Training

The Star Quality Test Automation Course

Star Quality has developed a three-day hands-on course that provides the student with a repeatable approach to architecting test automation. It begins with a detailed explanation about why test automation projects fail and proceeds to take the student through a complete project using the Star Quality Automation Methodology. Students learn how to decide what to automate and how best to build automated tests that will sustain changes to the user interface of the application being tested.

This course will benefit a wide range of users. Beginners will learn a simple approach to get tests running quickly. Experienced users will learn to use tools that will allow everyone on the team to contribute to the test automation development effort.

Course Outline

• Why Test Automation Too Often Fails
• Deciding What To Test
• Structuring A Test Plan For Automation
• Deciding What To Automate
• Setting Realistic Goals
• Creating An Effective Object Repository
• Strategic Design Of Roles
• Designing Efficient Tests
• Creating Reusable Test Data
• Tricks Of The Trade

Who Should Take This Course

This course is designed for anyone who is new to software test automation or has been involved with automation efforts which have yielded results that have fallen below expectations. Our objective is to ensure that students learn to develop automated tests that provide a strong ROI.

The Star Quality Test Planning Seminar

We believe that our approach to test planning and test case design is truly unique in the way that it describes application test requirements in a format that promotes discovery and summarizes coverage. Our one day Test Planning seminar provides students with a lecture and workshop on this rigorous approach. QA teams are surprised at the thoroughness and clarity of their test plans after participating in this class.

Course Outline

• Why Write Test Plans?
• Test Plan Notation
• Test Plan As A Structured Outline
• Test Case Design
• Types Of Tests
• Course Outline
• Why Write Test Plans?
• Test Plan Notation
• Test Plan As A Structured Outline
• Test Case Design
• Types Of Tests

Who Should Take This Course

This course is designed for those who wish to develop more comprehensive and better structured test plans. If you feel that you are unable to easily evaluate your testing coverage, this course is for you.

Course Instructor

Brian Le Suer has over twenty years of experience in software development, testing and test automation. Prior to founding Star Quality he served as Executive Vice President of R&D for Segue Software. He has a proven track record of delivering high quality, on-time software products. Brian also has hands on experience as a technical trainer and documentation writer.

What makes the Star Quality Automation Methodology Different

Star Quality has developed a methodology, which not only provides a roadmap for the user on how to automate their testing, but also provides the architecture in which to build the tests. This strategy has been designed to address the biggest barrier to success in the test automation marketplace: quite simply it provides QA engineers with the “How-To” to build automated tests that are easy to write and maintain. By providing a cookie-cutter approach, Star Quality ensures that customers will know what do to when they leave class and begin to develop automated tests for their own applications. Our approach enables everyone on the team to contribute to the automation effort. With our architecture, there are less tasks that require programming experience and more tasks that can be performed by the people who know the product to be tested.