🧪 Introduction to Manual and Automation Testing Course Roadmap
Manual and Automation Testing Course Roadmap is a comprehensive guide designed for aspiring QA testers and professionals who want to build expertise in software testing. This roadmap walks you through everything you need to master both manual and automation testing, using real-world tools and industry practices.
Whether you’re just starting out or enhancing your existing skills, this guide helps you:
✅ Understand core testing concepts like SDLC, STLC, Bug Life Cycle, and Test Case Writing
🔧 Learn top automation tools such as Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Maven, Jenkins, Cucumber, and Appium
🔄 Explore methodologies like Agile Testing, BDD, and Performance Testing
📊 Work on real-time live projects to apply your knowledge practically
💼 Prepare for QA interviews with commonly asked questions and best practices
This 19-step roadmap is ideal for:
🆕 Beginners looking to start a career in QA
👩💻 Manual testers transitioning to automation
🧠 Professionals aiming to upgrade their testing toolkit in 2025
Let’s dive into the full Manual and Automation Testing Course Roadmap that will set you on the path to QA success.
📘 1. What is Software & SDLC
💻 Software: Set of instructions that perform tasks using a computer
🔄 SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle): A structured framework for software development
🧩 Phases:
1️⃣ Requirement Gathering
2️⃣ Feasibility Study
3️⃣ System Design
4️⃣ Development
5️⃣ Testing
6️⃣ Deployment
7️⃣ Maintenance🧪 Models: Waterfall, V-Model, Spiral, Iterative, Agile
🧪 2. Manual Testing Fundamentals
✅ Verification: Are we building the product right?
🎯 Validation: Are we building the right product?
📝 Types:
Static Testing
Dynamic Testing
🔁 3. STLC – Software Testing Life Cycle
1️⃣ Requirement Analysis
2️⃣ Test Planning
3️⃣ Test Case Development
4️⃣ Environment Setup
5️⃣ Test Execution
6️⃣ Test Closure
🧾 4. Test Case Writing
🧠 Definition: A set of steps with input and expected output to test a feature
📋 Format:
Test Case ID
Test Scenario
Test Steps
Test Data
Expected Result
Actual Result
Status
Comments
🧪 Techniques:
Boundary Value Analysis (BVA)
Equivalence Partitioning
Error Guessing
🧷 Examples: Login, Registration, ATM, Mobile Recharge
🧷 5. Types of Testing
🧰 Functional: Unit, Integration, System, UAT
⚙️ Non-Functional: Performance, Security, Usability
🔄 Other Types: Smoke, Sanity, Regression, Retesting, Compatibility
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📂 6. Test Artifacts
🧾 Test Plan
🎯 Test Scenarios
🧪 Test Cases
📊 Test Data
🔗 RTM (Requirement Traceability Matrix)
🐞 Defect Report
🐛 7. Bug Life Cycle
🔄 States: New → Assigned → Open → Fixed → Retested → Verified → Closed
🔥 Severity vs Priority
🛠️ Tools: Jira, Bugzilla
🌀 8. Agile Testing
👥 Roles: Product Owner, Scrum Master, Dev Team
⏱️ Ceremonies: Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-up, Review, Retrospective
📖 Artifacts: User Stories, Acceptance Criteria
☕ 9. Core Java for Testers
📚 Basics: OOPs, Conditions, Loops, Arrays, Collections
⚠️ Exception Handling
📁 File Handling
🤖 Java for Selenium
🌐 10. Selenium WebDriver
🔧 Setup, Drivers, Browsers
📌 Locators: ID, Name, XPath, CSS
🧭 Browser Commands, Waits
📑 Dropdowns, Alerts, Frames
📊 Tables, Actions, Windows
🎯 Real-time App Automation
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🧪 11. Selenium Grid & TestNG
🌍 Grid: Parallel & Cross-Browser Testing
🧬 TestNG:
Annotations
Groups
Assertions
DataProvider
Parallel Execution
🔨 12. Build Tools & CI/CD
⚙️ Maven: Dependency Management, POM.xml
🧱 ANT: Build Scripts
🧪 Jenkins: Continuous Integration & Scheduling
📋 Log4j: Logging
📊 Reports: HTML, TestNG, Jenkins
🥒 13. Cucumber BDD
📜 Feature Files
🗣️ Gherkin Syntax (Given-When-Then)
🧬 Step Definitions
🚀 Runner Classes
🏗️ 14. Frameworks
🧪 Data Driven
⚙️ Hybrid
📄 Page Object Model (POM)
🧵 End-to-End: TestNG + Maven + Jenkins + Cucumber + Log4j + Excel + Reports
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🗃️ 15. Database Testing
🔌 JDBC Connection
🧮 SQL Queries
✅ UI ↔️ DB Validation
☁️ 16. Cloud Testing
🌐 Sauce Labs Overview
☁️ Cross-browser Testing in Cloud
📱 17. Mobile Automation Basics
📦 Appium Introduction
📲 Android/iOS App Testing
🚧 Challenges & Limitations
🚀 18. Performance Testing (with Selenium)
❗ Selenium not ideal for load testing
🔧 Use tools like JMeter, LoadRunner for real performance tests
✅ Selenium for UI-level speed checks
🎓 19. Final Live Projects & Interview Preparation
💻 Real-time Projects using Selenium
🏗️ Framework Design from Scratch
❓ Common Interview Questions
🧪 Mock Interviews
🌍 Real-World Scenarios
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