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The document outlines a 30-day training plan for manual testers. It covers topics like software testing fundamentals, test methodologies like V-Model and Agile, different types of testing like unit, integration, and UI testing. It also discusses testing techniques, writing test cases, defect management, testing tools like ALM and JIRA. The plan aims to equip testers with skills through hands-on practice in areas like requirements analysis, test planning, design, execution, result analysis and defect reporting.

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Testing Academy - Manual Testing Training Plan

The document outlines a 30-day training plan for manual testers. It covers topics like software testing fundamentals, test methodologies like V-Model and Agile, different types of testing like unit, integration, and UI testing. It also discusses testing techniques, writing test cases, defect management, testing tools like ALM and JIRA. The plan aims to equip testers with skills through hands-on practice in areas like requirements analysis, test planning, design, execution, result analysis and defect reporting.

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Testing Academy - Training Plan for Manual Testers

# Topic Day #
1 Introduction to Software Testing 1
- What is Testing
- Why Testing
- Importance of Testing
- Role of Quality Assurance in IT

2 Verification and Validation 1


- Definition
- Difference between them

3 What is Defect 1
- Cosmetic error
- Minor Defect
- Major Defect

4 Software Testing Life cycle (STLC Cycle) 1


- What is STLC
- Entry and Exit Criteria
- STLC Phases

5 V- Model 1
6 Agile Model 2
- What is Agile methodology (incremental , iterative )
- Difference between Waterfall and Agile
- Principles and Best practices in Agile
- Agile Testing
-SCRUM framework
- Roles in SCRUM ( PO, SM, Team and their role)
- What is Sprint
- What is Timeboxing
- What is Product Backlog( Single source of Truth)
- Events/ Ceremonies in SCRUM as PI Planning , Release planning, Spring
Planning , Dailys stand up call, Spring Review/Demo , Retrospective .
Grooming session
- Artifacts as Product Backlog, Impediment Tracker , Product Increment
- What are EPIC, Feature, User storeis and Story points
- Acceptance Criteria and Definition of Done
- KANBAN
- Agile DAshboard (TO DO, In Progress , Done, Accepted , Released.)

7 Level of Testing (Intro)


- White box Testing
- Black box testing
- Unit Testing
- System Testing
- ComponentTesting
- Integration Testing
- UAT
- Alpha and Beta Testing
8 Fucntion Testing 3
- What is Functional testing
- Approach for Funcitonal Testing

9 Smoke / Sanity Testing 3


- What are they
- Difference between them
- When use them

10 System Integration Testing (SIT = System + Integration ) 3

11 Re-Testing and Regression Testing 3


- What are they
- Difference between them
- When to use

12 Web / UI Testing 3
- What are web applications
- Approach for UI testing ( UI components / Business Analytics)
- Web Services Testing (SOA Testing using XML forms)

13 End-to-End Testing 3

14 Step - 1 : Requirement Analysis 4


- Understanding requiremets (User stories in JIRA in Agile )
- Undwerstading business rules /logic
- Creation of Query Tracker
- identifying High level Testing scope
- Clarifying requirements for scope
- Creating Requirement Traceability Tracker (mostly in HP ALM)
15 Step -2 : Testing Plan (Managed by Test Lead / Manager) 5
- What is Test Plan
- What Test Plan contains
- Test Strategy to be used
- Work Allocation

16 Step -3 : Testing Design 6


- Elaborating High level testing Scope
- Deciding on Testing Coverage

17 Step 3.1 => Creation of Test Case / Test Script Document 6


- What is Test case / Test Scenario / Test Suite
- What are contents for test case
- Identifying Precondition / Post condition
- identifying Test case design steps

18 Test Case Techniques 7


- Equivalence Partitioning (EP)
- Boundary Value Analysis (Corner Caes)
- Error guessing for out of box , rare but impacting scenarios (Using
Testing Experience)

19 Types of Test cases to be covered 7


- Negative Test caes
- Postive Test cases
- Fucntnional Test Cases
- Regresion Test Case

20 Writing Test Cases using GHERKIN 8


- What is BDD (Behavioural Driven Testing)
- What is GHERKIN (Given / When/Then)
- How to write test case using GHERKIN
21 Step 3.2 => Test Case Review 9
- Why Review
- Review Checklist
-Self Review
- Peer Review
- Test case walk though with Client

