We will see about:

1. Introduction to Software Testing

   • Importance of software testing
   • Objectives and benefits of testing
   • Roles and responsibilities of a manual tester

2. Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

   • Overview of SDLC phases and their relevance to testing
   • Understanding requirements, design, development, testing, and deployment

3. Test Levels and Types

   • Different levels of testing (unit, integration, system, acceptance)
   • Various types of testing (functional, non-functional, regression, usability, etc.)
   • Test coverage and its significance

4. Test Planning and Test Strategy

   • Importance of test planning
   • Creating a test plan document
   • Identifying test objectives and scope
   • Defining test entry and exit criteria
   • Risk-based testing approach

5. Test Design Techniques

   • Equivalence partitioning
   • Boundary value analysis
   • Decision table testing
   • State transition testing
   • Error guessing
   • Pairwise testing

6. Test Case Design and Execution

   • Writing effective test cases
   • Test case structure and documentation
   • Test case prioritization and organization
   • Test case execution techniques
   • Test data preparation and management
   • Test case traceability

7. Defect Management

   • Defect life cycle
   • Defect reporting, tracking, and prioritization
   • Root cause analysis
   • Severity and priority classification
   • Defect metrics and reporting

8. Test Execution and Regression Testing

   • Test execution process
   • Logging test results and capturing evidence
   • Test execution environments and configurations
   • Regression testing techniques
   • Test case maintenance and version control

9. Test Metrics and Reporting

   • Importance of test metrics
   • Commonly used test metrics and their interpretation
   • Test report generation and presentation
   • Communicating test progress and status to stakeholders

10. Test Management Tools

    • Introduction to popular test management tools (JIRA)
    • Test case management
    • Defect tracking and reporting

11. Industry Trends and Emerging Practices

    • Agile testing methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)