This three-day course is designed for testers who need to gain a solid practical knowledge of testing applications using Microsoft Test Manager 2015.
The course focuses primarily on the use of Microsoft Test Manager 2015 which is a standalone product or part of Visual Studio 2015 Enterprise edition. The course teaches you how to design test plans including test cases, test suites and test configurations. Best practises are also discussed including and how you can make your tests as resilient as possible.
Attendees will learn how testers and developers can work more closely together to reduce the time it takes to find and fix software defects. Through the efficient use of new data collectors, developers should be able to pinpoint issues quicker than ever before.
Testers will also learn how to manage their test plans over multiple iterations and how cloning and coping between Test Plans can save time and effort.
The course finishes with a look at test automation and the role of testing in modern DevOps focused organisations.
This course includes hands-on labs to reinforce practical skills and ensure you’re ready to use the tools on your return to your workplace.This course is equally applicable for teams using either Visual Studio Team Services or and on-premises Team Foundation Server.
This course is taught in a modular format;
- Module 1 - A lap around the testing tools in Visual Studio 2015
- Module 2 - Planning our testing effort
- Module 3 - Creating our first Test Plan
- Module 4: Authoring a manual test case
- Module 5: Data binding test cases
- Module 6: Executing test cases
- Module 7 - Raising and verifying Bugs
- Module 8 - Understanding and analysing test results
- Module 9 - The role of builds in testing
- Module 10 - Refactoring Test Cases
- Module 11 - Exploratory testing
- Module 12 - Test Release Management
- Module 13 - Reporting test progress and the status of tests
- Module 14 - An overview of Test Automation
- Module 15 – The role of testing in a modern DevOps environment
At the completion of this course, attendees will be able to;
- Explain the testing capabilities of the Visual Studio ALM product suite
- Create and manage test plans and test suites
- Manage test configurations and assign non default configurations to test cases
- Create high quality, maintainable test cases
- Execute tests using the Microsoft Test Runner
- Use Test Case Fast Forward to help speed up the testing process
- Create actionable, high quality bug reports
- Verify resolved bugs and manage the bug lifecycle
- Conduct exploratory testing using Microsoft Test Manager
- Use the web-based Test Management interface to create and execute tests
- Manage Test Plans over multiple iterations and releases
- Report on test results and testing progress
- Gain an overview of how to create automated Coded UI Tests
- Understand where testing fits into a modern DevOps focused organisation.
This course is designed for team members that perform the role of Tester within their team in either a full time or part time capacity. The course would also be beneficial for developers looking to increase their knowledge of testing.
Attendees should be familiar with testing theory and practices.