22 Step - 4 : Test Environment set up 9


- Test
- QA
- Pre-production (Dark Prod)
- Production
- Checking for Availability for Testing
- Checking for Blocks

23 Step - 5 :- Test Data Set up 9


- Identifying for Test data
- Query database for getting Test data
- work with Dev team to get test data

24 Step - 6 : Test Execution 10


- Running Test csaes (passed/failed in HP ALM)
- Checking for actual o/p and validate
- Check for Defects
- Raise and Track Defects
- Retest and close defects

25 Test Case Result Analysis 10


- Analysing Test case output
- If as expected then Pass Test case
- If failed then raise Defect to assign back to Dev team
- Checking if Defect is reproducible
26 Step - 7 : Defect Reporting 11
- Deciding on level of defect (Minor, Major, Critical,Cosmetic )
- Meaning of Severity of Defect and types (Low , Medium, High)
- Meaning of Priority of Defect and Types (Low, Medium, High)
- Defect Entry Details
- Tracking Defects in Defect Tracker

27 Differenct combination of Severity and Priority (understand with 11


Examples)
- Low Severity and Low Priority
- High Severity and Low Priority
- Low Severity and High Priority
- High Severity and High Priority

28 Defect Life Cycle (HP ALM) 22


- New
- Open
- Assigned
- Cancelled
- Duplicate
- RFC ( Request For Clarification - Rejected)
- Fixed
- Pending for Retest
- Retest Failed
- Closed
- Deferred (Post pone ti next test cycle)

29 Release Management 12
- Understanding Release plan
- understaning time line
- plan for daily Test Execution
- Tracking for TEsting Availability and blocks
- Keeping with sync with Testing Windows burnt
- manged various Testing ennvironments - Test /QA/ Darkpod /Live
Deployment (PPV)

30 Tools -1 : DB2 (Datbase) 13


- What is DB2
- What are tables, Collection, Regions
- What are DB2 queries
- Writing DB2 queires
- SELECT , FROM, WHERE
31 Tools -2 HP ALM (Application Life Management) 14
- What is HP ALM
- What are different Tabs
- Test Plan
- Test Lab
- How to upload test cases from Excel sheeet to Test Plan
- How to pull Test cases from Test plan to Test lab (Test Suite)
- Defect Managment in HP ALM
- Test Execution (Pass/ Fail)
- Getting Statistics for Reporting

32 Tools -3 : JIRA 15
- What is JIRA
- What are different tabs
- What is Issue
- what are different elements (EPIC/ User stories/ Tasks/ Issues/ Defect)
- Creation of Testing task with estimation hours
- Logging efforts and closing task
- Logging Defects
Trainer /Mentor Status Supporting Resources
https://www.guru99.com/software-testing-introduction-importance.html

https://www.guru99.com/all-about-quality-assurance.html

http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~sme/CSC340F/slides/18-VandV.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verification_and_validation

https://www.guru99.com/verification-v-s-validation-in-a-software-
testing.html

https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/what-is-verification-and-validation

https://www.tutorialspoint.com/differences-between-verification-and-
validation

https://softwaretestingbooks.com/defect-in-software-testing

http://tryqa.com/what-is-defect-or-bugs-or-faults-in-software-testing/

https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/what-is-software-testing-life-cycle-
stlc/

https://www.guru99.com/software-testing-life-cycle.html

https://www.guru99.com/v-model-software-testing.html
https://www.guru99.com/agile-scrum-extreme-testing.html

https://www.scrum.org/resources/what-is-scrum

https://www.scrumguides.org/docs/scrumguide/v2017/2017-Scrum-
Guide-US.pdf#zoom=100

https://www.atlassian.com/agile/scrum#:~:text=Scrum%20is%20a
%20framework%20that%20helps%20teams%20work
%20together.&text=Often%20thought%20of%20as%20an,structure%20and
%20manage%20their%20work.

https://www.javatpoint.com/software-engineering-agile-model#:~:text=
%22Agile%20process%20model%22%20refers%20to,approach%20based
%20on%20iterative%20development.&text=Each%20iteration%20involves
%20a%20team,is%20demonstrated%20to%20the%20client.

