ISTQB Foundation Software Testing Certification Training Course

There are no pre-requisities for this certification training.

Candidates can achieve this certification by passing the following exam(s).

• CTFL_Syll_4.0: ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL)

The certification exam can be registered and attempted within 3 months of course/module completion at Logitrain training centre on weekdays during normal business hours (excludes public holidays)

• What is Testing?
• Why is Testing Necessary?
• Testing Principles
• Test Activities, Testware and Test Roles
• Essential Skills and Good Practices in Testing
• Maintenance Testing
• Testing in the Context of a Software Development Lifecycle
• Test Levels and Test Types
• Static Testing Basics
• Feedback and Review Process
• Test Techniques Overview
• Black-box Test Techniques
• White-box Test Techniques
• Experience-based Test Techniques
• Collaboration-based Test Approaches
• Test Planning
• Risk Management
• Test Monitoring, Test Control and Test Completion
• Configuration Management
• Defect Management

This course is likely to add to the employment-related skills of the participants. The skills developed are likely to be used in the course of being an employee or working in a business.

• Identify typical test objectives
• Differentiate testing from debugging
• Exemplify why testing is necessary
• Recall the relation between testing and quality assurance
• Distinguish between root cause, error, defect, and failure
• Explain the seven testing principles
• Summarise the different test activities and tasks
• Explain the impact of context on the test process
• Differentiate the testware that supports the test activities
• Explain the value of maintaining traceability
• Compare the different roles in testing
• Give examples of the generic skills required for testing
• Recall the advantages of the whole team approach
• Distinguish the benefits and drawbacks of independence of testing
• Explain the impact of the chosen software development lifecycle on testing
• Recall good testing practices that apply to all software development lifecycles
• Recall the examples of test-first approaches to development
• Summarise how DevOps might have an impact on testing
• Explain the shift-left approach
• Explain how retrospectives can be used as a mechanism for process improvement
• Distinguish the different test levels
• Distinguish the different test types
• Distinguish confirmation testing from regression testing
• Summarise maintenance testing and its triggers
• Recognise types of products that can be examined by the different static test techniques
• Explain the value of static testing
• Compare and contrast static and dynamic testing
• Identify the benefits of early and frequent stakeholder feedback
• Summarise the activities of the review process
• Recall which responsibilities are assigned to the principal roles when performing reviews
• Compare and contrast the different review types
• Recall the factors that contribute to a successful review
• Distinguish black-box, white-box and experience-based test techniques
• Use equivalence partitioning to derive test cases
• Use boundary value analysis to derive test cases
• Use decision table testing to derive test cases
• Use state transition testing to derive test cases
• Explain statement testing
• Explain branch testing
• Explain the value of white-box testing
• Explain error guessing
• Explain exploratory testing
• Explain checklist-based testing
• Explain how to write user stories in collaboration with developers and business
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• Classify the different options for writing acceptance criteria
• Use acceptance test-driven development (ATDD) to derive test cases
• Exemplify the purpose and content of a test plan
• Recognise how a tester adds value to iteration and release planning
• Compare and contrast entry criteria and exit criteria
• Use estimation techniques to calculate the required test effort
• Apply test case prioritisation
• Recall the concepts of the test pyramid
• Summarise the testing quadrants and their relationships with test levels and test types
• Identify risk level by using risk likelihood and risk impact
• Distinguish between project risks and product risks
• Explain how product risk analysis may influence thoroughness and scope of testing
• Explain what measures can be taken in response to analysed product risks
• Recall metrics used for testing
• Summarize the purposes, content, and audiences for test reports
• Exemplify how to communicate the status of testing
• Summarise how configuration management supports testing
• Prepare a defect report

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