Overview/Description
Software testing is critical to the development of quality software applications. In this course, you'll learn about the steps involved in managing, troubleshooting, and automating software tests. This course is one of a series in the SkillSoft learning path that covers the objectives for Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) exam 98-379, Software Testing Fundamentals.
Target Audience
Individuals who wish to learn the fundamentals of software test design, and candidates preparing for the MTA exam 98-379, Software Testing Fundamentals
Managing, Troubleshooting, and Automating Software Tests
start the course
define process guidance and describe the process template in Microsoft Team Foundation Server
describe phases, and internal and external milestones
describe entry and exit criteria and sign-offs for software development phases
describe the agile development process and the role of documentation and feedback in the process
describe the Scrum agile implementation
describe the Kanban management process
describe the XP agile implementation
describe the importance of communication in agile projects, how it occurs for co-located teams, and describe the challenges and advantages of working with distributed teams
describe the scrum of scrums feature
describe reporting in agile projects
describe burndown charts and show how to access burndown reports in Microsoft Team Foundation Server
describe the overview manual, automated and distributed tests, and how to run them
describe the ways in which you can run tests in Microsoft Visual Studio, and use one or more of these methods
describe how to use a test plan to run automated tests in Microsoft Test Manager
describe the settings used when logging bugs
describe the benefits of IntelliTrace and demonstrate how to enable and use IntelliTrace in Visual Studio to log test data
describe how triage can be used to prioritize a list of bugs
describe the steps to verify a bug fix
describe the different bug states and how bugs are resolved, closed or re-activated
describe how bug status and summary reports are used to provide information on bugs
describe software test automation
describe and demonstrate how and why you would want to associate an automated test with a test case in Visual Studio
describe and demonstrate how to use assertions in code using Visual Studio
demonstrate how to add comments to test steps in Microsoft Test Runner
describe the types of errors that can occur in tests and how to deal with them
define virtual machines and describe how they can be used for efficient testing using different operating systems
describe the function of a smoke test
describe and implement the steps to generate a BVT in Visual Studio
describe how lab environments are managed for testing