ITAG Ref: P190410
Cost Details (including exam fee)
Gross Cost per person: €875
Net Cost per person (after rebate): €656
Closing Date: 26-March
Course Overview
The ISEB Practitioner Certificate in Software Testing is internationally recognised as the essential measurement for those wishing to advance their career within the software testing industry.
The new ISEB Practitioner Certificate in Software Testing enables testers to specialise as either a test analyst or a test manager. This course leads to the ISEB Intermediate Certificate in Software Testing examination which, as well as being a pre-requisite for both the test analysis or test manager qualifications, provides essential knowledge and skills for both test analysts and test managers.
The testing skills and knowledge acquired by attending this courses are applicable to the wide range of testing challenges that test analysts and test managers face on complex modern software testing projects.
Prerequisites
Attendees of this course must hold the ISEB/ISTQB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing to be eligible to sit the ISEB Intermediate Certificate in Software Testing examination.
Who should attend?
Any test analyst, test team leader or test manager who wishes to advance their knowledge of testing or prepare for the ISEB Intermediate Certificate in Software Testing examination.
Objectives
On completion of this course attendees will have an advanced knowledge of testing, testing techniques and how testing fits in to the system development life cycle. Attendees will also be fully prepared, and have the best possible chance to score highly, when sitting the ISEB Intermediate Certificate in Software Testing examination.
Further information
Candidates must pass the ISEB Intermediate Certificate in Software Testing prior to taking either or both of the examinations for the ISEB Practitioner Certificate in Test Analysis or the ISEB Practitioner Certificate in Test Management.
By presenting the information and exercises using real practical examples from SQS's extensive experience, as well as encouraging attendees to discuss their own experience, and by giving special attention to exam practice questions, attendees of this course will find that they have the best possible chance of scoring a high mark in the exam.
Course Outline
This course follows the ISEB Intermediate Certificate syllabus, version 1.1 July 2007 (or the latest version if updated).
Testing fundamentals
· Review of the Foundation Certificate Syllabus
· Application domains
· Testing in the life cycle
· The fundamental test process
Reviews
· The principles of reviews
· Types of review
· Using different review types
· Performing a formal review
Testing and risk
· Introduction to risk and risk-based testing
· Risk management
· Product risk identification and analysis
Test management
· Test policy, test strategy, test plans
· Entry and exit criteria
· Estimating techniques
· Test monitoring
· Incident management process
Test analysis
· Fundamentals of Test Analysis
· Test environment requirements
· Selection of techniques
· Coverage measures
Exam Format
The ISEB Intermediate Certificate in Software Testing is a 1 hour exam and consists of 25 scenario-based multiple choice questions. The pass mark is 60%.