Establish a high-performing and sustainable testing organization
This training presents the test management approach to be applied within your projects as well as the steps to follow to implement an efficient test team.
Is it for you ?
Managers, team leaders or any other person mandated with implementing a Testing Team.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of integrated testing, system testing and acceptance testing, or completion of Optimizing Software Testing (Course TL101).
What You'll Walk Away With
- ✓ Build a structured testing team with clear roles and responsibilities
- ✓ Define and implement a testing management strategy aligned with the organization
- ✓ Apply testing best practices to improve software quality
- ✓ Assess testing and non-quality costs to support decision-making
- ✓ Develop an action plan to implement and evolve a testing program
Training content
During this training we will see how to set up, manage or maintain a first class test team within a project or organization. The test management approach will be presented as well as the steps to gain efficiency. We will see how to apply software testing best practices and how to follow the implementation steps.
1 Culture, impacts and leadership of test management
- What is your reality regarding software testing?
- Why do you perform software testing?
- How to perform effective test management?
- What are the impacts of a test reorganization within the company?
- Setting up a testing program based on best practices.
- Test management must be adapted to the company's culture.
2 What are the costs of software testing?
- Independence of teams and scaling of quality and testing practices.
- How much does a non-conformance cost?
- Some statistics that don't lie.
- Demonstration of continuous testing vs. end-of-line testing
3 What is the structure of a software testing team?
- Composition of the members of a test team
- Roles and responsibilities for each role
- Certifications recognized on the market.
4 What are the best practices in software testing?
You will draft an action plan for the integration of the guidelines within your organization.
5 What are the steps for implementing a testing program?
- Prepare and plan
- Develop, execute and implement
- Control and verify
- Act, adjust and react.
- 3-phase approach : 1/Current status, 2/Setting up the structure, 3/Optimization and continuous improvement
Keep in Mind
This course does not address Quality Assurance (see Course AQ103), but rather software testing.
📌 Practical information
Our training sessions are offered in Montreal or Quebec City, in person or in a virtual classroom. Dates and locations are specified when you select your session below. If you have any questions, check out our FAQ.
