multiple choice examination for the qualification.

The course has six main parts:

Fundamentals of testing
Testing throughout the life cycle
Static test techniques
Test design techniques
Test management
Test tools

Course Objectives

The objectives of this course are:

To prepare candidates for the ISEB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing based on the ISTQB syllabus
To improve understanding of software testing - its purpose and nature - and to raise awareness of issues and constraints around testing
To provide a professional qualification widely recognised by employers, customers and peers
To introduce test techniques (static, white box and black box) to delegates as well as providing practical experience of some key techniques
To learn standard terminology
To provide a complete picture of the test activities and processes from requirements review to system implementation
To discover good sources of information

The objectives for the qualification are in the ISTQB syllabus and include:

Enabling software suppliers to hire certified testers and thereby gain commercial advantage over their competitors by advertising their tester recruitment policy
Enabling comparison of testing skills across different countries, testers to move across country borders more easily and multinational/international projects to have a common understanding of testing issues

Who should attend?

The Foundation Level qualification is aimed at anyone involved in software testing. This includes people in roles such as testers, test analysts, test engineers, test consultants, test managers, user acceptance testers and software developers.

This Foundation Level qualification is also appropriate for anyone who wants a basic understanding of software testing, such as project managers, quality managers, software development managers, business analysts, IT directors and management consultants.

Holders of the Foundation Certificate will be able to go on to the higher level software testing qualification; the Practitioner Certificate.

It is strongly recommended by the syllabus board that candidates also have at least a minimal background in either software development or software testing, such as six months experience as a system or user acceptance tester or as a software developer, and take an accredited course such as this one.

Syllabus – Key points

1. The fundamentals of testing:

Why testing is necessary
Harm caused by defects in software
Root causes
Testing and quality assurance
What testing is
General testing
Principles
Fundamental test process and the psychology of testing

2. Testing throughout the software life cycle:

Software development models
Relationship between development, test activities and work products in the development life cycle, project and product characteristics and context; test levels, objectives, typical objects and targets of testing
Functional, non-functional, structural and changerelated testing
Confirmation and regression testing
Maintenance testing
Regression testing and impact analysis in maintenance

3. Static techniques:

Reviews and the test process
Software work products and the different static techniques

Importance and value of static techniques

Difference between static and dynamic techniques
Typical formal review process
Different types of review:
- Informal review
- Technical review
- Walkthrough and inspection
Explain the factors for successful performance of reviews
Static analysis by tools
Defects and errors identified by static analysis
Typical benefits
Typical code and design defects identified

4. Test design techniques

Identifying test conditions and designing test cases
Categories of test design techniques
Specification-based (black-box) and structure based(white-box) approaches
Equivalence partitioning
Boundary value analysis
Decision tables
State transition diagrams, use case testing
Structure-based or white-box techniques
Code coverage
Statement and decision coverage
Control flows using statement testing and decision testing
Coverage
Experience based techniques
Choosing techniques

5. Test management

Test organization
Independent testing
Tasks of typical test leader and tester
Test planning and estimation
‘Standard for Software Test Documentation’ (IEEE 829)
Typical factors that influence the effort related to testing
Estimation approaches (metrics-based and expert-based)
Test preparation and execution tasks
Exit criteria
Test progress monitoring and control
Metrics and reporting
Configuration management
Risk and testing
Incident reporting and management

6. Tool support for testing

Types of test tool
Effective use of tools
Potential benefits and risks
Introducing a tool into an organization

Course Format

This course is a three-day tutor-led course, with the examination on the afternoon of the third day.(Examination is included in the course cost). Purple Griffon also support this qualification with an on-line learning course (ISTQBFW)

Complimentary books

The following books are available to purchase from the Purple Griffon bookstore to compliment this course:

	Title	Price
	Software Testing: An ISEB Foundation	£25.95

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Course Title	Location	Date	Offer

More dates

Course Title	Location	Date	Price
ISEB/ISTQB Software Testing Foundation	Bristol	13/09/10	£695
ISEB/ISTQB Software Testing Foundation	London	20/09/10	£695
ISEB/ISTQB Software Testing Foundation	Reading	08/11/10	£695