EnQuode 2019 - SYLLABUS

TCS EnQuode 2019 - SYLLABUS

S.No Topics
Introduction To Software Testing, Basics, Definition - Its Nuances &
1 Requirements
Definition Of Testing, What Is Software Testing & Why
Is It Required;
Test Phases;
What should be Tested;
What could be Tested;
Software Development Life Cycle;
Software Testing Life Cycle;
Software Quality;
Dimensions Of Quality;
Software Quality Assurance;
What Is Software Quality & Quality Assurance;
Software Quality Control;
Verification Vs Validation;
Testing Policies & Standards;
Software Testing Myths;
Requirements of a Schedule.
Phases, Foundation Of Test Process, Role Of Tester, Concept Of
2 Test Projects & Its Scope
Base / Foundation of Test Process & Its Requirements;
Design Review;
Test Planning;
Test Design;
Test Environment Setup;
Need of Test Process & Its Advantages;
Testers – Roles & Responsibilities;
Testers & Test System;
Concept of Test Project;
Scope of Test Project & Its Importance;
Test Schedule Fitment Into the Project;
Assessing Capabilities, Organizing Logistics;
Test Configuration, Test Development & Monitoring Test Execution &
Test Reporting.

3 Definition, Design Of A Test Plan, Scope Of A Test Plan, Test Plan Focus Area
Definition of a Test Plan;
Need of a Test Plan;
Design of a Test plan;
Mode of Writing a Test Plan;
Scope of a Test Plan & Key Focus Areas of a Test Plan;
Entry & Exit Criteria;
Types of Test Plan;
Key Test Planning Components;
Test Strategy &
High Level Test Planning &

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Importance of Selling a Test Plan – Need to have more Clarity,

Pertinence & Action.
4 System Architecture, Test Cases, Coverage
System Architecture & Its Nuances;
Principles of System Architecture & Its Importance;
Creation of Test Conditions;
Test Cases – Need of a Test Case, Way of Writing a Test Case;
General Guidelines & Structure Of Test Case;
Test Case Design Techniques, Types Of Black Box & White Box Testing &
Areas of Coverage for a Test Case - Importance Of Coverage &
Areas of Coverage such as Configuration, Bug Coverage.
5 Good Test Programs - Construction, Development & Its Importance
Need to have a Good Test Program;
Importance of Test Programs &
Construction & Development Of A Test Program.
6 Levels Of Testing
Unit Testing;
Integration Testing;
System Testing &
Acceptance Testing.
7 Methods Of Testing
Black Box Testing;
White Box Testing;
Gray Box Testing;
Manual Testing;
Automation Testing &
Agile Testing.
8 Types Of Testing
Smoke Testing;
Installation Tesing;
Functional Testing;
Look & Feel Testing;
Usability Testing;
Accessibility Testing;
Browser / Device Compatibility Testing;
Performance Testing (Load / Stress)/Performance Engineering
Security Testing;
Content Testing;
Conformance Testing &
Regression Testing.
9 Definition Of Bug & Ways, Means Of Tracking The Bugs
Definition of Bug;
What Is Bug & Reason For The Bug;
Mode of Capturing Bug – Root Cause Analysis of the Bug &
Effective Resolution &
Tracking of Bugs - Ways & Means to have a Bug Tracking System.
10 Defect Management
What Is A Defect;

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What Are Defect Categories;

Process Of Defect Life Cycle ;
Defect Severity;
Defect Probability;
Defect Priority;
Defect Report;
Defect Tracking &
Importance Of Defect Management Tools.
11 Use Cases,Test Cases - Tracking & Reuse Of Test Cases- When & where
What Is A Use Case;
Creation Of Use Case Scenarios;
Generation Of Test Case Using Use Cases;
Concept of Test Cases & Need to Write a Test Case;
Tracking of Test Cases;
Managing the Test Cases towards the Requirement Fitment &
Modus to Find Out the Reusability of Test Cases as to When &
Where they can be used.
12 Software Errors
What Is A Software Error, How They Are Detected &
What Are Common Software Errors.
13 Risk Analysis
What Is A Software Risk &
What Are Risk Analysis Process.
14 Artifacts
Test Plan;
Test Case;
Test Script;
Test Data;
Test Suite;
Test Harness &
Test Report.
15 Test Execution
Overview Of Test Execution Process;
Challenges In Test Execution;
Test Entry & Exit Criteria;
Methods Of Test Execution;
Test Coverage & Test Environment &
Analysis & Use Of Test Results.
16 Testing Tools, Software Test Automation & Its Importance
Requirements For A Test Tool;
Defect Tracking Tools;
Functional Testing Tools;
Performance Testing Tools;
Unit Testing Tools;
Test Automation Tools;
Scope Of Automation;
Need For Automation;
Design & Architecture Framework For Automation;

