Awesome Test Engineer Skills Map

In 2013 RedGate Software released a super useful skills map for Test Engineering discipline. It covers the breadth of skills along with specialism for Test Engineers or SDETs. This repo lists curated resources to learn & master the skills mentioned in the core Test Engineer skills map.

Please feel free to fork the repo and add your favorite blog posts, books, courses or other useful resources for any of these skill areas.

Contents

• Test Design
• Test Approach
• Technical
• Speaking & Writing
• Social Skills
• Risk Management
• Planning
• Modelling
• Logic & Rational Thought
• Learning
• Defect Management
• Coaching & Mentoring
• Communication
• Time Management

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Test Design

Selecting Heuristics

• Heuristic Test Strategy Model by James Bach
• Test Heuristics Cheat Sheet from Elisabeth Hendrickson, James Lyndsay, and Dale Emery
• Software Testing Heuristics: Mind The Gap! By Richard Bradshaw and Sarah Deery

Black Box Techniques

• Resource Name

Identifying Combinatorial Explosions

• Pairwise Testing: A Best Practice That Isn't By James Bach
• Pairwise Testing By Michael Bolton
• Pairwise Testing
• Pairwise Testing Testing Tools

Chartering

• Resource Name

Identifying and using Oracles

• Examples of Test Oracles By Cem Kaner

Test Technique Selection

• Resource Name

Requirement Analysis

• Resource Name

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Test Approach

Determine Test Approach

• Resource Name

Benchmarking

• Resource Name

Regression Testing

• Resource Name

Exploratory Testing

• Book - Explore It!: Reduce Risk and Increase Confidence with Exploratory Testing By Elisabeth Hendrickson

Testing Tours

• Blog - What is Tour Testing? A Structured Approach to Exploratory Testing By Ulf Eriksson
• Blog - Testing Tours By Daniel Donbavand
• Article - 10 Exploratory Testing Tours You Can Use to Analyze Artifacts By By Terry Wiegmann

ATDD

• Book - ATDD by Example: A Practical Guide to Acceptance Test-Driven Development By Markus Gärtner

BDD

• Course - Cucumber School Online
• Katas to practice BDD
• Books on BDD, Cucumber

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Technical

Debugging

• Resource Name

Coding

• Resource Name

Automated Testing

• Resource Name

Version Control

• Resources to learn Git by GitHub

TDD

• Let's Play: Test-Driven Development By James Shore
• Katas to learn TDD

Profiling

• Resource Name

Refactoring

• Book - Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code, Second Edition By Martin Fowler, Kent Beck
• Book - Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship By Robert C. Martin
• Katas to learn Refactoring

Security Testing

• OWASP Web Security Testing Guide

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Speaking & Writing

Technical Writing

• Google Technical Writing Courses for Engineers
• Google Technical writer guide

Presentation Skills

• Infodeck By Martin Fowler

Conference Participation

• Resource Name

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Social Skills

Cross Functional Pairing

• Resource Name

Situational Awareness

• Wikipedia - Situational awareness

Diplomacy

• Resource Name

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Risk Management

Risk Control

• Resource Name

Risk Assessment

• Resource Name

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Planning

Scoping

• Resource Name

Prioritizing

• Resource Name

Estimation

• Resource Name

Test Planning

• Resource Name

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Modelling

Mind Mapping

• Article - How To Use Mind Maps To Develop Clarity With Your Software Testing Strategy By Elizabeth Zagroba
• Blog - Mind Mapping 101 By Darren McMillan
• Book - The Ultimate Book of Mind Maps By Tony Buzan

State Model

• Resource Name

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Logic & Rational Thought

Critical Thinking

• Book - Thinking, Fast and Slow By Daniel Kahneman

Deductive Reasoning

• Resource Name

Systems Thinking

• Book - An Introduction to General Systems Thinking By Gerald M. Weinberg

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Learning

Observation

• Resource Name

Asking Questions

• Resource Name

Research Methods

• Resource Name

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Defect Management

Bug Advocacy

• Bug Advocacy: Effective Bug Investigation and Reporting By BBST

Root Cause Analysis

• Resource Name

Severity/Priority Identification

• Resource Name

Bug Isolation

• Resource Name

Bug Reproduction

• Resource Name

Defect Reporting

• Resource Name

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Coaching & Mentoring

Teaching

• Resource Name

Mentoring

• Resource Name

Pairing

• Resource Name

Coaching

• Resource Name

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Communication

Monitoring Progress

• Resource Name

Asking Questions

• The 7 soft skills every QA tester needs

Giving Difficult Feedback

• Book - Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most By Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen

Define Trading Language

• Resource Name

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Time Management

Triaging

• Resource Name

Knowing When to stop

• Resource Name

Multitasking

• Resource Name

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