Organising Application Acceptance Testing

For: Project managers, application owners, testers and business representatives responsible for accepting software.

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Learning outcomes

Develop a test strategy and test plan proportionate to the project's risks.
Implement regression tests to ensure compatibility between application versions.
Supervise application acceptance testing.

Programme over 4 weeks

Week	Content
Week 1	Risk-proportionate test strategy: unit, integration, system and acceptance levels; functional, performance, security and accessibility testing.
Week 2	Acceptance test plan and test data sets; defect reports and defect life cycle.
Week 3	Regression testing: test case selection, automation, continuous integration, version and environment management.
Week 4	Professional simulation: acceptance testing campaign for a supplied application, with defect tracking and a regression test suite, in a virtual lab.

Assessment

Marked professional simulation in a virtual lab, assessed against a rubric (70%): acceptance testing campaign for a supplied application, with defect reports and a regression test suite; online knowledge-check quiz (30%).

The certificate is awarded with a mark of at least 10 out of 20.

Optional: Acceptance Report and Go-Live Decision

An additional 1-credit module over 2 weeks (CPP-18C), awarded as a separate certificate; together with this certificate, it makes up the full course component of the original programme.

Acceptance report, reservations and lifting of reservations.
Go-live recommendation.

At your own pace: the self-paced pathway

In a class, this certificate takes 4 weeks, on the cohort's dates. On the self-paced pathway, you start whenever you like, online, and progress at your own pace. The price is the same.

Estimate how long my pathway will take

10 h / week · 40 hours in total

Duration: about 4 weeks
Estimated end: 4 weeks after you start
Examination: Online, subject to available slots, no earlier than 4 weeks after you start
Payment: In a single payment

An indicative estimate, for a start today and 40 hours of work. You can change your pace along the way; the pathway must be completed within 12 weeks (about 3 months) of your start. Your e-Campus access opens with your first payment.

Admission

Experience of IT or software development projects assessed on application. Admission based on application; detailed requirements set by the school.

The credits you earn are recognised without further assessment if you later join the programme they come from, Professional Bachelor's degree in IT Project Management, within a period set by the certificate regulations.