ISTQB Certified Tester, Foundation Level v4.0.1, Training and optional exam in English

This course is held completely in English: All course material and all exercises are in English! You may attend the optional exam after the course in English!

This is the ISTQB® Foundation Level course in English according to the newest ISTQB syllabus v4.0 from 2023. This is the course in English, with English material - course language is English. The optional exam may be taken as a in-person exam reight after the course on-site or as a Remote Proctored Exam from home/the office at the date and time that you want.

This course takes place according to the very latest ISTQB Certified Tester, Foundation Level curriculum, which was published in mid-2023. Knowledge Department is officially accredited by national ISTQB boards for this course in German and English.

This course is also available as so-called "Virtual Classoom" course, so that you can attend the course in your safe environment at home or in your office. You can participate in the course in real time with a real trainer and exchange with other participants and do exercises - as if you were on-site. If you decide yourself for such a course, the training material wil be sent to you in advance. You will only miss out on our great food...!

This course is designed for:

• Software engineers
• testers and test engineers
• developers
• project managers
• departments and teams who wish to deepen their knowledge on software and system testing

This course and the optional exam are in English language!

This course is for beginners as well as experienced testers and developers that want to deepen their knowledge. Also users without experience in the field of software testing can attend the courses without any problems. Knowledge about programming are useful but no prerequisite.

After successful completion of the ISTQB® Certified Tester course, you will be able to successfully use and apply the techniques covered, such as equivalence class analysis. You can design, plan and carry out examinations and tests for specific projects. In addition, you can better assess risks in relation to business processes. You know the essential test terms and the test relevant international norms and standards. You will know how to create meaningful error messages, how to monitor the error correction process, how to design the confirmation testing efficiently, and how to plan, organize, and control reviews. You can specifically select test tools and know what to consider when introducing test tools.

In summary, knowledge and techniques are imparted within the framework of the training, which lead to a structured, systematic approach to testing if implemented accordingly. The result is an improvement in the quality of the software and cost savings.

The ISTQB® Foundation Level course in English covers:

• Fundamentals of Software Testing
• Principles of testing and why testing is necessary
• Agile testing and testing in agile projects
• Test activities, test resources, test roles
• Essential skills and best practices
• Testing in the software development life cycle
• Test levels and test types, maintenance tests
• Static testing
• Feedback and review processes
• Test analysis and design
• Overview of the test procedures
• Blackbox, whitebox and experience-based testing, collaborative testing, user stories
• Equivalence classes, boundary value analysis, decision table tests, state transition tests
• Statement test, branch test, branch coverage
• Test management
• Test planning, risk management
• Test monitoring, test control and test completion
• Configuration management and defect management
• Testing tools and their implementation
• Test automation - benefits, risks and limitations
• ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119, ISO/IEC 25010, ISO/IEC 20246, ISO/IEC/IEEE 14764:2022, ISO 31000

To prepare for the course and the exam, you will receive additional exercises for exam preparation and knowledge consolidation in our learning management system exclusively and free of charge during the training. This means you are well prepared for the exam.

After the training, you have the opportunity to take the corresponding official ISTQB exam. You can take your exam as an in-person on-site exam or as a “remote exam” using a PC with an internet connection and camera and sound for monitoring from home or in the office. In this case, you must inform us of your desired date 4 working days before the exam date so that we can order your exam from the certification body. There are costs to take part in the exam in addition to the participation fee. When booking online, you can order the exam as an additional booking option. You can also book and take the exam directly from the approved certification bodies if you do not want to order it at the same time or take the exam at our location. You are also certainly free to book the exam at any official certification body directly by yourself and attend the exam there if you do not want to book the exam together with the training.