ISTQB Advanced Test Analyst Certificate eLearning course

This course is best suited for experienced Test Analysts wanting to advance their hands-on testing skills, and testers wanting to certify their advanced level skills for recognition among employers, clients and peers. The course is also for Test Managers who want a better understanding of advanced test design skills.

• Describe the responsibilities for the test analyst in all aspects of test management
• Understand test analysts involvement in different software development lifecycles
• Use review checklists to analyse requirements specifications, use cases or user stories and identify problems
• Participate in risk management activities
• Perform the appropriate test analysis and design tasks based on the project description and the software development lifecycle being used
• Recall the main activities of test analysis and design
• Recall the main components of test implementation and execution
• Determine the steps and considerations that should be taken when executing tests
• Explain the use of test tools
• Understand the importance of designing and implementing a defect classification scheme
• Understand the main components of evaluating exit criteria, reporting and test closure
• Write test cases using specification-based techniques to achieve a defined level of coverage
• Describe defect-based and experienced-based techniques
• Determine and apply appropriate test techniques to meet specified goals
• Exemplify the appropriate techniques to test quality attributes for business domain testing

The prerequisite for this course is the ISTQB® Foundation Certificate. It is also recommended that candidates have at least two years practical testing experience.

• Test Management: Responsibilities for the Test Analyst
• Reviews
• Test Analysis and Design
• Test Implementation and Execution
• Defect Management
• Evaluating Exit Criteria, Reporting and Test Closure
• Specification-based Techniques
• Defect-based Techniques
• Experienced-based Techniques
• Applying Techniques
• Testing Software Quality Characteristics

Concepts and Terminology

• Cause effect graphing
• Classification Tree method
• Combinatorial techniques
• Concrete test cases
• Decision tables
• Defect-based techniques
• Defect-based testing
• Defect Management
• Defect taxonomies
• Domain analysis
• Error guessing
• Evaluating Exit Criteria and reporting
• Experienced-based techniques
• Exploratory testing
• Functional quality characteristics
• Logical test cases
• Monitoring and Control
• Non-functional quality characteristics
• Orthogonal arrays
• Pairwise testing
• Review checklists
• Risk-based Testing
• State transition testing
• Test Analysis
• Test Closure
• Test Design
• Test Execution
• Test Implementation
• Test Planning
• Test Progress
• Test Tools
• Usability testing
• Use Cases
• User Stories

Examination

The ISTQB® Advanced Test Analyst examination is a three hour closed book, 60-question multiple choice exam. A minimum score of 65% is required to pass. The examination is held separately from the course and is independently administered and assessed.

The cost of the exam is not included. We recommend that you take the certificate exam after the course, and book and pay your own exam (either in paper-based format or in electronic format) from http://www.fistb.fi/en/certifications/exam-calendar.


Training provided in cooperation with: Planit and Knowit