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UCFT Technical Coverage : Wide array of knowledge areas and in depth coverage.

Covering 43 subject areas in Software Testing and Test Automation UCFT based assessments can meet your expectations of creating a robust assessment to probe the competencies of your employees.

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The Technical coverage of the UCFT framework currently encompasses three main competency areas: Functional Testing; Test Automation; and Performance Testing. The competency areas of Test Project Management, Quality Management, and Security Testing are expected to be launched by OCT.2010.

Brief description of the individual knowledge areas under each competency are given as below. For detailed information on the individual knowledge areas, please contact us.

Functional Testing
Fundamentals of Testing
Testing Throughout the Software Lifecycle
Testing Process
Test Management
Test Techniques
Testing of Software Characteristics
Reviews
Incident Management
Standards and Test Improvement Process
Test Tool and Automation
People Skills – Team Composition

Test Automation
Fundamentals of Test Automation
Automation Testing Lifecycle & Frameworks
Test Tool Concepts
Types of Test Tool and Test Tool Categories
Effective Use of Tools: Potential Benefits & Risks
Introducing a Tool into an Organization
Introduction to QTP Fundamentals
Object Management
Synchronization and Regular Expressions
Checkpoints
Parameterize Data
Actions, Action Setting & Reusable Actions
Working with Advanced Testing Features (QTP)
VB Scripting
Working with Other HP Tools

Performance Testing
Fundamentals of Performance Testing
Standard Performance Testing Approaches
Identifying the Test Environment
Identifying Performance Acceptance Criteria
Plan and Design Tests
Execute Tests
Analyze Results and Reports
Performance Testing Techniques
Introducing Performance Testing in an Organization
Introduction to Load Runner
Load Runner Concepts
Creating Scenarios
Using Run-time Settings
Performance Monitors
Load Runner Vugen
Analysis, Graphs and Reports

UCFT STRUCTURE

Competency Area
Competency Area represents the focus area of Testing that is chosen to be done by an organization. Examples of this include Functional Testing, Performance Testing and so on. Currently, we provide for 6 knowledge areas namely, Functional Testing, performance Testing, Test Project Management, Quality Management, Security Testing, and Test Automation.

Knowledge Area
Knowledge Areas is the subdivision within a Competency Area, and represents a topical area which is identified as an essential capability by the organizations across the world. Examples of this include Testing Fundamentals, Test Management, and Testing Process and so on so forth. In all there are a total of 43+ knowledge areas currently mapped in UCFT.

Units of Competency
Units of Competency represents the specific skill or ability or knowledge element that the individual undertaking the assessment must demonstrate. Examples of this include Estimation of Testing Projects, Risk Based Testing, and Test Documentation etc. The number of Units of Competency is over 150+ in the current version of the UCFT.

Cognitive Levels
Cognitive Levels represent expected level of information processing capability that the individual must demonstrate on the units of competency required for the role. Simplifying the Bloom's Taxonomy of the Cognitive Levels, UCFT currently uses 4 levels of Cognition – Remember (K1); Understand (K2); Apply (K3); and Analyze (K4). In the future, these levels are proposed to expand to 6 numbers in alignment with the Bloom's Taxonomy.
 
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