ISTQB Foundation

The ISTQB was officially founded as an International Testing Qualifications Board in Edinburgh in November 2002. The ISTQB is responsible for the “ISTQB Certified Tester”, which is an international qualification scheme and the qualifications in the scheme are based on a syllabus.

There is an examination covering the contents of the syllabus. After the examination, each successful participant receives the “ISTQB-Certified-Tester” certificate.

Course Outline:

• Agile Software Development
• The Fundamentals of Agile Software Development
• Aspects of Agile Approaches
• Fundamental Agile Testing Principles, Practices and Processes
• The Difference between Testing in Traditional and Agile Approaches
• Status of Testing In Agile Projects
• Role and skills of a Tester in Agile Team
• Agile Testing Methods, Techniques and Tools
• Agile Testing Methods
• Assessing Quality Risks and Estimating Test Effort
• Techniques in Agile Projects
• Tools in Agile Projects

Learning Objectives:

• Describe how Testing is a part of Software development and maintainance activity
• Analyze Software Lifecycle models and outline the most appropriate tasks and test activities to be executed within the context of those models
• Explain the specifics of testing systems
• Describe and compare typical testing-related metrics
• Monitor testing activities by measuring the test object(s) and test process
• Describe how strategies affect test planning
• Explain the pre-conditions of test execution
• Explain the benefits of early and iterative test planning, and support the explanation with examples