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End-to-End QA Testing Cycle

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2 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Intermediate level

Recommended experience

1 hour 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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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 brand-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 real seeded defects. You'll use BrowserStack to confirm a mobile UI bug on a live cloud 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 happy 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 you produce feeds directly into a comprehensive End-to-End Release Portfolio — a PDF artifact you can share with employers to demonstrate real-world QA readiness.

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.

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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.

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3 readings1 assignment1 ungraded lab

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Yes. This capstone is designed as the final step in the Junior QA / Software Tester Professional Certificate. It assumes you are comfortable with manual testing, defect management, SQL queries, Playwright scripting, and AI-assisted QA — all of which are taught across the four preceding long courses.

You'll work with Jira Cloud and Zephyr for test management, BrowserStack for mobile device testing, Postman for API validation, Visual Studio Code with Playwright for automation, GitHub for version control, SQL for backend data validation, and Microsoft Copilot for AI-generated reporting. All tools are either free or pre-configured in the course lab environment.

You will submit a comprehensive End-to-End Release Portfolio as a PDF document. It includes screenshots of your Jira board and Zephyr test cases, two fully evidenced bug reports, a SQL validation query result, a passing Playwright script with a linked GitHub pull request, and an AI-generated Test Summary report — a tangible artifact you can share with prospective employers.

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End-to-End QA Testing Cycle

End-to-End QA Testing Cycle

What you'll learn

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There are 2 modules in this course

Test Strategy & Manual Execution

What's included

1 videoTotal 6 minutes

2 readingsTotal 10 minutes

1 ungraded labTotal 15 minutes

Automation, Version Control, & Final Sign-Off

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3 readingsTotal 11 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 25 minutes

1 ungraded labTotal 15 minutes

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End-to-End QA Testing Cycle

End-to-End QA Testing Cycle

What you'll learn

Details to know

See how employees at top companies are mastering in-demand skills

Build your Software Development expertise

There are 2 modules in this course

Test Strategy & Manual Execution

What's included

Automation, Version Control, & Final Sign-Off

What's included

Earn a career certificate

Instructor

Offered by

Explore more from Software Development

Test Planning, Execution and Analytics

Software Testing Fundamentals and Methodologies

Automation, Advanced Testing, and AI

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Why people choose Coursera for their career

Felipe M.

Jennifer J.

Larry W.

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Advance your career with an online degree

Join over 4,700 global companies that choose Coursera for Business

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