End-to-End QA Testing Cycle

This course is part of Microsoft Junior QA/Software Tester Professional Certificate

Instructor: Microsoft

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2 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Intermediate level

Recommended experience

4 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

2 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Intermediate level

Recommended experience

4 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Execute software testing lifecycle on an app: design tests from vague requirements, find UI/API bugs via BrowserStack and Postman, and track in Jira.
Automate a happy-path workflow using Playwright, run SQL backend checks, and manage code through GitHub-to-Jira version control workflow.
Compile end-to-end release evidence across all software testing phases and draft a sign-off report using Microsoft Copilot for stakeholders.

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Assessments

1 assignment¹

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Taught in English

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This course is part of the Microsoft Junior QA/Software Tester Professional Certificate

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There are 2 modules in this course

End-to-End QA Testing Cycle is the capstone course for the Junior QA/Software Tester Professional Certificate. You will step into the role of sole QA Tester for a new mock application—GreenLeaf Grocers—and execute a complete software testing lifecycle from start to finish.

You'll begin by importing requirements into Jira, authoring Zephyr test cases, and manually executing tests to uncover seeded defects. You'll use BrowserStack to confirm a mobile UI bug on a live device, and Postman to isolate an API failure triggering a 500 Server Error. From there, you'll validate data integrity with SQL queries, automate the checkout path using Playwright, and push your script to GitHub via a pull request linked to your Jira ticket. Finally, you'll use Microsoft Copilot to generate a stakeholder-ready Test Summary and Release Recommendation report. Everything feeds into an End-to-End Release Portfolio—a PDF artifact to demonstrate QA readiness to employers. By the end of the course, you will automate checkout happy-paths with Playwright, validate SQL SELECT queries, commit to GitHub linked to Jira, create Copilot reports, and build a Release Portfolio.

The release cycle begins. You must set up your tracking environment, analyze the new GreenLeaf requirements, write your test cases, and manually execute them using industry-standard tools (BrowserStack and Postman) to hunt down the seeded defects.

What's included

1 video2 readings1 ungraded lab

With the bugs logged, you must now secure the happy path. You will query the database to verify data integrity, script the UI checkout flow in Playwright, push your code to GitHub via the VS Code GUI, and use AI to generate the final release documentation.