This qualification is a new Single Subject and will be awarded as a Single Subject Certificate from June 2023.
Main Topics of Study:
The Psychology and Economics of Software Testing
- Psychology of testing
- Economics of testing
- Software testing principles
Program Inspections, Walkthroughs, and Review
- Inspections and Walkthroughs
- Code Inspections
- An Error Checklist for Inspections
- Walkthroughs
- Desk Checking
Test-Case Design
- White-Box testing
- Black-Box testing
- Error guessing
- The strategy
Module (Unit)
- Test-case design
- Incremental testing
- Top-Down testing
- Bottom-up testing
- Performing the Test
Higher-Order Testing
- Function testing
- System testing
- Acceptance testing
- Installation
- Testing
- Test planning control
- Test completion criteria
- Independent test agency
Usability
- Usability testing basics
- Usability testing process
Debugging
- Debugging by brute force
- Debugging by induction
- Debugging by deduction
- Debugging by backtracking
- Debugging by testing
- Debugging principles
- Error analysis
Extreme Testing
- Extreme programming basics
- Extreme testing: The Concepts
- Extreme testing applied
Testing Internet Applications
- Basic E-commerce architecture
- Testing challenges
- Testing strategies
This unit is part of the ICM Level 5 Diploma in Computer Science and Cyber Security
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