Software Testing is an essential component of any organisation's ability to build software quality. Software Testers are, in general, not programmers. This course presents the Foundational software testing goals as laid out by the International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) and approaches to testing software through all phases of the Software Testing Lifecycle. The course material includes - software testing standards and metrics, types of testing (black-box and white-box), test planning, analysis, test case generation, estimating test resources, test scheduling, test execution, assessing and managing risk, test prioritisation, automation strategy, defect management, test execution. Software quality assurance activities will be discussed as part of a dynamic process that is flexible and constantly tuned to the changing needs of a project.