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Integration Testing, Video Tutorial Below is a useful video explaining integration testing, and it's practical implementations. Very useful information for students studying ISEB ISTQB as it'll help put the theory into practical when you're in the workplace.

Foundations of Software Testing: ISTQB Certification Book by Black Et Al A few acquaintances recommended this book by authors Black Et Al. The ISBN number is 9781408044056 and is the paper back version. They said they studied using this book for about four weeks straight whilst supplementing their knowledge in class. It is the third edition, Foundations of Software Testing: ISTQB Certification is the essential guide to software testing and to the ISTQB Foundation qualification. Completely updated to comprehensively reflect the most recent changes to the ISTQB Foundation Syllabus, the book adopts a practical, hands-on approach, covering the fundamental topics that every system and software tester should know. The authors are themselves developers of the ISTQB syllabus and are highly respected international authorities, teachers and authors within the field of software testing. Customer review: 4.0 out of 5 stars , 27 April 2013 , By Andrey A bit boring and ...

Senior Test Analyst / QA Engineer, Job in Bedfordshire UK I found this position on Monster.co.uk . Thought it would be useful for my readers whom have completed ISEB ISTQB and are looking for work. You can apply here We are looking for a Senior QA Engineer / Test Analyst with experience of designing, developing and executing test plans in an Agile environment for a market leader and expanding software solutions company in Bedford, Bedfordshire. Any experience of Jira, Wiki and/or Zephyr would be ideal but not essential.   As the successful Senior Test Analyst / QA Engineer you will be responsible for designing, developing and executing test plans as well as providing team and technical leadership across an Agile environment involving solution design, test planning, functional testing, defect management and process improvements.   As a Senior QA Engineer / Test Analyst you are likely to understand client server and web based applications as well as expo...

Test Analyst, Job in Cambridge I found this position on Monster.co.uk . Thought it would be useful for my readers whom have completed ISEB ISTQB and are looking for work. The position is held in Cambridge and has a annual salary of 30,000. You can apply here . Job Title: Test Analyst Location: Cambridge Salary: £25,000 - £30,000 An exciting opportunity has arisen with our client, a market leader in their field, for a Software Test analyst to join their team in Cambridge. This 12 month fixed term contract will enable the successful candidate to develop their skill set in a fast paced, cutting edge environment. The ideal candidate have strong experience working in all stages of the STLC. You will be self motivated and have a keen eye for detail. Key Duties: - Creating test documentation - Functional testing - Regression testing - Compile test record/reports - Communicate findings to test manager Key Skills Required: - Strong knowledge of the STLC - Unix experience - Experi...

Does my company need a license for ISEB ISTQB? If you run a software testing group in a small to mid-sized company, at some point you have likely thought about training your employees for ISEB or ISTQB certifications. As you probably already know, there are many benefits of becoming certified, such as the fact that your employees' software testing skills, efficiency, and accuracy would be substantially improved. However, depending on how many employees you have in your group, this effort could get costly. To cap your costs, purchasing a company-wide training course license is something worth considering. What is a Company License? A company-wide license typically provides permanent access to ISEB and ISTQB training materials for an unlimited number of company employees. Licenses can typically be acquired for instructor-led classroom training as well as self-study courses. They can also usually be purchased for any certification level, including ISEB Foundatio...

10 Best Practices to Enhance Software Testing Efficiency Software testing comes in many forms. From functional testing to regression testing to usability testing, there are literally dozens of iterations of software testing techniques out there. But no matter which form of testing you specialize in, there are several best practices that can help improve the efficiency and effectiveness of your efforts. Without further ado, here is the list of top-10 best practices, in no particular order. Institute Defined Entry and Exit Criteria The concept here is that every step in the testing process should have specific entry and exit criteria. The criteria dictate when each step in the process begins and ends. The main benefit of this approach is that it tends to reduce testing gaps, because it drastically reduces the ambiguity that is often inherent in the process and also allows management to have more visibility into the process. Test on a Variety of Platforms Thanks to t...

How to Implement Website Testing? When it comes to web testing, web page or a website application, there are some general areas that website testing can focus on to ensure everything behaves as expected. The following list includes these areas for testing in no particular order, as each website owner will have their own areas of importance: 1. Functionality This area of website testing should focus on items such as; does every link on the website actually work and direct me to the expected page? If the website contains a form or application, then not only can we determine the basic behaviour, but also test items such as input fields using test techniques such as Boundary Value Analysis and Equivalence Partitioning. 2. Payments/e-commerce Many websites contain products or services to sell to website visitors. The most popular methods of payment such as PayPal and World Pay will provide methods of securing customer details from general view using HTTPS on the website...

