Techniques for ensuring test coverage of requirements, different types of testing documentation and various test activities are discussed. Course attendees will learn how to utilize various techniques for performing systematic structural testing, including decision/condition coverage, loop testing and basis path testing.

Strategies for performing software and system integration testing are also covered. Course attendees will explore various techniques for performing functional testing of individual functions, user scenarios and of the operational profile.

This course will also explore various issues involved in testing the software's nonfunctional requirements. This course also teaches the basics of software regression test analysis.

The overview of test planning and management includes a discussion of how basic project management techniques apply to testing. Methods for performing test planning and risk management are explored.

The discussion on test management includes an overview of reviews and matrices for monitoring the testing activities and product quality. This course ends with an overview of the elements involved in documenting the testing process and matrices to measure the success of those processes.