BenchmarkQA Training Seminars

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Enlightening. Thorough. Innovative. Entertaining. All words used to describe seminars hosted by BenchmarkQA. We combine our 20 years of training experience (and 25 years of QA expertise) with industry best practices to bring quality assurance and testing training to our clients and the industry we serve.

We offer public training at our corporate headquarters in Edina, MN, as well as private, customized training at your preferred location.

Intelligent Test Case Design (ITCD) is our newest course—just released in July 2011 and in high demand. Structured Software Testing Planning (SSTP) is our flagship training course, with hundreds of alumni across Minnesota and other select states.

Public Seminars

Intelligent Test Case Design (ITCD)

Wednesday and Thursday,May 09 & 10, 2012
Edina, MN

Private Seminars

Now available to your organization as private seminars, these presentations promise to enlighten and motivate your management and project teams. Seminars can be customized and new topics developed to meet your unique interests and needs.

BenchmarkQA offers training and seminars in five subject areas:

• Process Improvement
• Requirements
• Test Automation
• Metrics
• Tools

Process Improvement

Intelligent Test Case Design (ITCD)

During two days of high-energy instruction, Intelligent Test Case Design (ITCD) coaches you on how to ensure that test cases lead to a high quality software product. You'll go back to work knowing why test case design is critical, which inputs are required and how to find them, how to effectively analyze those inputs, how to turn your analysis into efficient and risk-mitigating test cases. Download the ITCD brochure to learn specifics about the course content.

Structured Software Test Planning (SSTP)

SSTP will help your team discover the value of a structured test plan, be immersed in the best practices of QA industry experts and gain the knowledge necessary to make a substantial impact on your testing processes.

The Software Quality Ecosystem

This intensive training will enlighten your project team members on the impact they have on quality – whatever their role, from development and business analysis to project management and testing. Learning the basic principles of software quality assurance and testing will help them take a proactive role in promoting high-quality development processes and activities.

Agile 101

Agile continues to grow in popularity as an alternative to traditional development. Learn how agile evolved and the strong advantages it has over other methodologies: team collaboration, verbal communications, flexibility, and fixed length iterations. Explore ways to overcome many QA and testing related challenges inherent with agile.

Test Planning for 3rd Party Software

Third-party software is a common way for companies to support their operations and services. However, there are unique challenges and adjustments needed for test planning to efficiently address integration, performance, and end to end testing for third-party software. This session will address how to develop a structured test strategy for third-party software to maximize your efforts and your resources.

Retrospectives

An "inspect and adapt" opportunity, the retrospective allows the project team to celebrate success and identify obstacles to productivity. The outcomes include concrete actions to improve the overall performance and capability of the team for the next release or project – leading to faster releases with better quality and customer satisfaction.

True Quality Begins Long Before Testing

80% of all software “bugs” are introduced before the coding stage. The cost to find and fix bugs during or after the testing phase is alarming. Learn how integrating quality into earlier stages of the lifecycle will reduce errors and result in less rework, a faster release and lower project costs.

Building Internal Support for Software Testing

Give your managers and decision-makers the informational and statistical data they need to build or improve internal support for effective software testing to ensure the quality of your software.

Requirements

Requirements Management

Requirements Management is a complex process often filled with assumptions, gaps, and little ownership or accountability. But when managed appropriately with a clear vision of the project scope, project teams can avoid significant cost overages and release delays that changes to the software project often cause.

Writing Testable Requirements

Writing requirements takes thought, good communication and an established process. Gather insights, tips and strategies for writing testable requirements that will enable every team member to fully understand what is requested, how it should be tested, and the expected outcome.

Automation

Ten Ways to Ensure Automation Failure

By hearing what NOT to do when attempting an automation project, you'll be well on your way to knowing what to do to make your project successful. This tongue-in-cheek presentation will entertain as well as educate your team on how to approach software testing automation.

Coded User Interface Testing with Visual Studio 2010

Learn how to use Visual Studio 2010 - Coded User Interface tool to create automated tests. Topics include creating and executing tests via Microsoft Test Manager capture/replay, using UISpy and InspectObjects, creating a screen map, and manually creating and executing a Coded UI test. Also covered are tips and solutions for creating load and performance tests, and for handling commonly encountered situations.

Metrics

The Zen of Test Metrics

Testing managers often feel unsure how to answer when asked, "Is it ready to ship?" or "When will we be done testing?" Tracking test completion is a challenging task, and turning data into meaningful information can be even more difficult. Learn how to effectively use seven basic test metrics.

Tools

The New MS Testing Tools

Microsoft has expanded its tool set in response to changing quality life cycle needs—particularly within agile projects. Learn the key benefits of MS tools for automation and continuous integrated builds.