Thursday, October 2, 2008

Certification in Testing






What is ISTQB?

The ISTQB was officially founded as an International Testing Qualifications Board in Edinburgh in November 2002 and it is responsible for the "ISTQB Certified Tester", which is an international qualification scheme.

ISTQB is the parent body responsible for approving various national boards in addition to other tasks such as defining the syllabi for various certifications.

For details about ISTQB please visit www.istqb.org .

Levels in ISTQB

1) Foundation Level

2) Advanced Level

Syllabus of ISTQB:

For New Standard Glossary of terms used in Software Testing . {Click here}

Details about the structure of exam questions and exams can be found in the
( ISTQB Foundation Exam Format and Question Writing Guidelines )

Click Here for New Foundation Level Syllabus { Applicable for ISTQB Foundation Level Exams after 1st Sep. 2007}

  • Basics of Software testing
  • Life Cycle Testing
  • Dynamic Test
  • Static Test
  • Test Management
  • Testing Tools

Advanced Level:

Click here to download the advanced level syllabus. The syllabus covers

  • Basics of Software Testing
  • Test Process
  • Test Management
  • Risk Oriented Testing
  • Test Techniques
  • Reviews
  • Deviation Management
  • Test Process Improvement
  • Test Tools
  • Team Composition

Click here to see the Partitioning of Advance Level Syllabus for all 3 sub levels.

Click here to download the NEW ADVANCED LEVEL SYLLABUS, to be implemented soon.

You can also download it directly from the ISTQB site http://www.istqb.org/download.php

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