Course duration:
2 days Instructor-Led Classroom Training
We offer flexible learning options (online, instructor-led, hybrid) to fit your learning style
Principal Consultant Sapience Consulting
Principal Consultant Sapience Consulting
Continuous Testing Foundation
Synopsis
This comprehensive course addresses testing in a DevOps environment and covers concepts such as the active use of test automation, testing earlier in the development cycle, and instilling testing skills in developers, quality assurance, security, and operational teams. The course is relevant for every modern IT professional involved in defining or deploying a DevOps testing strategy for their organisation, as test engineering is the backbone of DevOps and the primary key for successful DevOps pipeline to support digital transformation. Actionable and exciting exercises will be used to apply the concepts covered in the course and sample documents, templates, tools, and techniques will be provided to leverage after the class.
Outlines
- What is DevOps Testing and its Business Benefits?
- Relation of DevOps testing to other test methodologies
- DevOps testing best practices
- DevOps Testing Terminology
- Culture changes
- Organisation changes
- Process and team friction
- Motivation strategies
- Measuring Success
- Continuous Evolution
- Troubleshooting
- What is the DevOps pipeline?
- DevOps Testing on the pipeline
- Test strategy choices
- Pre-Flight strategies
- Continuous Integration Testing
- System, Delivery and Customer Testing
- Test Environments
- Lab Management
- Topology orchestration
- Test Automation Frameworks
- Test Tools
- Selection criterion
- Automated metrics
- Key concepts
- Test Case Best Practices & Design
- Test Suite Best Practices & Design
- DevOps Test Management Metrics
- DevOps Management Tools
- DevOps Test Results Analysis
- Integrating DevOps Results Analysis
- Test Management Exercise
- Fictitious Product Test Requirements.
Objectives
On completion of this course, the following learning outcomes will be achieved:
- Purpose, benefits, concepts and vocabulary of DevOps testing
- How DevOps testing differs from other types of testing
- DevOps testing strategies, test management, and results analysis
- Strategies for selecting test tools and implementing test automation
- Integration of DevOps testing into Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery workflows
- How DevOps testers fit with a DevOps culture, organisation, and roles.
Audiences
The target audience for this course are professionals involved in defining DevOps test strategies, such as:
- Delivery Staff
- DevOps Engineers
- IT Managers
- Project Managers
- Lab Staff
- Maintenance and Support Staff
- Quality Assurance Managers
- Quality Assurance Teams
- Release Managers
- Testers
- Software Engineers.
Certification and Exam Info
Participants who successfully complete the course and pass the examination will be recognised as Continuous Testing Foundation (CTF) certified which is issued and governed by DevOps Institute. Delegates who do not attain a passing score for the examination would be awarded a course attendance certificate only.
EXAMINATION FORMAT
- 40 Multiple Choice
- 1 mark per correct answer
- 26 marks required to pass (out of 40 available) – 65%
- Sixty minutes duration
- Web-based Open-book exams.
Pre-requisites
There are no prerequisites to attending the Continuous Testing Foundation course or sitting the certification examination. Familiarity with DevOps definitions and principles are essential.
Funding Available
Please visit our SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) Funding page for full details.
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Please visit our IBF STS programme page for full details. PSEA page for more info.
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Please visit our SkillsFuture Credit page for full details.
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NTUC members can use the Union Training Assistance Programme (UTAP) to partially cover the cost of their training.
Visit our UTAP page for more info.
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Schedule
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Why Us?
Participants can attend a complimentary refresher if they wish (1-year validity and subject to approval)
Should you have questions after the course, you may contact the trainer for assistance regarding course material
1 year access to our E-learning portal. Including:
– E-books available for download
– Official sample exam
– Randomised quiz formulated by Sapience Trainers based on past examinations