ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level v4.0 | Crash Course

In this ISTQB Foundation Level Certification training we will understand what is software testing and why do we need to perform testing of any product that we use.

We will cover all the basic concept of software testing as per ISTQB CTFL certification syllabus.

In this ISTQB Foundation Level Certification training we will learn why is Testing Necessary? We will discuss many example on why is software testing important in software development lifecycle.

In this ISTQB Foundation Level Certification training we will learn about testing principles. We will understand every testing principle in detail and know the importance on these principle in Software Testing.

In this ISTQB Foundation Level Certification training we will learn about fundamental test process. This is part 1 of 3 part series on test process.

In this tutorial we will learn about "Test Planning and Control" Step of testing process. In order to become good tester and understand how testing is actually done in projects it is very important to understand the fundamental testing process in software testing.

This whole process will help you to correlate the activities you perform in software testing life cycle and also provide you the baseline to follow when performing testing in any project.

In this ISTQB Foundation Level Certification training we will learn about fundamental test process and discuss about test control in the test process. This is part 2 of 3 part series on test process.

In this tutorial we will learn about "Test Control", "Test Analysis and Design" and "Test Implementation and Execution" Steps of testing process. In order to become good tester and understand how testing is actually done in projects, it is very important to understand the fundamental testing process in software testing.

This whole process will help you to correlate the activities you perform in software testing life cycle and also provide you the baseline to follow when performing testing in any project.

In this ISTQB Foundation Level Certification training we will learn about Essential Skills & Good Practices in Testing.

In this ISTQB Foundation Level Certification training we will learn about various software development models and understand testing in context of SDLC

Waterfall model

V model

In this ISTQB Foundation Level Certification training we will learn about various software development models and understand testing in context of SDLC

Iterative development model

RAD model

Agile model

SCRUM

In this ISTQB Foundation Level Certification training we will learn about test levels in software testing, Unit testing or Component testing. There are various test levels in software development lifecycle(SDLC) and we will understand these test levels in detail.

In this ISTQB Foundation Level Certification training we will learn about test levels in software testing, this tutorial will focus on integration test levels and what are the activities involved in integration testing.

In this ISTQB Foundation Level Certification training we will learn about test levels in software testing, this tutorial will focus on System testing level of software testing and what all activities are performed during system test cycle.

In this ISTQB Foundation Level Certification training we will learn about test levels in software testing, in this module we will learn about acceptance testing or acceptance test level of software development lifecycle (SDLC).

In this ISTQB Foundation Level Certification training we will learn about types of software testing. Test types in software testing are mainly categorized in 4 sections:

Functional Testing

Non-functional Testing

Structural Testing or White Box Testing

Re-testing or Regression Testing

We will understand all of the above types of software testing in detail which will help you in ISTQB foundation level exam preparation.

In this ISTQB Foundation Level Certification training we will learn about Maintenance Testing in Software Testing.

Maintenance testing is required to keep the software up and running as per end user needs and ensure that any defects found in production are being fixed.

In this ISTQB Foundation Level Certification training we will learn what is Static testing and Reviews in Testing which is most widely used static testing technique in software testing.

In this ISTQB Foundation Level Certification training we will learn about Review Process in Software Testing. Reviews vary from informal to formal, there can be informal review in which team members get there documents reviewed from their peers.

Formal reviews follow the well defined process and are required for critical documents like design documents.

In this ISTQB Foundation Level Certification training we will learn about review process roles and responsibilities. When you are following the formal review process then it is important to follow the process and have the roles and responsibilities defined before going in for formal reviews.

The formal review process has following roles:

The Moderator

The Author

The Scribe

The Reviewers

The Manager

In this ISTQB Foundation Level Certification training we will learn about types of review like walkthrough, inspection and technical review.

Understanding different types of reviews in software testing is important so that you can apply the relevant review types based on conditions and requirement of reviews.

In order to have a successful review meetings there are certain factors which influence the success or failure of review process.

We will understand the key success factors which ensure the review process to be smooth and successful.

In this ISTQB Foundation Level Certification training we will learn what is static analysis and tools used in static analysis.

Static analysis is the examination of requirements, design documents, code etc without execution of the artifact under test. We will also understand some of the tools used to do static analysis.

In this ISTQB Foundation Level Certification training we will learn about test case design techniques categories. There are three categories of test case design.

Black box or specification based testing technique

White box or structure based testing technique

Experience based testing technique

In this ISTQB Foundation Level Certification training we will learn about Test Development Process. The test development process consist of 3 phases, Test Analysis, Test Design and Test implementation.

In this tutorial we will understand the key steps of test development process and also discuss why is this process important and necessary in any testing project.

