- Reduce the number of test cases you need to design, create, and execute
- Find more defects and increase test coverage
- Focus on the “edges” of your system where many of the defects hide
- Create efficient and effective test cases that cover multiple inputs
- Document complex business rules, ensure their integrity, and test them thoroughly
- Document and thoroughly test critical events and time sequences
- Create tests from use cases, a popular method for writing requirements
- Explore and test the software simultaneously by tapping into your knowledge and experience
The ISTQB™ Advanced Tester Certification—Test Analyst training course expands on the test techniques and methods introduced in the ISTQB™ Foundation certification course and addresses those areas of the ISTQB™ advanced syllabus specifically related to the Advanced Test Analyst certification.
This three-day course covers two main areas—techniques for performing effective and efficient functional testing, and approaches to testing the non-functional characteristics and attributes of software systems.
Specific techniques addressed include equivalence class partitioning, boundary value analysis, classification trees, decision tables, cause-effects diagrams, state diagrams and tables, pairwise techniques, use cases, and experience- and defect-based testing techniques. The non-functional software characteristics addressed include functionality, reliability, usability, efficiency, maintainability, and portability.
This course is crammed full of hands-on exercises so that you can practice and master the methods and techniques covered in the course. Taken in conjunction with the two-day Core Topics for Advanced ISTQB™ Certification course, you will have covered the syllabus for the Advanced Tester Certification–Test Analyst course and be ready to take the certification exam.
- Individuals who have taken the ISTQB™ Certified Tester—Foundation Level training and wish to expand their knowledge and skills into more advanced areas
- Individuals who have received the ISTQB™ Foundation Level certification, have met the criteria for taking the advanced certification exams, and wish to prepare for those exams. For more information regarding the criteria for taking the advanced examinations, go to www.ASTQB.org.
- Anyone wishing to learn more about advanced testing topics
The “Core” course must be taken in conjunction with the Advanced Test Analyst course by anyone wishing to take one of the ISTQB™ Advanced Certification exams at the completion of the three-day advanced course.
