The document provides a comprehensive overview of manual testing in software development, detailing various software types, the software development lifecycle (SDLC), and testing levels and types. It outlines different SDLC models, test design techniques, and the testing process, including test strategies and quality standards. Additionally, it covers informal testing methods and various software business domains.

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Manual Testing
I) Introduction
a) Software, Types of Software
b) Software Project, Application and Product
c) Software Business Process
II) SDLC
a) Requirements Gathering
b) Analysis & Planning
c) Software Design
d) Coding/Implementation
e) Testing
f) Release & Maintenance
III) SDLC Models
a) Sequential Models
1) Waterfall Model
2) ‘V’ Model
b) Incremental / Iterative Models
1) Prototype Model
2) Spiral Model
3) Agile Model
IV) Test Levels
a) Unit Testing/Component Testing/Module Testing / Program Testing
b) Integration Testing
c) System Testing
d) Acceptance Testing
V) Software Environment
a) I-Tier or Standalone Applications
b) II-Tier or Client/Server Applications
c) III-Tier or Web Applications
d) N-Tier or Distributed Applications
VI) Test Types
a) Functional Testing
b) Non-Functional Testing
c) Structural Testing
d) Re & Regration Testing
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VII) Test Design Techniques
a) Black box Techniques
1) Equivalence Partitioning/ Equivalence Classes (EP/EC)
2) Boundary Value Analysis (BVA)
3) Decision Table Testing
4) State Transition Testing
5) Use Case Testing
b) White box Techniques
1) Statement Testing
2) Decision Testing
3) Condition/Multi Condition Testing
4) Mutation Testing
VIII) Testing Process (STLC)
a) Test Strategy
b) Test Planning
c) Configuration Management
d) Risk Analysis
e) Test Design (Test Scenarios, Test Cases and Test Data)
f) Test Execution
g) Defect Reporting & Tracking
h) Status Reporting
i) Test Closure
IX) Informal Testing
a) Exploratory Testing
b) Error Guessing
X) Quality Standards
a) ISO Standards
b) IEEE Standards
c) CMM/CMM (I) Process Guidelines
XI) Software Business Domains
a) BFSI
b) ERP
c) Healthcare
d) Telecom
e) Ecommerce
f) Others
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