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Take Alison's free online Software Development courses, to acquire useful skills and open up employment opportunities in a wide range of profitable industries. Software developers are predicted to be some of the most in-demand employees worldwide in the next decade. Wanna be one of them? Take our software testing classes and learn the principles behind software testing, including verification and validation processes. We also have tr...…Read More

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1,016,715 Learners
107,155 Certificates & Diplomas Earned

Certificate

Quality Assurance (QA) - Techniques and Methodologies

Intermediate Level

business

Quality Assurance (QA) - Techniques and Methodologies

2 - 3 hrs 25,143 learners

You Will Learn How To

Define ‘quality assurance’ (QA) and ‘quality control’ (Q...
Analyze the different approaches and industrial aspects ...
Identify the major industrial uses of quality... Read More

Certificate

Advanced Level

business

Fundamentals of Quality Assurance

2 - 3 hrs 10,738 learners

You Will Learn How To

Define ‘quality assurance’ and describe its control prin...
Discuss the growth of QA through time in terms of innova...
Indicate the best practices for enforcing sta... Read More

Certificate

Agile Essentials: A Practical Guide to the Agile Process

Beginner Level

business

Agile Essentials: A Practical Guide to the Agile Process

2 - 3 hrs 23,007 learners

You Will Learn How To

Define the term Agile
Identify and describe the difference between traditional...
Identify and discuss agile principles Read More

Diploma

Beginner Level

Information Technology

Diploma in Software Testing

10-15 hrs 58,093 learners

You Will Learn How To

Identify ways of reducing bugs in your software program
Distinguish between the verification and validation proc...
Describe the pesticide effect in testing software
Outline what unit testing is and when it is p... Read More

Certificate

Intermediate Level

business

Agile Master Training

3-4 hrs 6,597 learners

You Will Learn How To

Relate the benefits of using adaptive project management...
Compare traditional frameworks to the Scrum and Agile ap...
Outline how you can distinguish lean development from ot...
Recall important terms used in Kanban practic... Read More

Certificate

Beginner Level

business

Scrum Development

3-4 hrs 10,425 learners

You Will Learn How To

Recognize scrum concepts and principles
Describe initiating a project
Outline planning and estimating a project
Discuss creating deliverables Read More

Certificate

DevOps - Application Lifecycle Management

Beginner Level

Information Technology

DevOps - Application Lifecycle Management

2 - 3 hrs 8,064 learners

You Will Learn How To

Define what application lifecycle management is
Describe lean and agile software processes
Explain continuous delivery Read More

Certificate

Intermediate Level

business

Scrum Developer Training

3-4 hrs 1,067 learners

You Will Learn How To

Analyze Agility and how Scrum offers a unique approach c...
Categorize the components of an Agile mindset, focusing ...
Apply the fundamentals of Scrum and learn to use them co...
Assess the applicability of Scrum for your te... Read More

Certificate

Intermediate Level

Information Technology

Secure Software: Testing and Acceptance

2 - 3 hrs 6,403 learners

You Will Learn How To

Explain the role of security testing in the acceptance, ...
Describe how to meet the quality standards for software ...
Indicate the process for proper code analysis Read More

Certificate

Advanced Level

education

Theory of Software Testing

4-5 hrs 6,845 learners

You Will Learn How To

Analyse the software testing principles
Summarise the software development life cycle and softwa...
Evaluate the software testing diagram
Discuss the different types of software testi... Read More

Diploma

Advanced Level

Information Technology

Advanced Diploma in Modern Application Development

20-30 hrs 8,291 learners

You Will Learn How To

Explain the differences between Traditional Programs vs ...
Discuss the design consideration for a command-line appr...
Identify the use of HTML and CSS in fairshare... Read More

Certificate

Introduction to Software Project Management

Advanced Level

business

Introduction to Software Project Management

10-15 hrs 16,329 learners

You Will Learn How To

Define software project management
Outline the symptoms of software crisis
Analyze the key factors that contribute to th... Read More

Diploma

Intermediate Level

Information Technology

Diploma in HP LoadRunner

6-10 hrs 1,278 learners

You Will Learn How To

Explain the method used for downloading HP LoadRunner
Outline the downloading method of web tours sample appli...
Recall how to record the sample application by using VuG...
Outline the different steps involved in param... Read More

Diploma

Advanced Level

business

Diploma in Software Project Management

10-15 hrs 15,444 learners

You Will Learn How To

Define software project management
List the commonly used life cycle models
Identify the risk evaluation methods Read More

Certificate

Beginner Level

Information Technology

Introduction to Kubernetes

2 - 3 hrs 3,129 learners

You Will Learn How To

Identify the various services Kubernetes can be run on
Outline the properties of a pod in Kubernetes
List and discuss the components of Kubernetes
Explain the uses of container deployment engi... Read More

Certificate

Secure Software: Deployment and Acquisition

Intermediate Level

Information Technology

Secure Software: Deployment and Acquisition

2 - 3 hrs 2,490 learners

You Will Learn How To

List the security considerations for configuration manag...
Describe how to handle root cause analysis
Discuss how security monitoring should be han... Read More

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