Software Quality Assurance

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Software Quality Assurance

• WELCOME

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Software Quality Assurance

• Portnov Computer School
• Mikhail Portnov
• 1978 BSEE (major in Telecommunications)
• 1983 MS in Math
• 1987-1990 Post-Graduate program in Professional
  Education
• I started my SQA career in 1992
• First Job (1992, 28K)
• Second Job (1993, 36-40K)
• Third Job (1994, Borland, 35 per hour) the
  school started 08/1994
• Fourth Job (1995, QA Manager, 60K)
• Software QA profession was born in early 90s

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WHY QA IS UNIQUE?

• Age works for you ( Maturity, Stability,
  Appreciation of quality)
• Computer Science degree not required
• Previous profession helps (Documentation skills,
  Quality Control experience, Industry knowledge)
• Fairly High Compensation
• High demand in major urban areas
• No colleges offering degrees in Software QA
• Easy to learn
• You can start with relatively low technical
  skills level
• 4-6 month is enough to start working

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JOB MARKET

• Lets use Dice.com
• Search for one day
• Limit search to 650/408/510/925/415 area codes -
  the entire Bay Area
• Keywords QA, Test, QTP (QuickTest), Silk
  (SilkTest)

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JOB MARKET 11/26/07
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WHAT TESTERS DO?

• What is Software Testing?
• Software testing activities
• Learning the product
• Ad hoc/Exploratory testing
• Write Test Cases and other test docs
• Execute test cases Structured testing
• Automate test cases
• Write Bug reports
• Verify bugs fixed

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WHAT WE LEARN

• Software Testing Methodology
• Test Planning and Test Documentation
• Writing Bug reports
• Test Automation (one tool is enough)
• How to get a job
• Software testing projects
• Internships provided by the School
• Other (UNIX, Perl, Shell, SQL, HTML, JavaScript,
  XML, Networking, etc.)

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REMEMBER

• To get different results you have to be
  different, you have to change
• We are not in business of teaching classes we
  are in business of helping you in that change
• The school has two goals
• Help you to get a job (we can do that fast)
• Help you to keep the job

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IMPORTANT

• Classes to take we look at your education and
  work experience
• On-line internships in 3-4 weeks
• Internships in Silicon Valley companies
• Resume preparation
• Job searching and interviewing
• Taking the direction 80/20 rule
• Who would believe it is possible?

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A FEW QUESTIONS

• What is Quality?
• What is Software Quality?
• What is the difference between Software Testing
  and Software Quality Assurance?
• Is it possible to find and fix all the bugs in a
  software product before it goes to the customers?
• Why test?

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SQA SYSTEMS

• Test Planning
• Bug Reporting
• Bug Tracking
• Test Automation
• Release Certification