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Manual Software Testing

Software Testing Overview

Introduction to Software Testing

Objectives of Testing

Software Development Process

Project vs. Product

Error / Fault / Failure

Why Software has defects?

Most common defects

Cost of fixing defects

Testing then … and Testing now…

What is Verification & Validation

Difference between QA & QC

Role of a Tester

Principles of Testing

Early Testing

Exhaustive Testing Impossible

Defect Clustering

Pesticide Paradox

Testing is Context Dependant

Testing Should Show Presence of Defects

Absence of Error is a Fallacy

Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

SDLC Phases

SDLC Models 

Waterfall Model

V Model

RAD Model

Prototype Model

Spiral Model

Agile Model

Software Testing Methodologies

Static Testing

White Box Testing

Black Box Testing

Gray Box Testing

Static Testing Techniques

Reviews

Walkthroughs

White Box Testing

Unit Testing

Integration Testing

Black Box Testing

System Testing

User Acceptance Testing (UAT) 

Alpha Testing

Beta Testing

System Testing and Types of System Testing

Smoke / Sanity Testing

Formal Testing

Priority Based/Risk Based Testing

Ad-hoc Testing

Re-Testing and Regression Testing

End-to-End Testing

Exploratory Testing

Benchmark Testing

Monkey Testing

UI Testing

Usability Testing

Security Testing

Performance Testing

Load Testing

Stress Testing

Compatibility Testing

Installation Testing

Globalization Testing

Localization Testing

Recovery Testing

Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC)

Test Planning 

Test Strategy

Test Plan

Test Analysis 

Analyzing Functional Requirements

Preparing Requirement Clarification

Test Preparation 

Identifying & documenting Test Scenarios

Test Case Design Techniques 

ECP

BVA

Decision Table Testing

State Transition Testing

Use case Testing

Preparing Test Cases

Preparing Test Data

Preparing RTM

Test Execution 

Build Release Process

Executing Testcases

Defect / Bug Life Cycle

Defect Management 

What is defect?

Defect Classification

Defect Severity & Defect Priority

Defect Report Template

Defect Reporting & Defect Tracking

Test Closure 

Criteria for Test Closure

Status Reports (Daily and Weekly)

Test Summary Reports

Agile Testing

Database Testing

Test Management & Defect Management Tools

ALM (Quality Center)

Jira

Structured Query Language

Introduction to SQL

Joining Tables

Deleting Data

Using Views

Deleting Data

Grouping Data

Between Operator

Unix Basic Command

Grep Command

Find Command

SSH Command

VIM Command

LS Command

PWD Command

CD Command

Shut Down Command

FTP Command

Service Command

PS Command

Kill Command

RM Command

CP Command

MV Command

CAT Command

PASSWD Command

MKDIR Command

UNAME Command

WHATIS Command

TAIL Command

LESS Command

PING Command

Date Command

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