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Your career as a software tester. Apirada Thadadech. Topics to be covered. Your job as a software tester Finding a software testing position Gaining hands-on experience Formal opportunities Internet Links Professional organizations Summary. Your several levels job as a software tester.
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Your career as a software tester Apirada Thadadech Software Testing Career
Topics to be covered • Your job as a software tester • Finding a software testing position • Gaining hands-on experience • Formal opportunities • Internet Links • Professional organizations • Summary Software Testing Career
Your several levels job as a software tester Software testing positions is jobs fall in categories: • Software test technician:You would be responsible for setting up test hardware and software configurations and running simple test scripts or test automation. • Software tester or software test engineer:Most companies have of software testers base on experience and expertise. • Software test lead: a test lead is responsible for the testing of a major portion of a software project. • Software test manager:A test manager oversees the testing for an entire project or multiple projects. They provide the appropriate testing resources, people, equipment. Software Testing Career
Career options for software test professionals: Software Testing Career
Specialization has come to stay in testing career • Domain Knowledge • Automation Testing Tools Knowledge • Certifications • Experience areas in Testing http://www.softwaretestinghelp.com/career-options-for-software-test-professionals/ Software Testing Career
Finding a software testing position You can look for the software testing job at same place at programming job, any business or company that develops software. • Use the Internet • Look through newspapers and magazines • Take temporary jobs Software Testing Career
Gaining hands-on experience The people administering the test will watch what you do, record your actions, and observe how you react to software. Software Testing Career
Formal training opportunities • International Conference and Exposition on Testing Computer Software(TCS) • (www.uspdi.org) • International Quality Week (www.soft.com) • International Software Testing Conference(ISTC) (www.qaiusa.com) • Software Testing Analysis & review (STAR) • (www.sqe.com/stareast and www.sqe.com/starwest ) • International Conference on Software Quality (ICSQ) (www.asq-software.org ) • International Conference on Software testing (ICSTEST) ( www.icstest.com ) • The Second World Congress for Software Quality (2WCSQ) • (www.juse.or.jp/e-renmei/2WCSQMAIN.htm ) Software Testing Career
Internet Links You can search for software testing or software test: • www.bugnet.com • www.io.com/~wazmo/qa • www.mtsu.edu/~storm • www.qaforums.com Software Testing Career
Professional Organizations • There are several professional nonprofit organizations are dedicated to software, software testing and software quality assurance. • The American Society for Quality (ASQ) • www.asq.org Software Testing Career
Summary • Software testing is really important, Bill believes that the computer user’s of rights should follow: • Perspective.If there’s a problem with the use of system the system is problem, not the user. • Installation. Installation and un-installation should be easy without negative consequences. • Compliance.The user has the right to a system that performs exactly as promised. • Instruction.Easy-to-use instructions for understanding, it is gracefully from problem situation. Next slide Software Testing Career
Control.The control of the system and to be able to get the system to respond to a request for attention. • Feedback. A system provides clear understandable and the progress toward completion. • Dependencies.The right to be clearly informed about all system requirements for successfully using software and hardware. • Scope. Know the limits of the system’s capabilities. • Assistance. Communicate with the technology provider • Usability. Product should be natural Software Testing Career