ISTQB Certified Tester: Foundation Level 4.

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Duration: 3.5 days LIVE Online or Face-to-Face

Course Overview Course Objectives

This course follows the new V4 ISTQB syllabus now On completion of ISTQB Certified Tester
focussed on a combination of testing concepts Foundation Level, attendees will be able to:
within an Agile context and can be run either LIVE
• Promote efficient and effective communication
online or as a face to face in-class event.
by using a common vocabulary for software
Expleo Academy’s ISTQB Certified Tester: testing
Foundation Level (CTFL 4.0) course provides the • Demonstrate understanding of fundamental
knowledge required to engage in testing roles. software testing concepts and optimising test
practices
The training is delivered by accredited trainers with
• Use established techniques for designing tests
testing and Agile experience. Attendees will learn
at all test levels, and interpreting tests from
industry terminology, concepts, and test
test specifications
techniques for use in the test process. Courseware
• Report on test results, including defect reports
supplied to attendees addresses the objectives
• Understand test management principles, and
required by the International Software Quality
project factors, for resources, strategies, and
Testing Board in the 2023 CTFL syllabus v4.0. To
planning
prepare for the certification exam there are end-of-
• Understand the value that software testing
Module review question, end-of-day homework
brings to stakeholders, and contribute
questions, and an end-of-course mock exam.
effectively in reviews
• Identify essential skills required for testing and
Who should attend? understand the impact of risk on testing
This course is most relevant to anyone interested • Know risks and benefits related to test
in career learning paths for roles such as Test automation
Programme Managers, Test Managers, Test
Analysts, Test Engineers, Requirements Engineers, Context
Software Developers, Functional Testers, Agile
The ISTQB Certified Tester: Foundation Level
Testers, User Acceptance Testers, Test Automation
course introduces the delegates to the principles
Specialists, Performance Test Specialists, Test
and challenges of software testing. It is required in
Environments Specialists, Security Testing
order to progress to the Advanced level ISTQB
Specialists, and Test Consultants. The course is
certifications.
also appropriate for anyone who wants a basic
understanding of software testing, such as Project
Managers, Quality Managers, Software Related courses
Development Managers, Business Analysts, IT The ISTQB has a supporting series of courses to
Directors, and Management Consultants. take the tester further in their career:
• ISTQB® Certified Tester Advanced Level Test
Prerequisites & pre-reading guidelines
Analyst
This course is appropriate for everyone involved in, • ISTQB® Certified Tester Advanced Level Test
or interested in, software testing. There is no Manager
necessary pre-reading to be completed. • ISTQB® Certified Tester Advanced Level
Technical Test Analyst
How certification is earned • ICAgile Certified Agile Fundamentals

This course supports preparation for a 1-hour MCQ

examination that the candidate must pass to gain
the ISTQB certificate. It is currently run as a
separate e-proctored exam. This certification
allows you to progress to the ISTQB Advanced
Level and/or ISTQB Specialist track learning paths.
Course Outline
Items in italics embrace Agile contexts.

Fundamentals of Testing Test Analysis and Design

• What is testing? • Test Techniques Overview
Test Objectives, Testing and Debugging • Black-box Test Techniques
• Why is testing necessary? Equivalence Partitioning, Boundary Value
Testing’s Contributions to Success, Testing and Analysis, Decision Table Testing, State
Quality Assurance (QA), Errors, Defects, Transition Testing
Failures, and Root Causes • White-box Test Techniques
• Testing Principles Statement Testing and Coverage, Branch
Test Activities, Testware and Test Roles Testing and Coverage, The Value of White-box
Test Activities and Tasks, Test Process in Testing
Context, Testware, Traceability between the • Experienced-based Test Techniques
Test Basis and Testware, Roles in Testing Error Guessing, Exploratory Testing, Checklist-
• Essential Skills and Good Practices in Based Testing
Testing • Collaboration-based Test Approaches
Generic Skills Required for Testing, Whole Team Collaborative User Story Writing, Acceptance
Approach, Independence of Testing Criteria, Acceptance Test-driven Development
Testing throughout the Software Managing the Test Activities
Development Lifecycle
• Test Planning
• Testing in the Context of a Software Tester's Contribution to Iteration and Release
Development Lifecycle Planning, Entry Criteria and Exit Criteria,
Impact of the Software Development Lifecycle Estimation Techniques, Test Case Prioritization,
on Testing, Software Development Lifecycle and Test Pyramid, Testing Quadrants
Good Testing Practices, Testing as a Driver for • Risk Management
Software Development, DevOps and Testing, Risk Definition and Risk Attributes, Project Risks
Shift-Left Approach, Retrospectives and Process and Product Risks, Product Risk Analysis,
Improvement Product Risk Control
• Test Levels and Test Types • Test Monitoring, Test Control and Test
Test Levels, Test Types, Confirmation Testing Completion
and Regression Testing Metrics used in Testing, Purpose, Content and
• Maintenance Testing Audience for Test Reports, Communicating the
Static Testing Status of Testing
• Configuration Management
• Static Testing Basics • Defect Management
Work Products Examinable by Static Testing,
Value of Static Testing, Differences between Test Tools
Static Testing and Dynamic Testing • Tool Support for Testing
• Feedback and Review Process • Benefits and Risks of Test Automation
Benefits of Early and Frequent Stakeholder
Feedback, Review Process Activities, Roles and
Responsibilities in Reviews, Review Types,
Success Factors for Reviews

Contact
Patricia McGuire
Head of Training
Exam
Expleo Technology Ireland Ltd
• Mock examination M. +353 (0)87 235 5902
• Formal ISTQB examination – while the course is
delivered LIVE online rather than in-class, this W. expleoacademy.com
exam will be run separately as an online e- [email protected]
proctored exam. [email protected]

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