backFundamentals of Quality Assurance
What is Quality Assurance?
Introduction to the concept of Quality Assurance (QA), its objectives, and its significance in ensuring the delivery of high-quality software products. Describing quality as 'fit for use or purpose' captures its essence, but defining it remains tricky. Essentially, quality is about meeting what consumers need and expect from a product in terms of how useful, well-designed, reliable, durable, and affordable it is. Assurance, on the other hand, is simply a confident promise about a product or service. It's the guarantee of a good outcome, assuring that the product will work perfectly as expected or needed. Quality Assurance (QA), or QA testing, is all about making sure that a company delivers excellent products or services to its customers. In software QA testing, this means checking how well the software performs, how adaptable it is, and how functional it is. But QA goes beyond just software quality; it also involves the entire process of developing, testing, and releasing software products. QA follows the software development cycle, which includes managing software requirements, design, coding, testing, and release.
Tester Mindset
Exploration of the mindset and approach required for effective testing, including attention to detail, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
Testing Approaches
Overview of different testing approaches, including white box, gray box, and black box testing, along with strategies for test prioritization and management.
Test Oracles
Understanding the concept of test oracles and their significance in quality assurance. Students will learn how test oracles help determine the expected outcomes of software under test and ensure accurate testing results.
Test Prioritization
Exploring the importance of test prioritization in quality assurance. This topic will cover techniques for prioritizing tests based on factors such as risk, criticality, and business impact to optimize testing efforts and resources effectively.
Test Management
Delving into test management practices essential for effective quality assurance. Students will learn about test planning, execution, tracking, and reporting techniques to ensure thorough test coverage and efficient test processes.
Project Management in QA
Explanation of project management methodologies commonly used in QA projects, including Waterfall, V Model, Scrum, and Kanban.