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Study Guide QA1
Study Guide QA1
Theoretical knowledge
- Basic concepts:
o Software Testing Fundamentals
o Agile approach
o Agile testing
Exploratory testing
o Verification vs Validation
- Agile concepts
o Epics
o User Stories
Acceptance criteria
- Testing Artifacts
o Test Cases
o Test Report
- Software programs and defects/bugs
o Defect severity
o Defect priority
o Defect report
- Self evaluation:
o http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/software-testing-exercises-to-test-your-
skills/
Functional testing
Component testing
Acceptance testing
- QA engineer skills:
o Creativity
Testing requires a lot of creativity. Bugs are often hidden and just
performing the obvious positive tests will have only a few chances to
find bugs. Hence, the QA engineer must use its creativity to figure out
all the scenarios that are likely to detect a bug. In other words, the QA
engineer must be able to "see beyond the obvious".
A good QA engineer never forgets that the goal is not only to find bugs
but also have them fixed. Once a bug has been found and has been
"acknowledged" by the development team, the QA engineer may be
required to monitor the issue until it is solved.
Since more and more projects are using an Agile approach, being
flexible is an important aspect. The entire Development and QA
process is more dynamic in Agile and the QA engineer must adapt to
frequent changes, either around the Product (Applications), the actual
Process (QA/Development) and the technologies/tools that are being
used.
Bibliography:
- Software Testing Fundamentals: http://softwaretestingfundamentals.com/software-
testing-basics/
o Software testing fundamentals videos
- Software Testing Defects: http://softwaretestingfundamentals.com/defect/
- Defect life cycle: https://softwaretestingfundamentals.com/defect-life-cycle/
- Black Box Testing: http://softwaretestingfundamentals.com/black-box-testing/
- Test Cases: http://softwaretestingfundamentals.com/test-case/
- General tests for Web and Desktop
applications: http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/sample-test-cases-testing-web-
desktop-applications/
- Scrum guide: https://www.scrumguides.org/scrum-guide.html
o Epics: https://www.atlassian.com/agile/project-management/epics
o User stories: https://www.atlassian.com/agile/project-management/user-
stories
o Acceptance criteria: https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/user-story-
acceptance-criteria/
- Agile testing - https://www.guru99.com/agile-testing-a-beginner-s-guide.html
- Exploratory testing - https://www.guru99.com/exploratory-testing.html