BBST® Effective Bug Investigation & Reporting Specialization aims to help you become a highly effective tester. You’ll gain a solid understanding of your testing activities and build technical investigation skills to move forward in any project or context confidently.
This 2-course specialization will teach you to:
- Use test strategies in your work – gain a healthy mind frame, wherein testing is done in accordance with the mission of the project
- Tackle the four critical challenges in software testing – choose the right tests, determine if a program has passed the test, measure how thoroughly you’ve tested the program, know when to stop testing
- Develop skills in effective bug reporting – gain technical skills that help you to investigate better the bugs discovered, such as troubleshooting failures and isolating failure-producing configurations.
- Know how to get the right bugs fixed – learn to spot the details that make a report more persuasive and understand excuses for not fixing bugs.
Excel in bug advocacy and other bug-related activities
Register now to gain access to the 2 courses in the series: Foundations and Bug Advocacy. Choose the classes that best suit your schedule after purchasing via email.
The BBST® courses in the specialization
BBST® Foundations is the first course in the series and one of the most eye-opening and in-depth online courses on the fundamental concepts of software testing and its critical challenges. Complete this course and you will:
- understand what are the key challenges in testing and work on developing skills in solving them
- practice creating test strategies adapted to specific contexts
- select the most useful oracles that help you efficiently identify the expected result for your exploratory or automated tests
- learn how to efficiently make the decision of when to stop testing and how to avoid the common traps of test measurements
BBST® Bug Advocacy is the course with the most immediate impact on your day-to-day work, from the whole series. You will work on live bug reports of open-source applications where you can make an important contribution. Complete this course and you will:
- learn how to investigate better the bugs you discover using the RIMGEN framework
- understand excuses and reasons for not fixing bugs
- write more persuasive bug reports, considering the interests and concerns of your audience
BBST® Foundations is the best software testing qualification program I have ever attended. It confronts the tester or test organization stakeholders with the real challenges and dilemmas of the profession. It encourages critical thinking and learning, rather than relying on shallow best practices that provide no practical value.
By making the bug report more efficient, the Bug Advocacy course is transforming ‘I cannot reproduce this issue’ responses into ‘Oh I can fix this’, and ‘This is not worth fixing’ into ‘We probably don’t want more users to experience this’.
How does the specialization work
By registering for BBST® BBST® Effective Bug Investigation & Reporting Specialization you take full advantage of our educational program. You’ll complete the first 2 courses created by Cem Kaner and gain a strong set of advanced software testing skills, at the best price on our website.
2 courses in the series
BBST® Effective Bug Investigation & Reporting Specialization was designed to help you become a more effective professional. Foundations will give you an in-depth understanding of the fundamental concept of software testing and its critical challenges, while Bug Advocacy will go on to build extremely practical and technical skills that you will use on a day-to-day basis.
Flexible enrolment within 1 to 2 yearst
The specialization grants you access to any of the Foundations and Bug Advocacy classes published on our website. Once you register we will contact you to schedule your first class. You have between 1 to 2 years to complete all courses in the specialization. You can choose to finish all courses in a few months or take just one course per year, for example.
15-20h/week per course
Every course is 4 weeks long, with 3 weeks of lectures and 1 week dedicated to the final exam. Our students spend an average of 15 to 20 hours per week going through video lectures, readings, quizzes, and assignments.
Asynchronous learning
All BBST® courses are delivered fully online, with students participating and collaborating using the Canvas online learning platform. The videos, lectures, and content can be viewed at the participant’s convenience, whenever they have time. The materials and content are always available and there are no specific hours when you need to be online to take part in the lessons and assignments.
1-1 individual feedback
During each course, you receive 1-to-1 feedback on every assignment and get an ongoing evaluation on your progress, from one of the instructors. This way, each student benefits from valuable feedback based on their individual practice.
Advanced skill building
The series is the most extensive and scientifically based software testing set of courses. The depth and relevance of the learning experience, coupled with the individual feedback each student receives, offers an unequaled level of progress.
Register for the BBST® Effective Bug Investigation & Reporting Specialization
2-course specialization with a flexible schedule