About this course
WOULD AUTOMATION ADD VALUE TO YOUR TEST TEAM? THIS COURSE EXAMINES THE APPLICATION OF AUTOMATED TESTING IN TEAMS WORKING IN AN AGILE ENVIRONMENT.
This course delves into the specific automation practices and techniques used on Agile projects, explains the theory and concepts behind the Agile automation approach and will help to free up more time which can be directed to higher value testing activities.
What you will gain
ICAgile accredited course: The ICP-ATA Certification from ICAgile is granted on the successful completion of this course. This certification is part of the ICAgile Agile Testing Track along with our Agile Fundamentals and Agile Testing courses. We offer the complete ICAgile Agile Testing Track for those looking to become an ICAgile Certified Expert in Agile Testing (ICE-AT).
This course will contribute 14 PMI® professional development units (PDUs) towards your chosen certification (1 Power Skills, 1 Business Acumen and 12 Ways of Working).
What you will learn
- The background to test automation in an Agile project.
- The roles and responsibilities for automation in a typical Agile testing team.
- The various tool frameworks available to Agile teams to facilitate the testing of the project.
- How discipline and standards contribute to effective automation.
- How to use underlying tools and technologies commonly used by Agile teams.
What you will need
To get the most out of this course, you will need an understanding of fundamental agile and testing concepts. These are covered in our Agile Fundamentals, ISTQB Foundation in Software Testing and Agile Testing courses.
This course is great for
- Test Analysts in Agile projects
- Analysts
- Developers and Technical Testers interested in test automation should consider our Agile Programming Techniques course.
Topics covered
The Agile culture and mindset
Test automation strategy
- Automation pyramid
- Planning
- Frameworks
- Selecting testing tools
- Supporting processes
Continuous integration
- Automated test cycles
- Code analysis/metrics
Automating testing
- Test levels
- Mapping tests
- ATDD and BDD frameworks
- UI testing frameworks
Automation support for integration and system testing
- Data management
- Exploratory testing
- Non-functional testing
- Virtualisation
