Software Testing Fundamentals and Methodologies

In this foundational course, you will build a robust understanding of software quality assurance and the critical role testing plays within the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Designed for learners with basic digital literacy, this course bridges the gap between how software is conceptualized and how it is verified for real-world reliability. You will explore the fundamental differences between Quality Assurance (QA), Quality Control (QC), and testing while learning to map these activities to different layers of web applications. You will gain hands-on experience using industry frameworks like Waterfall, V-Model, and Agile, and learn to distinguish between static and dynamic testing techniques, sequence essential STLC phases, and integrate quality checks into Scrum sprints. By course end, you will define acceptance criteria and demonstrate tests within your own Atlassian Jira workspace. Tools such as Jira Cloud (Free Tier), Microsoft Azure DevOps (free Microsoft account), and standard Office tools (Excel/Word, free web versions using Microsoft Outlook account) are used throughout.