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Agile Testing Techniques

Transition sound traditional test practices into an Agile development environment. Just enough, just in time, with responsive high level quality.

This 3-day course will introduce you to high speed methods, and explore their use so that you can immediately step from the classroom into the office with new found confidence. We will discuss transition, roles, methods and technologies that can be relied upon to deliver speed and optimum flexibility. You will start to feel a new sense of flexibility, confidence and enthusiasm (maybe for the first time in your entire development career).

Building on traditional risk based test practice we are now being challenged by incremental delivery. To address, and not inhibit, we examine the concept of pair testing. Strengthening relationships, in a team setting, helps to build a sense of common purpose. Working in parallel eliminates hand-offs, late stage testing, and an opportunity for incremental confirmed component delivery. This program builds on what we know, and adapts to what we have… Agile delivery. Traditional methods become a barrier under new development methods and place further pressure on the test team to feel a sense of value compromise. The new found, high speed test delivery, opens new areas of opportunity to build strength in product quality, process improvement and test confidence.

Despite changes in methods and approaches we continually slide back into old test habits. Often we leave methods behind, rather than transition from them. We throw everything away and do a wholesale replacement without putting to bed the reasons for change. Most testing works but only within the development context that it was framed. The program will reflect tradition against Agile testing, what changes we must make and the role that we will play. Testing is not a service but an integrated part of the development team.
 
Learn how to:
  • Understand the key differences between traditional and Agile Testing practices
  • Develop a transition plan to move from traditional test practices to Agile testing
  • Construct a Lean Testing Framework to expedite Agile delivery
  • Operate in a time constrained development cycle without losing testable value
  • Develop Iteration 0 Test Plans that guide test design development
  • Use High Speed test methods to supplement and support story-based testing practices (Exploratory, Pairwise, Pareto techniques)
  • Capitalize on Test Development through Use & Reuse Management
  • Integrate Team Testing into Agile Projects
  • Build Lean Test Artifacts for Regression Testware
  • Engage stakeholders in quality trade-off decision-making
  • Coach story card contributors in test case construction
  • Gain exposure to automation support opportunities
Who Should Attend:
  • Software Test and QA Professionals
  • Software Test and QA Managers
  • Quality Analysts and Engineers


Pricing

STP Member: $1095.00
Non-member: $1195.00



Duration

Virtual Classroom
Each class is a series of daily 3.5 hour sessions delivered over three consecutive days.

Classes

Start DateCourseRegister
7/16/12 Agile Testing Techniques
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9/12/12 Agile Testing Techniques
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11/12/12 Agile Testing Techniques
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Don’t see a class near your area?
Call 877-257-9531 or email info@softwaretestpro.com to discuss your needs. Course schedule is subject to change.

Cancellation Policy
Student substitutions may be made at any time prior to the start of class. Cancellations received less than 30 days prior to the start date of class will be subject to a $100 administrative fee. You may cancel your reservation by providing STP with written notice via email at email info@softwaretestpro.com. If a cancellation/transfer request is received in writing, less than 10 business days prior to the class start date, payment will still be due, no refunds will be issued and you will be charged a $200 cancellation fee. You will be allowed to apply your paid course tuition to the same course or one of equal value within 1 year from the original course start date. Only one reenrollment opportunity is allowed per person. Failure to attend the course without written notification via fax or email prior to the start of the course will be considered a "no show" and will result in forfeiture of the full course price. If STP is forced to cancel a course for any reason, liability is limited to the registration fee only.

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