The Bird Commission

Testing Essentials packs the 4 foundation testing classes into one bargain package!
Learn the essential skills of software testing:

1. Testing and finding bugs
2. Reporting bugs
3. Reporting the results of testing
4. Using the bug tracking database
5. Plus BONUS topics on communication & video interviews

Key Topics:

• How to test and how to test smarter.
• Organizing your work.
• How to write professional bug reports.
• How to scrub and verify bugs and update the bug database.
• How to summarize what you’ve done or what you’ve tested into professionally written Weekly Status Report or Feature Summary Report.
• How to report verbally in hallways or meetings and how management uses your reports.

Labs Include:

• Practice testing, finding, scrubbing and verifing bugs and reporting results on 2 real buggy applications.

Recommended for:

• Beginning Testers
• Testers that have never had a formal training class
• Accidental Testers and Testers that have learned on the job
• Technical Support Personnel that help with testing or want to transfer into the testing department

At the end of this course you’ll have the skills to:

• Ad hoc test and run written test cases.
• Take disciplined and organized notes while testing.
• Write professional, repeatable, concise bug reports.
• Summarize your testing work into professionally written reports.
• Confidently talk to engineers, product mangers, your boss & upper management.
• Rock your next video job interview