Session 1: Quality Assurance Fundamentals

• What is Software?
• What is Software Testing?
• Why we do Test Software?
• Fundamental Objective
• Best Practices of Testing
• Challenges and Guidelines
• Guidance for Addressing Challenges
• Quality, Quality Assurance, Quality Control
• Quality Assurance v/s Quality Control
• What is a Project?
• Project Team Structure
• Constraints of Project
• The Project Process

Session 2: Software Testing Process Models, Project Documentation and Meetings

• Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Phases of SDLC
• SDLC Models
• Software Testing Development Cycle (STLC)
• STLC Phases
• Testing Techniques
• Testing Terms
• Project Documentation
What is Business Requirement Document
Why testers need use cases
How requirement matrix can help you to develop understanding of requirements
Why QA requires to develop a Test Plan
What are the importance of Test Cases
What is considered as good Test Case


• Projects Meetings
Kick off start Meeting
JAD (Joint Application Development) Session
Walkthrough Meeting
Cost and Time Estimation
Sprint Planning Session

Session 3: Defect management

• What is a Defect?
• Defect Life Cycle
• Defect Management
• Defect Management Process
• Add and Linking Defects
• Closing Defect

Session 4: Test Management Tool - HPQC

• Test Management Overview
• Benefits of test Management Tools
• Tools Available in market
• Defining Test Requirements
• HPQC
HP Quality Centre - Introduction
Why Quality Centre?
QC – Testing Process
HP QUALITY CENTRE Modules
Defining Releases and Cycles
Defining Test Requirements
Test Plan Process
Designing of Test Cases and Test Steps
Calling Test Cases and Test Sets
Mapping Business Requirements to Test cases
Add and Link Defects
Update and Closure of Defects
Generating Graphs and Reports
Export requirements to Quality Center
Export Text Cases to Quality Center from Excel

Session 5: Testing in Agile - JIRA

• How testing process is different in AGILE Model?
• What is Agile Development Model
• Why Market demand's Agile Testers?
• Certification in Agile Scrum Tester
• What is Scrum
• Scrum Stand up meeting
• Agile Tools: JIRA
• Introduction to JIRA
• Uses of JIRA
• How JIRA can put weight on your Resume
• JIRA Concepts - Workflow
• JIRA Features
• Top 10 reasons to get hands on Experience on JIRA

Session 6: Automation Testing – QTP (Quick Test Professional)

• Introduction to QTP
• Launching QTP, Add- in Manager and Quick Test window
• Introduction to Functional Testing
• Functional Testing approach
• Benefits of automation
• QTP testing Process – ( record and run process)
• Different types of checkpoints –( standard checkpoints and supported checkpoints)
• Parameterization –( datable and parameterization, parameterization by importing values from excel)
• Actions – ( Different types of actions, nesting the actions)
• Object repository 
• Object spy
• Synchronizing a Test
• Handling exceptions using recovery scenarios

Session 7: Backend Testing using SQL (Structured Query Language)

• Introduction to Database and Rational Database Management  System
• DML Commands ( Insert, Select, Update , Delete)
• DDL Commands ( Create, Use, Alter, Drop)
• Sub queries, Joins and Unions
• Simple and Complex SQL- queries
• Other DB Utilities Toad, SQL Navigator etc.
• Database role in application development

Session 8: Testing On Live Project

• Project Overview
• Project Objective
• Requirement Analysis
• BRD Overview
• Test planning
• Develop Test Plan
• Design Test Cases
• Test Execution
• Sign Off