ISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level CTFL - accredited course 4.0

Characteristics

This is a course in testing foundations, accredited by the Information Systems Quality Association (SJSI). The aim of the course is to prepare participants for the exam and obtaining the ISTQB® Foundation certificate. The ISTQB® CTFL exam, offered by SJSI, can be taken in person or online, in Polish or English, and lasts 60 minutes. It consists of 40 multiple-choice questions. A passing score is achieved after answering 65% of the questions correctly (26 points). The cost of the exam is included in the course price.

After completing the course, the participant will be able to describe the software development process and will learn testing techniques and test design principles.

Requirements

There are no prerequisites regarding participants' knowledge, but absorbing the course material will certainly be easier with a few months of experience in software testing.

Target audience

• developers
• software testers
• analysts

Fundamentals of testing

• What is testing?
• Why is testing necessary?
• Seven testing principles
• Test process
• Psychology of testing
• Testing throughout the software development lifecycle
• Static testing
• Test techniques
• Test management
• Tool support for testing
• Testing throughout the software development lifecycle

Software development lifecycle models

• Test levels
• Test types
• Maintenance testing

Static testing

• Fundamentals of static testing
• Review process

Test techniques

• Categories of test techniques
• Black-box test techniques
• White-box test techniques
• Experience-based test techniques

Test management

• Test organization
• Test planning and estimation
• Test monitoring and control
• Configuration management
• Risk and testing
• Defect management

Tool support for testing

• Test tool considerations
• Effective use of tools