User Acceptance Testing & Agile Testing Fundamentals

Module 01

Welcome to UAT & Agile Testing Fundamentals

What UAT is, the Tester Mindset, and the 'Fitness for Use' framework.

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From User to Tester
- Happy Path vs Edge Case thinking
- The Tester Mindset (Curiosity, Empathy, Precision)
- Fitness for Use vs Fitness for Purpose
- The 1:10:100 cost-of-defect rule

Module lab · ~30 min

Mapping Your First UAT Sprint: Bridging the Gap from User to Tester

Module 02

Foundations of UAT and the Testing Mindset (Week 1)

QA vs UAT, BRDs, and building a Requirements Traceability Matrix.

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QA vs UAT
- Code integrity vs business fitness
- Shift-Left alignment
- Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM)
- Deficit of Intent failures

Module lab · ~45 min

Bridging the Gap: Bridging Business Requirements and Software Validation

Module 03

Deconstructing Business Requirements (Week 2)

INVEST, Acceptance Criteria, Boundary Value Analysis, and process flows.

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Refining User Stories
- INVEST mnemonic for user stories
- Persona / Intent / Value
- Boundary Value Analysis
- Happy Path, Edge Case, Negative Test paths

Module lab · ~45 min

Mapping the Money: Deconstructing SwiftBank's Transfer Feature

Module 04

Designing Effective Test Documentation (Week 3)

Atomic test steps, the 1:1 rule, and a synthetic Test Data Matrix.

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Authoring Test Cases
- Atomic steps (Click / Type / Select)
- Preconditions and Expected Results
- Test Data placeholders (no real PII)
- Avoiding Step Bloat with the 1:1 rule

Module lab · ~45 min

Documenting the 'SwiftPay' Account Upgrade Feature

Module 05

Executing Manual Tests (Week 4)

Smoke, Regression, UAT, Exploratory testing and the V-V-V ritual.

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Running a Manual Test Pass
- V-V-V: Verify URL, Verify Data, Verify Console
- Smoke → Regression → UAT order of operations
- Exploratory Test Charters
- Capturing evidence from DevTools

Module lab · ~45 min

SwiftCart Checkout: End-to-End Manual Test Execution Lab

Module 06

Defect Management and Jira Fundamentals (Week 5)

The Perfect Bug Report, Severity vs Priority, and the ticket lifecycle.

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Triage in Jira
- Three W's summaries
- Severity (technical) vs Priority (business)
- Steps to Reproduce with environment data
- Workflow: Open → In Progress → Done

Module lab · ~45 min

Bug Triage and Ticket Lifecycle Simulation for SwiftBank

Module 07

Agile Collaboration and Team Dynamics (Week 6)

Sprint cadence, Kanban hygiene, and the Daily Standup.

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The Sprint Day
- Kanban as Single Source of Truth
- Definition of Done
- Escalating blockers to the Scrum Master
- YTB: Yesterday, Today, Blockers

Module lab · ~45 min

Simulating a Sprint Day: Standups and Kanban Management

User Acceptance Testing & Agile Testing Fundamentals

Curriculum

Welcome to UAT & Agile Testing Fundamentals

Foundations of UAT and the Testing Mindset (Week 1)

Deconstructing Business Requirements (Week 2)

Designing Effective Test Documentation (Week 3)

Executing Manual Tests (Week 4)

Defect Management and Jira Fundamentals (Week 5)

Agile Collaboration and Team Dynamics (Week 6)