ISTQB Foundation Level Basic Selin Gungor

1. Selin GUNGOR

2. What is testing?
 Finding defects
 Gaining confidence about the level of quality
 Providing information for decision-making
 Preventing defects
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3. Seven Testing Principles
 Testing shows precence of defects
 Exhaustive testing is impossible
 Early testing
 Defect clustering
 Pesticide paradox
 Testing is context dependent
 Absence-of-errors fallacy
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4. How long should test activities
keep on?
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5. Fundamental Test Process
Test Planning and Control
Test Analysis and Design
Test Implementation and Execution
Evaluating Exit Criteria and Reporting
Test Closure Activities
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6. Test Levels
Component Testing
Integration Testing
System Testing
Acceptance Testing
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7. Test Types
Testing of Function
• Functional Testing
Testing of Non-functional Software Characteristcs
• Non-functional Testing
Testing of Software Structure/Architecture
• Structural Testing
Testing Related to Changes
• Re-testing and Regression Testing
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8. Test Techniques
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9. Static Techniques
 Static Techniques and the Process
 Review Process
 Activities of a Formal Review
 Roles and Responsibilities
 Types of Review
 Success Factors of Reviews
 Static Analysis By Tools
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10. Activities of a Formal Review
Planning Kick-off
Individual
Preperation
Review
Meeting
ReworkFollow-up
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11. Types of Review
Walkthrough
Informal
Review
Technical
Review
Managment
Review
AuditInspection
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12. Dynamic Test Design Techniques
 Specification-based or Black-box Techniques
 Structure-based or White-box Techniques
 Experience-based Techniques
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13. Specification-based or Black-box
Techniques
 Equivalence Partitioning
 Boundary Value Analysis
 Decision Table Testing
 State Transition Testing
 Use Case Testing
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14. Structure-based or White-box
Techniques
 Statement Testing and Coverage
 Decision Testing and Coverage
 Other Structure-based Techniques
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15. Risk and Testing
Project
Risk
Product
Risk
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16. Test Automation Decision
Are the Scenerios Automatable?
Test Execution
Period
Not Possible Cost Much Cost Little
Whenever
Possible ?
Regularly
?
Once in
while
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17. Thank You
Selin Gungor
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