Course Description
Cloud Testing utilizes cloud infrastructure for software testing. It helps organizations address various challenges such as limited test budget, tight deadlines, high testing costs, numerous test cases, and lack of test reuse. Additionally, the geographical distribution of users poses additional challenges. Cloud Testing offers solutions to these issues by providing effective unlimited storage, quick access to infrastructure, scalability, flexibility, and distributed testing environments. These factors reduce testing execution time for large applications and offer cost-effective solutions.
Cloud computing poses important questions for testers, including:
- What can be tested effectively?
- Where should testing efforts be focused?
- Which testing techniques and tools are most useful?
- How can testing help mitigate risks?
Detailed Learning Outcomes
By earning the Project Management Certification (PMC), candidates demonstrate the ability to:
Module 1 – Foundation
- What is Cloud Computing?
- Characteristics of Cloud Computing
- Not a Unified View
- Your View of Cloud Computing
- The Key Players
- Interactions Between Cloud Computing Actors
- What Cloud Brokers Do
- Five Main Principles of Cloud Computing
- Benefits
- Risks
- Types of Clouds
- Cloud Reference Model
- Major Service Patterns
- An Example
- Example Services Available to a Cloud Consumer
- Major Activities of Cloud Providers
- Other Service Patterns
- Scope of Controls Between Provider and Consumer
- The Role of Virtualization
- Extending SOA
- Cloud Service Management
- The Importance of Testing
- What This Means to Testers
Module 2 - Defining Your Cloud Test Strategy
- Why a Test Strategy?
- Key Test Planning Components
- What to Include
- Cloud Provider
- Knowing How Much to Test – The Extent of Testing
- How to Define a Cloud Test Strategy
Module 3 - Test Environments
- Requirements for Test Environments
- Extending Virtual Environments
- Characteristics of Cloud Test Environments
- The Role of Virtual Test Environments
- OpenStack Initiative
- Three Major Platforms
- Major Virtual Environment Vendors and Platforms
- Example – Cross-Platform Browser Testing
- Designing Test Environments
- Managing and Controlling Test Environments
- Variations
Certification Validity & Renewal
The Project Management Certification (PMC) issued by GIPMC is valid for three (3) years from the date of certification award.
Renewal is designed to:
- Maintain professional credibility
- Ensure continued alignment with modern project practices
- Protect the long-term value of the certification
Renewal Process Includes:
- Completion of defined continuing professional development or knowledge refresh requirements
- Successful renewal assessment or verification, as applicable
- Submission of renewal application before certification expiry
Timely renewal allows professionals to retain active certification status without interruption.