Agile Testing

Course Objectives

This course provides candidates with the knowledge of testing activities and roles in Agile development teams. It identifies testing interventions supporting Agile methods and how testers can add value through these interventions.

Course Content

The course covers the following areas:

Introducing Agile, Extreme Programming (XP) and SCRUM (these will form the backbone of the course
Levels of Testing in Agile:
- Iteration
- Integration (regression)
User stories – defining “done”
User stories – estimating test effort
Quality criteria and owning quality
Demonstrations as “tests”
Integration – testing the iterations, release and regression coverage
Defect tracking in Agile using the SCRUM board
Attitude – being a member of an Agile team
Helping developers with tests, helping product owners with “done”