ISTQB Agile Technical Tester - Advanced Level

About ISTQB Agile Technical Tester - Advanced Level

Audience

The Advanced Level Agile Technical Tester qualification is aimed at people who have already achieved an advanced point in their careers in software testing and wish to develop further their expertise in technical testing aspects in an agile context. The modules offered at the Advanced Level cover a wide range of testing topics.

What are the entry criteria?

To receive Advanced Level certification in the module “Agile Technical Tester”, candidates must hold a valid Certified Tester Foundation Level certificate and a valid Certified Tester Foundation Level Agile Tester certificate. Refer to the relevant Exam Board to determine the specific practical experience criteria.

Business Outcomes

Apply Agile techniques to ensur tests that provide adequate coverage

Define testable requirements within Agile Team

Create and implement various Agile Test approaches using appropriate techniques

Support and contribute to test automation activities in an Agile project

Support continuous integration in an Agile Team

Support Agile Team in continuous delivery and deployment

Learn the service virtualization concepts

Work with, and share information with, other team members using effective communication styles and channels

Learning Objectives

Analyze user stories and epics using requirements engineering techniques

Describe the requirements engineering techniques and how they can help testers

Create and evaluate testable acceptance criteria for a given user story using requirements engineering and test techniques

Describe the elicitation techniques

Apply test-driven development (TDD) in the context of a given example in an Agile project

Understand the characteristics of a Unit test

Understand the meaning of the mnemonic word FIRST Apply behavior-driven development (BDD) in the context of a given user story in an Agile project

Understand how to manage guidelines for a formulation of a scenario

Analyze a product backlog in an Agile project to determine a way to introduce acceptance test-driven development

Analyze the creation of a test approach using test automation, experience-based tests and back-box tests created using other approaches (including risk-based testing) for a given scenario in an Agile project

Explain differences between Mission critical and non-critical

Analyze user stories and epics to create test charters, and interpret their results

Understand the use Experienced-based techniques

Understand the importance of refactoring test cases in Agile projects

Understand practical task-list for Refactoring Test cases

Analyze code as part of a code review to identify defects and technical debt

Understand Static code Analysis

Apply data-driven and keyword-driven test techniques to develop automated test scripts

Understand how to apply test automation to a given test approach in an Agile environment

Understand the test automation

Understand differences between various test approaches

Understand the factors to consider when determining the level of test automation needed to keep up with the speed of deployment

Understand the challenges of test automation in agile settings

Apply continuous integration (CI) and summarize its impact on testing activities

Understand the role of continuous testing in continuous delivery and continuous deployment

Understand the concept of service virtualization and its role in Agile projects

Understand the benefits of service virtualization