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Manual Testing Syllabus

The document outlines a comprehensive syllabus for manual testing, covering essential topics such as software testing fundamentals, SDLC models, testing techniques, and test documentation. It includes detailed sections on functional and non-functional testing, defect life cycles, and agile testing principles. Additionally, it features practical components like real-time project execution and a final capstone project for hands-on experience.

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Manual Testing Syllabus

The document outlines a comprehensive syllabus for manual testing, covering essential topics such as software testing fundamentals, SDLC models, testing techniques, and test documentation. It includes detailed sections on functional and non-functional testing, defect life cycles, and agile testing principles. Additionally, it features practical components like real-time project execution and a final capstone project for hands-on experience.

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✅ Manual Testing Syllabus (Step-by-Step)

1. Introduction to Software Testing

 What is Software Testing?

 Why Testing is Important

 Objectives of Testing

 Quality Assurance (QA) vs Quality Control (QC)

 SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle)

 STLC (Software Testing Life Cycle)

 Types of Testing: Manual vs Automation

2. Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Models

 Waterfall Model

 V-Model

 Agile Model

 Spiral Model

 Iterative and Incremental Model

 Agile Methodologies (Scrum Basics)

3. Basics of Manual Testing

 What is Manual Testing?

 Tester’s Role and Responsibilities

 Test Case vs Test Scenario

 Test Plan, Test Strategy

 Entry and Exit Criteria

 Testing Deliverables

4. Types of Testing (Functional and Non-Functional)

Functional Testing

 Smoke Testing

 Sanity Testing
 Regression Testing

 Retesting

 Integration Testing

 System Testing

 User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

Non-Functional Testing

 Performance Testing (basic concepts)

 Security Testing (basic concepts)

 Usability Testing

 Compatibility Testing

5. Testing Techniques

 Black Box Testing

 White Box Testing (basic understanding)

 Grey Box Testing

6. Test Case Design Techniques

 Equivalence Partitioning

 Boundary Value Analysis

 Decision Table Testing

 State Transition Testing

 Error Guessing

 Use Case Testing

7. Test Documentation

 Test Plan

 Test Scenario

 Test Case

 Test Data

 Test Summary Report

 Defect Report (Bug Report)


8. Defect Life Cycle / Bug Life Cycle

 What is a Defect?

 Defect Life Cycle and its States

 Severity vs Priority

 Bug Reporting Tools (overview)

o JIRA

o Bugzilla

o Mantis

9. Static Testing and Reviews

 Static Testing Types: Reviews, Walkthroughs, and Inspections

 Checklist for Review

 Importance of Peer Reviews

10. Agile Testing (Basic Concepts)

 Agile Principles

 Role of Tester in Agile

 Sprint Planning and Retrospective

 User Stories & Acceptance Criteria

11. Exploratory Testing & Ad-hoc Testing

 Exploratory Testing Techniques

 Session-Based Testing

 Monkey Testing

12. Real-Time Project and Test Case Writing

 Understanding Requirements (SRS/FRS)

 Writing Test Scenarios and Test Cases

 Executing Test Cases

 Logging Defects
 Preparing Test Summary Report

13. Test Management Tools

 Introduction to Test Management Tools

o TestRail (or similar)

o Zephyr for JIRA

 Creating Test Suites, Test Runs

 Traceability Matrix

14. Basics of SQL for Testers

 Importance of Database Testing

 CRUD Operations (Select, Insert, Update, Delete)

 Joins and Subqueries

 Writing basic SQL queries for testing

15. Basics of API Testing (Optional but Valuable)

 What is an API?

 Understanding Request/Response, Headers, Status Codes

 Using Postman to Test APIs (GET, POST)

 Basic JSON/XML structure

🧪 Final Project (Capstone)

 End-to-end Manual Testing on a Sample Web Application

 Requirement analysis

 Test planning and documentation

 Execution and bug reporting

 Final Test Summary

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