Finding a Mobile App Testing Company As the field of software engineering grows, new domains are explored. One of those domains is the mobile app testing domain. It is a hot area, and a lot of money has been invested in this particular domain for projects related to mobile apps. These topics include iPhone, BlackBerry, Android and Symbian applications. The mobile app domain has been expanding for quite some time now. Ever since the mobile platform got some stability, people have been keen to use mobile applications, ranging from everyday apps to business/highly complicated applications. We see more and more projects being made just for the mobile apps domain, as the customer requirements continue to increase. Naturally, when a business concern wants to choose a mobile app testing company there are many things to consider; for one, is the company repute good enough? or have they employed qualified software test engineers to complete the projects? It is a very common...

Mobile Phone Testing: iPhone vs  Android Testing The fasting growing area within software testing is the mobile app domain. Applications developed for mobile platforms such as Apple's marketing leading iPhone and also the less popular Android platform are being tested using the same methodology that was used earlier for desktop and web based applications. There are companies which spend tens of thousands of dollars for mobile app testing projects. This is not only due to the fact that the mobile domain is ever increasing and so companies are feeling the need to contribute, but also due to the sensitivity of data which is a critical factor in the success of any mobile app. People whose data gets stolen or robbed from mobile applications are very unlikely to give it another try, as the data can pertain to personal information with respect to the customer. For iPhone and iPad applications, we find that the audience tends to be in the young 20s or early 30s. ...

Alpha Testing And Beta Testing, the fundamental differences Before any software product can be released it must be tested. Typically a formal test strategy is planned and executed on the software before it can be considered for release. Often after the formal phases of testing have been completed, additional testing is performed called Alpha and Beta testing. Alpha testing is done before the software is made available to the general public. Typically, the developers will perform the Alpha testing using white box testing techniques. Subsequent black box and grey box techniques will be carried out afterwards. The focus is on simulating real users by using these techniques and carrying out tasks and operations that a typical user might perform. Normally, the actual Alpha testing itself will be carried out in a lab type environment and not in the usual workplaces. Once these techniques have been satisfactorily completed, the Alpha testing is considered to be complete. The...

Top 10 Apps for the iPhone This year has seen a steady incline in iPhone Apps being developed. Anyone who owns an iPhone is spoilt for choice when it comes to choosing an App to download, no matter which category. With the steady stream of new Apps being released, it is difficult for any of us to keep up with what's new and also what is in fact actually worth downloading. I hope to assist in this area with what I think are the best Apps of 2013. Being an iPhone App tester I am in position not to just judge an App on its uniqueness, value for money etc. but also its actual 'quality'. Many of us actually judge an App by its quality, often without realizing it. Just look at some App reviews and see the users comments. The following list represents what I have found to be of outstanding quality, and many other factors including value for money, uniqueness, usability and usefulness during my iPhone App testing sessions during 2013. Each of these Apps have been downloaded a...

Software Testers - Past, Present and Future Early during the last decade, software development companies were producing applications by the bucket-load to keep up with the incredible customer demand. The role of the Software Tester then, was to (in my opinion) detect the critical and major issues, and most minor issues were simply brushed under the carpet to get the product out of the door on time. For the Software Testers, it was (to coin a phrase) "A much simpler time". During this time-frame the Software Testers actively working hard to get themselves recognized as a necessary part of the software development process, and not just some kind of 'bottle-neck' that delays a products release. Credit to the testers for actually achieving that goal! Having worked so hard to achieve their aim, Software Testers found themselves under threat, a threat which in a way came from inside their own camp. The threat I am talking about was 'Test Automation'....

Beta Testing,  a Crucial Software Testing Decision The launch of any software product is a tense time for the company who has developed it. It is at this point of the software development life-cycle that is probably the most important. There are critical questions to be answered, for example; how much testing has been done?, what is the impact of anything going wrong? To answer the question; how much testing has been performed can be fairly straight-forward to answer by reviewing the test documentation and conversing with the appropriate stakeholders. All too often though, the testing can be heavily focused on an environment that although was designed to replicate a customers environment, normally doesn't quite live up to expectations. This can result in a software product being released with a high risk of failing in the end-users environment, even though it was heavily tested. Companies who develop software should go the extra mile and ensure that sufficient Bet...