In this ISTQB Foundation Level Certification training we will learn about Black Box Testing Techniques or Specification Based testing techniques. We will learn the application of Equivalence partitioning (EP), Boundary value analysis (BVA) and why to do both EP and BVA when doing test designing.

Equivalence Partitioning (EP)

Boundary Value Analysis (BVA)

In this ISTQB Foundation Level Certification training we will learn about black box testing technique or specification based testing technique. We will learn the application decision table testing and what decision table stand for.

In this ISTQB Foundation Level Certification training we will learn about black box testing technique or specification based testing technique. In this part 3 of specification based testing tutorial we will learn about state transition testing and use case testing techniques.

In this ISTQB Foundation Level Certification training we will learn about white box testing or structure based testing techniques. We will also understand about code coverage in testing and why it is important aspect of software testing.

Statement Coverage or Statement Testing

Decision Coverage or Decision Testing

Some other structured based testing techniques

In this ISTQB Foundation Level Certification training we will learn about white box testing or structure based testing techniques. We will also understand about code coverage in testing and why it is important aspect of software testing.

Statement Coverage or Statement Testing

Decision Coverage or Decision Testing

Some other structured based testing techniques

In this ISTQB Foundation Level Certification training we will learn about Experience Based Testing Techniques like error guessing and exploratory testing. We will learn about error guessing and exploratory testing in detail along with its advantages and disadvantages.

In this tutorial we will learn about Collaboration-based Test Approaches and how Collaboration-based approach helps in defect avoidance by collaboration and communication.

In this ISTQB Foundation Level Certification training we will learn about choosing a test technique. There are various factors which decide which test techniques are best suited for your projects.

In this ISTQB Foundation Level Certification training we will learn about Test Planning and Estimation. We will discuss about test planning hierarchy and the purpose of test planning. We will also learn about test estimation and techniques of test estimation.

In this ISTQB Foundation Level Certification training we will learn about Entry and Exit Criteria in Software Testing and the factors which determine the entry and exit criteria.

In this ISTQB Foundation Level Certification training we will learn about test estimation and test estimation techniques. We will cover the techniques with examples so you can apply it withing your projects and estimate the efforts required for testing.

In this ISTQB Foundation CTFL tutorial we will learn about different Test Case Prioritization Techniques, Test Pyramid and Testing Quadrants.

In this ISTQB Foundation Level Certification training we will learn about risks in software testing. We will understand about the types of risks and different levels of risks. We will also learn about risk based testing and how to perform risk based testing. There are various techniques for risk based testing which help us to mitigate risks in software testing.

In this ISTQB Foundation CTFL tutorial we will learn about project and product risks. Project risks are related to the management and control of the project. Product risks are related to the product quality characteristics.

In this ISTQB Foundation CTFL tutorial we will learn about Risk Based Testing in detail and how to apply risk based testing in real projects.

In this ISTQB Foundation Level Certification training we will learn about Test Monitoring, Test Control & Test Completion. We will discuss about Metrics used in Testing, Purpose, Content and Audience for Test Reports and how to Communicate the Status of Testing.

In this ISTQB Foundation Level Certification training we will learn about Configuration Management is software testing, features of configuration management tools and how configuration management is helpful in testing activities. You will also learn about following features:

Concurrency Management

Version Control

Synchronization

I have also explained the implications of SCM for Testing.

In this ISTQB Foundation Level Certification training we will learn about what is incident and incident management in software testing. We will learn how to write good incident reports and also what is defect detection percentage (DDP). You will also learn about the defect/ incident lifecycle in software testing.

In this ISTQB Foundation Level Certification training we will learn about software testing tools and the types of test tools. We will learn about why tool support is required in software testing. We will also learn about test tool classification and types of testing tools.

In this ISTQB Foundation Level Certification training we will learn about types of testing tools and classification. We will also learn about test management tools, requirements management tools, incident management tools and configuration management tools.

In this ISTQB Foundation Level Certification training we will learn about types of software testing tools, in this tutorial we will discuss about more tools which are helpful for static testing. We will learn about Test execution and test coverage tools.

In this ISTQB Foundation Level Certification training we will learn about types of testing tools. Some of the tool which we will discuss in this tutorial are:

Non-functional testing tools

DevOps tools

Collaboration tools

Tools supporting scalability and deployment standardization

Any other tool that assists in testing

In this ISTQB Foundation Level Certification training we will learn about Benefits & Risks of Test Automation.

In this ISTQB Foundation Level Certification training I will reiterate what we have learned in this training, I will outline the contents covered in the ISTQB CTFL training and next steps.

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