This Exam presents an opportunity for South Africans to gain an Internationally Accredited Software Testing Qualification by the Information Systems Examination Board (ISEB) of the British Computer Society.
The ISEB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing provides a competitive advantage to companies that want their Software Testing to match International Standards.
Course Duration: 3 Days
Cost: R 10 800
Target Audience: The examination will be of significant value to experienced Testers, Test Analysts, Test Managers
and Business Analysts.
Course Overview
Principles of Testing
Testing terminology, Why Testing is necessary, Fundamental Test Process, Physiology of Testing,Re-Testing and Regression Testing, Expected results and Principals governing the Prioritization of Tests.
Testing Throughout the Software Development Life Cycle
The software development life cycle – Models for Testing, Principles governing the economic viability of Testing, High Level Test Planning, Acceptance Testing, Integration Testing in the Large Function and Non-Functional System.
Integration Testing in the Small, Component Testing and Maintenance Testing, Verification and Validation Testing.
Dynamic Testing Techniques
The Delegate should be proficient in the techniques performed while the program code is running, i.e.
- Equivalence partitioning
- Boundary value analysis
- State transition testing
- Cause-effect graphing
- Negative testing
- Random testing
- Black and White Box Testing
- Black and White Box Techniques
Static Testing
Reviews of the Test Process, Types of Review and Static Analysis.
Test Management
Organization and Configuration Management, Test Estimation, Monitoring and Control, Incident Management and Standards of Testing.
Tool Support for Testing
Types of CAST tool (Computer-Aided Software Testing), Tool Selection and Implementation.





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