Beyond ISEB ISTQB-BCS: Top 20 Software Testing Practical Tips For the Workplace. I hope all testers will browse these software testing sensible practices. Browse all points rigorously and inspect to implement them in your day-to-day QA activities. Usually this can be often what I expect from this article; if you are doing not understand any QA apply, rise for lots of clarification in comments below. After all, you may learn of those testing practices by experience. But then why not attempt to learn of those things before making any mistake? Since passing ISEB-ISTQB I've came across a variety of effective testing practices I learned from experience in the workplace: 1) Learn to analysis your results totally. Don't ignore the result. the last word take a glance at result might even be 'pass' or 'fail' but troubleshooting the inspiration reason behind 'fail' will lead you to the solution of the matter. Testers are revered if they not solely log the b...

Beyond ISEB ISTQB-BCS: Enterprise Software Testing Nowadays many companies face new challenges while designing effective and efficient testing strategies for enterprise applications. Incomplete or flawed test data means inaccurate testing, which can lead to application failure and business disruption. The basic approaches to build test environments include cloning application production environments and writing custom extract programs. These testing methods can be labour intensive, error prone and costly. None of the client would like to risk losing customers, market share, brand equity or revenue by delivering applications that have not been thoroughly tested. For this reason, looking for a dedicated enterprise application testing company is a must. Ensuring Both End-User and System-Wide Quality for Enterprise Applications, dedicated performance testing companies, use industry leading tools to perform most complete and collaborative Enterprise Software Testing solutions. Mindfire...

Beyond ISEB ISTQB-BCS: Quality Management & Software Testing Tools   We discussed how to plan quality activities in my last article in this Quality Management series, including how to plan test tool acquisitions. This article will expand on the theme of automated test tools, their impact on the project, and how to choose a set that is suitable to your project. This is not a consumer report on all the various tools available; once you have decided on the type of tools (if any) that suit your project, you should use your existing vendor selection process to choose the right vendor. I mentioned in my first article that the type of software being developed, and the development platform used, constrains the types of tools available to you. Other influences on your selection will be the budget available to purchase these tools, the degree of training necessary, and the applicability of the tools on future projects. You will need to consider all these factors before mak...

Senior Test Role An established customer facing service provider is seeking a Senior Tester. This Senior Test Role will manage and deliver test strategy and take responsibility for the entire testing process from requirement gathering through to test execution. The Key Responsibilities Include: Hands on test script preparation and execution Support for User Acceptance Testing / co-ordination with business test leads Designing and executing Test strategies appropriate to the size and potential impact of change Delivering test reports to Project Managers and stakeholders Take accountability for improving the testing efficiency of the department Necessary Experience required: Previous experience of taking lead responsibility for delivering and implementing test strategies Ex ISTQB/ISEB qualification or equivalent experience of testing customer facing websites Understanding of structured test methods and processes Experience of using testing tools such as Jmeter or Vi...

Test Engineer (Financial Services) - City of London - up to £45,000 A highly respected international software house operating in the Financial Services industry sector has a new opportunity for a Test Engineer to join their growing team. The Test Engineer will assist in developing, implementing and adapting test plans and schedules. Working closely with the Test Lead to understand test goals, risks and priorities, the successful candidate will help contribute ideas on testing standards, and processes. Solid skills in all or most of the following areas is essential: • Following test plans and schedules in undertaking test analysis, design and execution • Ability to seek out critical defects • Logging defects and issues and regularly reporting on progress to the test lead • Prioritising personal work load - Identifying and showing awareness of risks • Agile, Waterfall and V-Model methodologies • Contributing to test planning and risk workshops Domain experien...

Senior Test Analyst A very experienced test Analyst, who has worked on large, complex projects with full responsibility for end to end UAT and Model Office testing. Required Skills and experience: •Experience test management on complex projects, liaising with Senior Stakeholders and hands on management of testing activity. •Thorough understanding of the end to end activities involved in UAT and Model Office testing •Advanced knowledge of HP Application Lifecycle Management tools (ALM). •Experienced in project management and the activities involved end to end in a project. •ISTQB qualified. •Advanced MS PowerPoint and Excel. Apply here

About the Job To provide system test support to IT releases and projects across the Group. Accepts responsibility for creation of test cases using own in-depth technical analysis of both functional and non-functional specifications (such as reliability, efficiency, usability, maintainability and portability). Creates traceability records, from test cases back to requirements. Produces test scripts to test new and amended software or services. Specifies requirements for environment, data, resources and tools. Interprets, executes and documents complex test scripts using agreed methods and standards. Records and analyses actions and results, and maintains a defect register. Reviews test results and modifies tests if necessary. Provides reports on progress, anomalies, risks and issues associated with the overall project. Reports on system quality and collects metrics on test cases. Provides specialist advice to support others.   Responsibilities: Perform a Test Lead role on a...