BBST® Test Design

The BBST® Test Design course is the third module in the Black Box Software Testing series developed by Cem Kaner.

Next class: October 1- 28, 2017 (with Cem Kaner as an instructor)

Class size: 18 - 20 seats;

This online course introduces a large collection of testing techniques and then presents a varied sample of them in detail.

By the end of the course, you will gain practical experience with:

• function testing and tours;
• risk-based testing;
• spec-based testing;
• scenario testing;
• domain testing;
• multi-variable testing.

In context-driven testing, we match testing techniques to the current context. This requires understanding, for each technique, what kinds of problems are more readily exposed by the technique and what kinds of problems are better hunted with another technique. It requires understanding of the skills, the knowledge and the resources necessary for using each technique. Without such knowledge, testers can pay lip-service to context-driven testing, but they won’t know what to do.

BBST Test Design is a survey course. We will browse through a large number of test techniques to get a sense of what is possible. Then we will focus on a few techniques that are very different from each other, so that you can develop some practical experience. The course suggests two frameworks for comparing and contrasting techniques and provides a large collection of references. These can help a student who is trying to decide how to test a particular product scan through the large set of possible techniques and pick a few for further evaluation.

You will receive individual feedback and guidance on each step of the way from your assigned instructor.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Gain familiarity with various testing techniques;
• Learn structures for comparing objectives and strengths of different test techniques;
• Use the Heuristic Test Strategy Model for test planning and test design;
• Use concept mapping tools for test planning and specification-based analysis;
• Function testing;
• Risk-based testing;
• Specification-based testing;
• Domain testing;
• Scenario testing;
• Multi-variable testing.

COURSE MATERIAL

• the video lectures and slides;
• the assignments and labs in the Canvas platform;
• the required and recommended readings.

INSTRUCTORS

All BBST instructors are experienced software testers. In the next class, Cem Kaner will be one of the two instructors on the course.

Software Testers looking to explore different testing techniques and learn how to apply them in their tests.

All students who sign up for the Test Design course must have successfully completed both the BBST® Foundations course and the BBST® Bug Advocacy course.

BBST Graduates work as software testers and some of them have management roles.

Certificate of completion

Digital certificate - Included