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Manual Vs Automation Testing;

Factors Determining Test Automation;
Approaches To Automation;
Challenges In Software Test Automation;
Different Test Automation Tools - QC, QTP, Load Runner, Selenium,Its
Importance &
Skills Needed For Automation.
17 Metrics
Defect Age;
Defect Density;
Defect Detection Efficiency;
Defect Removal Efficiency;
Test Coverage;
Test Effort Variance;
Test Schedule Variance &
Cost Of Quality.
18 Testing - Completion & Continuous Improvement
Agile Way of Working
DevOps Basics
Road towards Continuous Improvement.
19 Digital Assurance - Basics
Mobile Testing
Cloud tesing
Social media testing
Analytics
Big data Testing
20 Tools
Selenium
J-meter
21 Introduction To Performance Testing, Basics, Definition
Definition Of Performance Testing, What Is Performance Testing & Why
Is It Required;
Performance Testing Terminologies
22 Performance Testing Lifecycle & Phases
Overview of PTLC
Requirement Gathering and Analysis
Performance Test Planning;
Performance Test Design & Environment Setup;
Test Execution
Performance Test Reporting
Testers – Roles & Responsibilities;
23 Performance Testing Types
Load Test
Stress Test
Volume Test
Scalability Test
Endurance/Soak Test
Baseline Test

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Spike Test
Failover Test
24 Performance Testing in Different Areas
Mobile Performance Testing
Cloud Performance Testing
Batch Performance Testing
SOA Performance Testing
Big data Performance Testing
25 Performance Test Scripting
How to create a performance test script
Why to customize the recorded script
Communications Protocols and it's importance in scripting
Parameterization
Correlation
Text Check
26 Server Monitoring
Why monitoring is required?
Metrics to be monitored
Tools available for monitoring
How to monitor using commands in Windows and Linux
27 Performance Test Design
Workload Analysis and Defining
Performance Test Scenario
Think-time
Ramp-up and Ramp-down
Business Transactions
28 Performance Test Plan Design
Definition of a Test Plan;
Need of a Test Plan;
Design of a Test plan;
Scope of a Test Plan & Key Focus Areas of a Test Plan;
Entry & Exit Criteria;
Performance Test Strategy & SLA
Test Environment details and Test data
29 Performance Testing Environment
Environment configuration
Configuration comparison with Production environment
Pre-production Environment
Cloud vs. On premises environment
Data Volume
30 Performance Tool Environment
Components of performance testing tool
Scripting Component
Controller Component
Result Analysis Component
Load Injectors/generators
Cloud load generators
Maximum No. of Users on each Load Generators

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31 Performance Tool Details

Importance of tools in performance testing
Different tools in the market: Load runner, J-meter, Neoload, Performance Center etc..
License models available for performance testing
Open Source and Commercial Tools
Factors deciding the cost of the tool
Market share of the tools
32 Performance Engineering
What is Performance Engineering
Performance Testing vs. Performance Engineering
Role for Performance Tester in Performance Engineering
Tools used for Performance Engineering
Metrics collected in Performance Engineering
33 Performance Metrics
Response Time
Hits Per Second
Throughput
Error/Status Code
CPU Usage
Memory Usage
Disk Usage
Run Queue
GC logs
Paging/Swapping
34 Agile, Continuous Performance Testing & DevOps
Agile Performance Testing approach
CI Tools for PT
DevOps PT
Approach for CI PT
35 Programming
Java, Python

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