BenchmarkQA Training

Structured Software Test Planning

Next Scheduled Class: December 2 & 3, 2010

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Missed deadlines. Post-release defects. Long hours and high stress levels. All signs of an inefficient testing process that isn't helping you achieve your quality goals.

This intensive two-day course, hosted and taught by one of BenchmarkQA's practicing Quality Assurance professionals, will help you better manage your software testing processes. You'll learn how to develop a structured test strategy that identifies your needs, defines your process, organizes your efforts and maximizes your resources, giving you the tools and know-how to make a lasting impact on your QA and testing strategy.

During two fast-paced days of intensive learning, you will:

• Experience a strategic and thorough approach to developing software test plans.
• Discover the efficiency of following a structured test plan and building a repeatable test suite.
• Be immersed in the best practices of QA industry experts.
• Forge effective relationships across the software development lifecycle.
• Gain the knowledge necessary to make an immediate, positive impact on software quality.

Through our training, you will:

• Expand your knowledge of the QA & test life cycle as a parallel to the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Assess your business and technological risks and use this risk assessment to prioritize your testing.
• Develop an understanding of how Agile and other iterative methodologies affect test planning.
• Learn the various test types and determine which ones to include in your plan to have the most effective and efficient test coverage.
• Learn how to estimate the test effort.

On the job, you will:

• Determine with confidence when to use various types of tests, detailed test cases, test checklists, and test scenarios.
• Create the key deliverables from the test planning phase - test strategy, test plan, and requirements traceability matrix.
• Plan for the impact of virtual environments and cloud computing on the test effort.
• Adjust your existing processes and implement SSTP methods to better assess and manage your test effort, using metrics to demonstrate your success.

Who should attend:

SSTP is a management-level course for software professionals who manage or guide the quality assurance and testing effort. Our topics and materials target QA managers and leaders, as well as forward-thinking test engineers and senior QA analysts. IT professionals with any combination of formal and informal testing environments and methodologies, engaged in regulated and non-regulated industries, will find the content relevant and enlightening.

Dates:

December 2 & 3, 2010

Location:

7301 Ohms Lane

Minneapolis, Minnesota  55439

Cost:

$1295 per participant ($1095 if registered by November 1, 2010)

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Terms & Conditions

Tuition: Tuition for each student is $1295 paid in advance of the class. Tuition includes class sessions, all course materials, breakfast, lunch and refreshment breaks. Tuition Payment: Students will be invoiced at the time of registration, with payment due before class begins. Substitutions: Student substitutions are allowed at any time prior to the beginning of the class. Early Registration Discount: All individual registrations received prior to November 1, 2010 will be billed at $1095 rather than $1295. Group Discount: If you have three or more students attending the same session, tuition is $995 per student. All registrations must be made at the same time to qualify for the group discount. Early Registration discount does not apply to group registrations.Cancellations: You may cancel your registration without penalty up to 10 days prior to the beginning of class. Cancellations made within 9 days of the class start date will still require payment, however, funds can be attributed to another BenchmarkQA training course or service within one year. BenchmarkQA reserves the right to cancel the class for any reason, with liability limited to the paid registration fee only.