ISTQB Certified Tester: Advanced Level Test Analyst

Prerequisites

Attendees intending to take the ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level Test Analyst examination must hold the ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level qualification (or ISEB equivalent).

What will you learn?

On completion of the ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level Test Analyst course, attendees will have an advanced understanding of test design techniques and will be fully prepared to take the ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level Test Analyst examination.

Testing process

Testing in the software development lifecycle
Test planning, monitoring and control
Test analysis
Test design
Test implementation
Test execution
Evaluating exit criteria and reporting
Test closure activities

Test Management: Responsibilities for the Test Analyst

Test progress monitoring and control
Distributed, outsourced and insources testing
Test analyst tasks in risk-based testing

Test Techniques

Specification-based techniques
Equivalence partitioning
Boundary value analysis
Decision tables
Cause-effect graphing
State transition testing
Combinatorial testing techniques
Use case testing
User story testing
Domain analysis
Combining techniques
Defect-based techniqies
Defect taxonomies
Experience-based techniques
Error guessing
Checklist-based testing
Exploratory testing
Applying the best technique

Testing Software Quality Characteristics

Quality characteristics for business domain testing
Accuracy testing
Suitability testing
Interoperability testing
Usability testing
Accessibility testing

Reviews

Using checklists in reviews

Defect management

When can a defect be detected?
Defect report fields
Defect classification
Root cause analysis

Test Tools

Test tools and automation
Test design tools
Test data preparation tools
Automated test execution tools