ISEB Foundation - Software Testing

Everyone involved in the management or practice of software development, testing and acceptance, including users, designers, programmers, test analysts and software purchasers.

Managers, project managers, quality managers and team leaders responsible for preparing and implementing testing policies and strategies.

Business users, their representative, and analysts, who are involved in acceptance testing of new or amended systems.

Effective testing is essential for reliable, quality software. The need, therefore, is to ensure a rigorous, visible, formal, measurable and repeatable approach to testing is an essential prerequisite to the reliable high quality systems which underpin modern organisations.

This course will enable delegates to:

• Manage, plan and prepare rigorous, formal, visible and repeatable tests 
• Apply different testing approaches (black box, white box, static and dynamic) to all stages of software development
• Prepare test plans, strategy, specifications, procedures and controls to provide a structured approach to testing
• Identify what is involved in acceptance testing, system testing, integration testing and unit testing
• Understand the need for and scope of test management, and document testing appropriately
• Recognise the contribution of automated testing tools and define a process for their selection

None, other than basic experience of IT systems and their use.

Fundamentals of testing

Testing through the life cycle

Static testing techniques

Test design techniques

Test management

Tool support for testing

The ISEB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing is taken at the end of the final day. It is a one hour multiple choice exam consisting of 40 questions.

This is now based on the International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB) syllabus and successful candidates will receive a certification with both ISEB and ISTQB recognition.