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(Price includes ISEB exam fee. There is no credit card fee.)

This is an accredited online learning course which will prepare you for the ISEB/ISTQB Foundation Certificate in Software testing.

The course contains comprehensive online materials, including:

• Tutor-videos
• Full transcript of online presentation
• Interactive exercises
• Sample exam paper
• Full tutor support

Once you have ordered and paid for your course you will receive a code which allows you to access the training course via the LearnTraining portal.

You will have online access to the course for a generous 90 days.

You should expect to need 20-25 hours study time before you are ready for the exam.

You will receive an exam voucher worth £130 plus VAT.  When you are ready, you can book your exam directly with Pearson Vue which has testing centres across the UK.  

Course Objectives:

• To improve understanding of software testing - its purpose and nature - and to raise awareness of issues and constraints around testing;
• to provide a professional qualification widely recognised by employers, customers and peers;
• to introduce test techniques (static, white box and black box) to delegates as well as providing practical experience of some key techniques;
• to learn standard terminology;
• to provide a complete picture of the test activities and processes from requirements review to system implementation; and
• to discover good sources of information.

Target Audience:

The following is taken from the ISEB guidelines surrounding the eligibility and appropriateness of the qualification and the associated course.

• those who wish to demonstrate that they have a basic knowledge of software testing fundamental principles and terminology;
• those who have at least a minimal background in either software development or software testing, such as
a few months experience as a system or user acceptance tester or a few months experience as a software developer;
• managers who wish to understand software testing better;
• those who have studied some computer science, programming or testing at 'A' level or beyond; and
• those who are prepared to work hard to assimilate the information required to pass the exam.

Course Summary:

Part 1 - Principles of testing:
• introduction, bibliography, testing terminology;
• why is testing necessary?
• how much testing is enough?
• the fundamental test process;
• the psychology of testing;
• re-testing and regression testing;
• expected results; and
• prioritisation of tests.

Part 2 - Testing through the life cycle:
• testing and the development life cycle (models for testing and the economics of testing);
• the high-level (or master) test plan; and
• phases of testing: component testing, integration testing in the small, functional and non-functional system testing, integration testing in the large, acceptance testing and maintenance testing.

Part 3 – Static testing:
• reviews and the test process;
• types of review; and
• static analysis.

Part 4 - Test techniques:
• test techniques and the life cycle;
• black box test techniques:  equivalence partitioning and boundary value analysis;
• white box test techniques: statement and branch/decision testing; and
• error guessing.

Part 5 - Test management:
• organisation;
• configuration management;
• test estimation, monitoring and control;
• incident management; and
• standards for testing.

Part 6 - Tool support for testing:
• types of CAST tool; and
• tool selection and implementation.