🎯 Do you want to build a career in Software Quality Assurance (SQA) and become an expert in testing software applications?
🎯 What You’ll Achieve by the End of This Course
✔️ Strong understanding of SQA fundamentals & testing methodologies
✔️ Ability to perform manual and automated testing
✔️ Hands-on portfolio-ready project to showcase your skills
✔️ Knowledge of QA tools & freelancing platforms to start your career and earn
Module 1: Introduction to Software Testing & QA
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What is Software Quality Assurance?
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Importance of Testing in Software Development
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Roles & Responsibilities of a QA Engineer
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Different Types of Testing (Functional vs. Non-Functional)
Module 2: Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) & Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC)
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Overview of SDLC Models (Waterfall, Agile, V-Model, DevOps)
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Where Testing Fits in SDLC
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STLC Phases (Requirement Analysis → Test Planning → Test Design → Execution → Closure)
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QA in Agile & Scrum
Module 3: Test Documentation
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Writing Test Plans (Objectives, Scope, Strategy)
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Writing Test Cases (Test Scenario, Pre-condition, Steps, Expected Result)
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Writing Bug Reports (Defect Lifecycle, Severity, Priority)
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Best Practices for Test Documentation
Module 4: Manual Testing for Web & Mobile Applications
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Functional Testing Basics
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UI/UX Testing
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Cross-Browser & Cross-Device Testing
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Testing Mobile Apps (Android & iOS)
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Exploratory & Ad-hoc Testing
Module 5: Bug Tracking & Collaboration Tools
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Introduction to Bug Tracking Systems
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Hands-on with Jira (creating tickets, workflows, dashboards)
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Using Trello for Test Case Management
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Introduction to Other Tools (Asana, Bugzilla)
Module 6: API Testing Basics with Postman
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What is an API?
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Types of APIs (REST, SOAP, GraphQL)
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Postman Interface Walkthrough
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Writing API Requests (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE)
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Validating API Responses (Status Codes, JSON, Headers)
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Basic Automation with Postman Collections
Module 7: Introduction to Performance Testing (JMeter)
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What is Performance Testing?
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Types (Load, Stress, Endurance, Scalability)
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Introduction to Apache JMeter
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Creating a Basic Performance Test Script
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Analyzing Performance Reports
Module 8: Industry Practices & Career Growth
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QA in Agile, DevOps, and CI/CD
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Soft Skills for QA Engineers (Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking)
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Preparing for QA Interviews
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Building a QA Portfolio (Test Cases, Bug Reports, API Tests, etc.)
✅ Final Project / Capstone
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Students work on a real-world QA project:
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Write a test plan
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Execute manual tests on a sample web/mobile app
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Log defects in Jira/Trello
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Perform basic API testing with Postman
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Run a small performance test using JMeter
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