QA Skills

Keeping it up to date

By: Oleksandr Strukov

Agenda

• Introduction.• History of the QA day• Skills to start from• QA skills set. [ Middle QA\QC ]– Dive into hard skills – Dive into soft skills

• Planning our education.• Skillset to aim to QA.

Who Am I

• My Name is Oleksandr Strukov• Senior QA. Abto Software

QA. Slice of History

• 9.09.1945 – Does this day mean anything to you?

[Mark II Aiken Relay Calculator. Harvard ]

Skills to start from• Hard skills :

– English [ Intermediate ]– Basic computer knowledge – How surfing in the internet works [html? Browser types ]– Mobile [ Android\IOS ]– Knowledge of what is testing. And why we need it. [test documentation, test types,

etc..] Soft skills:

– Communication– Team player– Adaptability– Critical observation– Ability to analyze

Skills to start from• Surfing in the web : ?

– What browser types do you know– What is usability testing? – What priority to set for home page design / functional part.

• Mobile testing : – Have you performed testing on IOS– Have you performed testing on Android– Do you know what are main sensors in mobile.

• Test planning – Create test cases. Rules– Create check lists– Do you know what is test plan [ IEEE 829] and it’s difference with real test plan

delivered to client.– Why do we need requirements?

Skills to start from

• Soft skills :– Communication

• Raise a ticket • Keep team up to date

– Time management– Motivation– Adaptability– Creativity – Ability to analyze – Team player

Skills Out there: • Grey box, White box, testing• Domain knowledge

– Analyze the domain under test. – Suggest and create presentations , for client. – Suggest improving software based on the domain knowledge

• BA – Analyze and create requirements– Create up to date documentation in big and complex projects

• UI\UX – Creating wireframes– Creating vision of end user– Analyzing user needs and customer needs

• Automation– API testing– Performance testing– Security testing– Web automation– Mobile automation

• Security– Owasp top 10 Vulnerabilities– Using automation and scripts– Reverse engineering

• Test planning• SDLC• Programming

Time to learn???

• It is impossible to know everything I don’t have time.

• Priorities. Time has nothing to do with it.

• Josh Kaufman | TEDxCSU [ The first 20 hours- how to learn anything ]

– Planning– Have 0.5 hours -1 hour time each iteration – Work so for 20 hours. – Achieve skill

What to expect

Vacancies

New Tech - new testing

• VR • AR• Neuroheadsets• First Games In VR : • Wearable's

What Should I know ?

• Java / c# / Python programming• Unit testing• Usability / UX testing and knowledge• Gamification knowledge• Security testing• Automation – MUST! • PM \ QA Merging• DevOps • Cloud

What Should I know ?

• Communication skills• Teamwork and collaboration• Adaptability• Problem solving• Critical observation• Conflict resolution• Able to held presentation for wide audience • MOTIVATION

OOP principals in help • Abstraction

– Decompose complex tasks into smaller components.

• Planning your work and Mind map• Using courses there in WWW.

– Corsera– Udacity– Edx– Udemy – Futurelearn

• Don’t forget about Josh Kaufman• Develop your skillset together with soft skills.

Questions:

Thank you