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P323 – PROGRAMME ON SOFTWARE TESTING

(COMPANY SPECIFIC PROGRAMME FOR L.I.C. OF INDIA)

 

Background:

In IT-dependent business operations, customer satisfaction is largely dependent on continued functioning of good quality IT-based systems comprising of various hardware, system-software, application-software, data, networks and user components (internal and external).  While developing / acquiring and deploying such systems in today’s turbulent and increasingly competitive business environment, Software Testing gets much more importance than before because of shrinking time-to-market on one-side and increasing expectations of quality services by the customers on the other.  It is therefore necessary to give fresh look at Software Testing activities throughout Systems and related Infrastructure Life Cycle Management activities.  UAT (User Acceptance Testing) is treated as the last defense before we rollout the system for operations, and the quality of UAT itself is largely dependent on the quality of all the activities proceeding to that. In view of increasing size and complexity of such systems to be tested, automation of various activities related to Software-Testing itself has become absolutely necessary. 

 

Objectives: Against this background, this programme aims to:

·     Re-examine Systems and related Infrastructure Life Cycle Management and the importance of Software-Testing throughout the cycle.

·    Understand SQA (Software Quality Assurance) and Testing activities

·    Understand various aspects of testing: Static, Dynamic, White-box, Back-box, Unit, Integration, System, UAT, UIT (User Interface Testing: GUI Testing), Security-Testing, load testing, stress testing, volume testing, recovery-testing, functionality testing, help-testing, etc.

·   Appreciate the importance of good documentation throughout the cycle

·  Workout and Prepare Test Plans, Test Cases, Test-data for effective testing

·  Understand automation of software-testing and related tools

 

Contents:

·     Systems and related Infrastructure Life Cycle Management and the importance of Software-Testing throughout the cycle.

·     CMMs (Capability Maturity Models)

·      SQA (Software Quality Assurance) and Testing activities

·    Software Testing: Different Perspectives

·      Various aspects of testing: Static, Dynamic, White-box, Back-box, Unit, Integration, System, UAT, UIT (User Interface Testing: GUI Testing), Security-Testing, load testing, stress testing, volume testing, recovery-testing, functionality testing, help-testing, etc.

·     Documentation, Preparation of Test Plans, Test Cases, Test-data for effective testing

·      Automation of software-testing

 

Participants’ Profile:

Selected AAO (Prog), AO (IT), Asst. Secretary, Secretary and Manager of IT Department from Central Office, Zonal Office, Divisional Office, Branch Office and Training Centers, officials from any department involved in / concerned with Software Testing / Software projects. Others and Foreign: Officers / Executives from I T Department

 

Note: Basic knowledge of IT is essential.

 

Duration:       1 week

 

Dates: I) 21.04.2008 - 26.04.2008

           II) 23.03.2009 - 28.03.2009