Training

Paul Gerrard has been providing training courses since 1992. These range from basic, testing essentials courses, through to technology-specific, methodological and advanced courses. All non-certified courses are offered in a workshop format.

Accredited Training

Training Workshops

Our courses on Acceptance, Risk-Based, Exploratory, E-Business Testing are well known

We can also run a Hands-on Tools-Supported Web Testing Workshop where we bring our test environment TO YOUR SITE. Students need to bring wireless laptops or PCs that have a standard network card. These workshops have been successfully run at the BCS SIGIST, Eurostar 2007 in Stockholm and Star East in Orlando, Florida with more than thirty students.

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What our training courses provide

  • Essential skills in Structured Software Testing at basic and advanced levels.
  • Test methods for distributed environments such as client/server, Internet and component-based.
  • Improved acceptance testing using traditional, model office and business simulation test methods.
  • Techniques for finding faults in requirements and other specifications using techniques such as Behaviour Analysis.
  • Insight, ability and confidence to select and implement tools that accelerate your testing efforts.
  • Techniques for planning and executing meaningful performance tests and interpretation of test results.

Customised Courses

We have accumulated a vast range of training material over the years and are pleased to compile custom courses for clients’ specific needs at no extra charge. Let us know what you are looking for, and we’ll create a course syllabus list with you.

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Aqastra

Paul is also Co-Director, with Susan Windsor, of Aqastra (aqastra.com) which provides (re-)training courses focused on practical, hands-on skills including Project Survival Skills, Excel Record-Keeping for Testers, Linux for Testers, Exploratory Testing, Critical Thinking Skills, Interpersonal Skills for Testers, SQL for Testers as well as week-long team-based testing projects on real software.

Aqastra Web site