https://www.atlassian.com/agile/project-management/epics-stories-
themes

https://dzone.com/articles/requirements-epic-feature-user-story-task-
size-and

https://www.guru99.com/levels-of-testing.html

https://www.tutorialspoint.com/software_testing/
software_testing_levels.htm
https://www.guru99.com/functional-testing.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_testing

https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/guide-to-functional-testing/

https://www.qualitylogic.com/2018/03/23/functional-testing-approaches-
agile-considerations

https://www.janbasktraining.com/blog/functional-testing-tutorial/

https://www.guru99.com/smoke-sanity-testing.html

https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/smoke-testing-and-sanity-testing-
difference/

https://www.softwaretestingmaterial.com/smoke-testing-vs-sanity-
testing/

https://www.guru99.com/system-integration-testing.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_integration_testing

https://www.guru99.com/re-testing-vs-regression-testing.html

https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/retest-vs-regression-testing/

https://www.browserstack.com/guide/ui-testing-guide

https://www.guru99.com/gui-testing.html

https://www.guru99.com/webservice-testing-beginner-guide.html

https://www.browserstack.com/guide/end-to-end-testing

https://www.guru99.com/end-to-end-testing.html

https://www.guru99.com/learn-software-requirements-analysis-with-
case-study.html

https://www.gslab.com/blogs/requirements-analysis-in-qa
https://www.guru99.com/what-everybody-ought-to-know-about-test-
planing.html

https://www.edureka.co/blog/test-plan-in-software-testing/

https://softwaretestingfundamentals.com/test-plan/

https://www.softwaretestingclass.com/difference-between-test-plan-and-
test-strategy/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_design

https://www.softwaretestingmentor.com/what-is-test-designing/

http://tryqa.com/what-is-test-design-when-to-create-it/

https://www.guru99.com/test-case.html

https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/test-case-template-examples/

https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/how-to-write-effective-test-cases-
test-cases-procedures-and-definitions/

https://www.guru99.com/software-testing-techniques.html

https://www.tutorialspoint.com/software_testing_dictionary/
test_case_design_technique.htm

https://www.guru99.com/positive-and-negative-testing.html

https://www.softwaretestingclass.com/positive-and-negative-testing-in-
software-testing/

https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/positive-and-negative-test-
scenarios/

https://www.guru99.com/gherkin-test-cucumber.html

https://support.smartbear.com/cucumberstudio/docs/bdd/write-gherkin-
scenarios.html
https://www.softwaretestingclass.com/test-case-review-process-tips-and-
tricks/

https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/test-documentation-reviews/

http://softwaretestingtimes.com/2010/06/test-case-review-process-
tips.html

https://www.guru99.com/test-environment-software-testing.html

https://www.tutorialspoint.com/software_testing_dictionary/
test_environment.htm

https://www.testim.io/blog/test-environment-guide/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deployment_environment

https://www.guru99.com/software-testing-test-data.html

https://www.softwaretestingclass.com/what-is-test-data-tips-and-tricks-
to-create-test-data/

https://www.tutorialspoint.com/software_testing_dictionary/
test_execution.htm

https://www.tutorialspoint.com/stlc/stlc_test_execution.htm

https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/test-execution-software-testing-qa-
training-on-a-live-project-day-5/

https://professionalqa.com/test-analysis

https://www.guru99.com/test-analysis-basis.html
https://www.guru99.com/defect-management-process.html

https://softwaretestingfundamentals.com/defect-report/

https://www.softwaretestinggenius.com/defect-report-and-its-sample-
template/

https://www.softwaretestingo.com/severity-priority-examples/

https://www.h2kinfosys.com/blog/examples-high-severitypriority-low-
severitypriority-defects-current-project/

https://www.guru99.com/hp-alm-defect-management.html

https://www.guru99.com/defect-life-cycle.html

https://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/qa-testing-release-and-
deployment-management-process/

https://www.sqlshack.com/learn-to-write-basic-sql-queries/

https://www.w3schools.com/sql/sql_select.asp

https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/sql-tutorial-introduction
https://www.tutorialspoint.com/qc/index.htm

https://www.guru99.com/alm-tutorial.html

https://www.guru99.com/hp-alm-test-plan-module.html

https://www.guru99.com/hp-alm-test-lab.html

https://softwaresupport.softwaregrp.com/doc/KM00425810?
fileName=hp_man_ALM11.52_Tutorial_pdf.pdf

https://softwaresupport.softwaregrp.com/doc/KM00793981?
fileName=hp_man_ALM12.00_User_Guide_pdf.pdf

https://www.tutorialspoint.com/jira/index.htm

https://www.atlassian.com/agile/tutorials

https://www.guru99.com/jira-tutorial-a-complete-guide-for-
beginners.html
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