Non-Functional Testing

This two-day tutor-led course includes lectures, exercises and practical work, and uses a hands-on approach based on group exercises and discussions.  It is highly-interactive, allowing attendees to learn from the experience of the instructor (and each other), and, owing to its interactive nature, each course is restricted to a maximum of 12 delegates.

The course provides delegates with an introduction to non-functional testing as a set of activities throughout the software lifecycle.  In traditional testing these areas are often ignored, yet the non-functional attributes of a product are often those that critically affect its success – surveys of users find that these attributes are often rated more highly than the functionality.

Delegates will gain an understanding of the breadth of non-functional attributes that should be considered, and an outline of the risks for different stakeholders.   It will enable attendees to work more productively with business analysts and developers by showing them how best to combine their respective strengths to ensure that quality requirements are most efficiently defined and met.  It draws on a wide range of sources and is intended to help testers to leverage their skills to the mutual good of the business, testing and development.

Who is it for?

The Non-Functional Testing course is principally aimed at test practitioners who are expecting to be actively involved in the practice and/or management of any aspect of non-functional testing, and who want to ensure that they are fully aware of current best industry practice.

This includes people in roles such as system testers, test analysts, test engineers, test consultants, test managers, user acceptance testers and software developers.  This course is also appropriate for non-testers who want a deeper understanding of non-functional testing, such as project managers, quality managers, software development managers and management consultants.  The course has been found particularly useful by business analysts who have responsibility for specifying non-functional requirements, as it provides them with an insight into the level of detail required for testing, as well as into the difficulties of achieving and testing the different characteristics.

Course Materials

Each delegate will be provided with their own manual containing copies of all slides, along with supporting text, and exercise documentation.  CDs containing soft copies of the delegate manual, relevant white papers and articles, and a copy of a web-based NFT course will also be provided for future reference.