Scenario-Based Test design and Review

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This course covers a test design and review process based on scenarios. The process is agile in the sense that it can be tailored to fit different levels of rigor and formality depending on the development process used. The process assumes that requirements, in whatever form they written, are not necessarily complete or testable. This course is essential for all test professionals involved in designing and testing and reviewing those test design to make sure they are complete and provide maximum requirement coverage.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants shall be able to:

Analyze requirements for testability
Conduct online requirements collaborative reviews
Document results of requirement reviews
Breakdown requirements to positive and negative scenarios
Analyze scenarios for maximum requirement coverage
Conduct online collaborative scenario reviews
Develop formal and exploratory test cases based on scenarios
Analyze test cases for completeness

Topics

Requirements and user Stories
- Characteristics of testable requirements
- Ambiguity and incompleteness of requirements
- Analyzing requirements for testability
- Online collaborative requirement review
- A requirement review exercise
- Documenting results of requirement reviews
Scenario Based Test Design
- Identify Scenarios
- Documenting Scenarios
- Negative Vs Positive Scenarios
- Important components of scenarios
- Reviewing scenarios for completeness and coverage
- Online collaborative scenario review
- Scenario development and review exercise
- Documenting results of scenario reviews
Building Test Cases Based on Scenarios
- Formal test cases
- Informal (exploratory test cases)
- Test case development exercise
- Online collaborative test case reviews
- Test case review exercise