Testing (3 cr)

Materials

Certified Tester, Foundation Level Syllabus, Version 2018 V3.1
International Software Testing Qualifications Board
Download from: https://www.istqb.org/downloads.html

Evaluation scale

0-5

Further information

The evaluation is carried out with the evaluation of the subject based assignments and the exam. Assignments forms 60% of the final grade and the exam 40%. In this course we are using peer-evaluation as a basis for the feedback.

Virtual portion

3

Student workload

Six learning modules and assignments related to the subjects, 10h/each, altogether 60h
An exam corresponding to the ISTQB Foundation level certification (certification not included), 20h

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Satisfactory (1-2): The student understands the levels of testing. He/she has difficulties to understand the concepts of testing. He/she can work as a tester in guidance of a more experienced tester.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Goog (3-4): The student understands the main concepts and functions. He/she can work as a test designer and tester in different stages of the development.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent (5): The student understands the concepts of testing and its role as a part of software engineering. The student can work as an testing manager in real life SW projects.

Exam schedules

Will be defined in autumn 2020 when the course starts.

Teaching language

en

Teaching methods

This course is conducted online. The course has different study modules that are scheduled to be opened. You will familiarize with the subject and accomplish the assignments related to the subject. They mostly include individual tasks but also requires group based work. There are also some webinars that are to be recorded for further use. Peer-evaluation is used to give wider understanding of the subjects.

Number of ECTS credits allocated

3

Qualifications

Programming skills, Database design skills, Modeling skills, Project Management skills

Content

- Principles of Testing
- Testing life cycle
- Static testing
- Dynamic testing
- Test management
- Testing tools
- Testing in agile processess

Objective

The participating students understand the importance of testing as part of software engineering. He/she is able to plan and execute testing of the product or service in different stages of the development.