Agile Test Automation Training

Agile testers, test engineers, or those aspiring to these roles with a passion for software quality and a desire to learn and practice agile test automation. Test Managers with an interest in learning or improving automation skills and developers with an interest in automation beyond unit testing will also benefit from this certification.

Graduates of this course will be able:

• Achieve optimal quality in Agile projects through test automation
• Code user story and feature tests with ATDD (Acceptance Test-Driven Development) and BDD (Behaviour-Driven Development) to validate product value
• Tool your project to cover functional and non-functional testing
• Leverage test design patterns to achieve high coverage
• Design test code and data for long-term success

Prior to attending this course, attendees should have attended:

• Course 918, Agile Fundamentals: Scrum, Kanban, Lean and XP, or Course 1813, Certified ScrumMaster
• Work experience in programming, software development, and testing.

Contact CM Training about training opportunities in these fields.

• Test Automation Manifesto

Motivations

• Mapping Test Automation needs to Agile
• Justifying the focus on high automation achievements

Dimensions of automation

• Addressing Test Pyramids from all angles for high quality
• Mapping automation effort to the Agile Test Quadrants
• Leveraging the 4D of TDD strategies

Leading practices

• Establishing rules of engagement through a manifesto
• Selecting high ROI tests through an automation index

• Business Test Automation

Business test strategies

• Mapping test effort to APIs or UI
• Categorising business tests in the 4 classes
• Using design patterns for long term success
• Implementing test cases with leading execution patterns

ATDD/BDD

• Formalising test cases through ATDD cards
• Specifying test with relevant examples
• Dealing with business rules through BDD

UI automation

• Selecting the right CUIT patterns
• Layering UI Tests for better resilience

• Technical Test Automation

Design analysis

• Zooming on components through design reviews
• Leveraging OO rules for effective unit test strategies
• Measuring test coverage as a success indicator

TDD

• Protecting from code changes through TDD patterns
• Using advanced mock techniques for better coverage
• Recognising leading design patterns for easier test maintenance
• Avoiding anti-patterns to limit technical debt

• Non-Functional Test Automation

NFR driven planning

• Using NFR dimensions for better planning
• Breaking down sub dimensions for sharp quality assessments

NF test tools

• Perfecting tool selection for low cost test design
• Developing multi-dimension NF Tests with pertinent tools

• Continuous Testing and Delivery

Foundation of CI

• Integrating testing with the pipeline process
• Accelerating code promotion through rapid test feedback

Deployment pipelines

• Configuring tests to map the anatomy of a deployment pipeline
• Invoking code analysis automation at the commit stage
• Automating testing of the deployment stage

Test environments

• Leveraging virtualisation for easier test management
• Creating codeline –aware environments