ISTQB Advanced Technical Test Analyst - Online

£1604 per delegate ex vat An advanced three day course focusing on the specialist skills needed to be a successful Technical Test Analyst.

The Advanced Level Technical Test Analyst course will provide an understanding of technical testing beyond ISTQB Foundation level giving participants the knowledge and skills required to become an Advanced Technical Test Analyst. This three-day tutor-led course includes lectures, exercises and practical work, as well as exam preparation.

After successfully completing the course and passing the exam, delegates should be able to:

  • Collaborate in a model-based testing team using standard terminology and established MBT concepts; processes and techniques
  • Apply and integrate model-based testing in a test process
  • Effectively create and maintain MBT models using established techniques and best practices of model-based testing
  • Select, create and maintain test artefacts from MBT models considering risk and value of the features tested
  • Support the organisation to improve its quality assurance process to be more constructive and efficient

To take the ISTQB Advanced Technical Test Analyst Certificate candidates must hold the ISTQB/BCS Foundation certificate. It is also suggested that candidates have a minimum of three years' testing experience.

Who Should Attend?

This course is principally aimed at test practitioners who have achieved an advanced point in their careers and who want to increase their knowledge and skills beyond the levels covered by the Foundation and Intermediate qualifications.

Delegates typically are expecting to be actively involved in the technical aspects of software testing, including Test Automation, Non-Functional Testing and White-box Testing.

This includes people in roles such as:

  • Testers
  • Test Analysts
  • Test Engineers
  • Test Consultants
  • Test Managers
  • User Acceptance Testers
  • Software Developers

This course is also appropriate for anyone who wants a deeper understanding of software testing, such as Project Managers, Quality Managers, Software Development Managers, Business Analysts, IT Directors and Management Consultants.

Exam Details

To qualify as an internationally-certified Advanced Level Technical Test Analyst and be issued with an ISTQB Advanced Level Certificate, delegates must successfully pass the exam.

The exam is held in the afternoon on the last day of the course and is comprised of 60 multiple choice questions. The duration is 120 minutes (or 165 minutes for candidates taking examinations that are not in their native language) and delegates must score at least 65% to pass.

 

Objectives

  • Gain recognition for testing as an essential and professional software engineering specialisation
  • Provide a standard framework for the development of testers’ careers
  • Enable professionally qualified testers to be recognised by employers, customers and peers, and to raise the profile of testers and testing
  • Promote consistent and good testing practices within all software engineering disciplines
  • Identify testing topics that are relevant and of value to industry
  • Enable software suppliers to hire certified testers and thereby gain commercial advantage over their competitors by advertising their tester recruitment policy
  • Provide an opportunity for testers and those with an interest in testing to acquire an internationally recognised qualification in the subject

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05 - 07 August 2024
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Course Content and Agenda

The course consists of six modules, spread over three days.

  • Risk identification
  • Risk assessment
  • Risk mitigation
  • Statement Testing
  • Decision Testing
  • Modified Condition/Decision Testing (MC/DC)
  • Multiple Condition Testing
  • API Testing
  • Selecting a White-box Test techniques
  • Control flow analysis
  • Data flow analysis
  • Using static analysis for improving maintainability
  • Detecting memory leaks
  • Detecting wild pointers
  • Analysis of performance efficiency
  • General planning issues
  • Security testing
  • Reliability testing
  • Performance testing
  • Maintainability testing
  • Portability testing
  • Compatibility testing
  • Operational Profiles
  • Technical test analyst tasks in reviews
  • Using a checklist in architectural and code reviews
  • Architectural reviews
  • Code reviews
  • Defining the test automation project
  • Fault seeding tools
  • Fault injection tools
  • Performance testing tools
  • Tools for testing websites
  • Tools to support model-based testing
  • Component testing and build tools
  • Tools to support mobile application testing
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