Introduction To Quality Assurance

The role and techniques needed for a Quality Assurance Analyst

What you'll learn

Understanding of the the quality assurance role

Understand how quality assurance fits into a SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle)

Understand the different types of quality assurance tests, and the important perspective needed for each

Practice building test scripts for different types of test phases

Requirements

This class is designed for anyone new to software development, regardless of their role. Interest is all that is required.

Description

This class is designed for anyone involved in software development, with a focus on those new to the concepts of Quality Assurance.  At DT Group, we believe quality application development is about more then just code.  The more all members of an application development team understand the other roles, the more effect each member of the team will become. In this class, we will walk through the role of a Quality Assurance analyst.  This includes the following topics:Review the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and the SDLC rolesDiscuss the role of the Quality assurance analyst fits in the SDLC Discus the differences between Quality Control and Quality Assurance A review of several key terms needed to fully understand quality assuranceReview the most common types of functional testing, when they occur during a project, and practice writing your own scripts.  Discuss the needs and challenges of "test" data in various environmentsThis class will help you understand that the mindset needed to succeed as a Quality Assurance analyst.  Regardless of your role within the SLDC, a deeper understanding of  the role of Quality Assurance and testing will dramatically improve the quality of your work and the software delivered. I hope you enjoy!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 SDLC Phases and where QA fits

Lecture 3 Quality Assurance vs. Quality Control

Section 2: Its all about Bugs

Lecture 4 Bugs and Defects

Lecture 5 Bug Severity - no all bugs are equal

Lecture 6 Cost of a bug

Lecture 7 Cost can be more then $$$

Lecture 8 A bugs lifecycle

Lecture 9 Bug Tracking

Section 3: Types of Testing

Lecture 10 Quality Control - A deeper dive

Lecture 11 Functional Testing

Lecture 12 Testing Timeline

Lecture 13 Testing Environments

Lecture 14 Non-Functional Testing

Lecture 15 Positive and Negative testing

Section 4: Test Cases - Examples and Practice exercises

Lecture 16 Test Case Structure

Lecture 17 Test case Template Review

Lecture 18 Unit Test - Login Screen

Lecture 19 Unit test Review - Login Screen

Lecture 20 Unit testing - Practice

Lecture 21 System Flow Diagram

Lecture 22 Integration Test - Login Screen

Lecture 23 Integration Test Practice - Invoice Page

Lecture 24 System Test - Example

Lecture 25 Regression Test example

Lecture 26 User Acceptance Testing

Section 5: Additional Testing Concepts

Lecture 27 White and Black box testing

Lecture 28 Automated Testing

Lecture 29 Environment specific Data - Needs and challenges

Section 6: Class Wrapup

Lecture 30 Class Wrapup

Anyone new to software development