ISTQB Agile Tester

ISTQB Agile Tester course description

The participants of the ISTQB Agile Tester training will learn how agile software development projects are organized and the different types of agile development practices in common use. They will understand how agile development differs from traditional approaches, how to position testers in an agile organization, the fundamental agile testing principles, methods and processes, and the skills they need to excel in an agile environment. The participants will learn ways to estimate and organize testing within agile projects and the application of risk-based testing to agile projects.

They will also gain a basic understanding of key testing and test-related tools used on agile projects. By the end of this course, a participant should be able to: Collaborate in an agile team, be familiar with agile principles and practices, adapt existing testing experience, knowledge and best practices to test agile projects, support the agile team in planning - related activities, Apply relevant test methods and techniques, Assist in test automation Course design, Help business stakeholders define understandable and testable user stories and acceptance criteria, collaborate and share information with other team members, Working effectively in an agile team and environment.

Topics ISTQB Agile Tester

Through the presentation, discussion, practice exam questions, and hands-on exercises, participants will learn how to:

• can apply concepts from the ISTQB Foundation Level in an agile project.
• can apply the basic concept of agile software development based on the Agile Manifesto.
• explains the benefits of the whole team approach.
• explains the benefits of early and frequent feedback.
• explains agile software development approaches
• writes user stories in collaboration with development, industry representatives, and product owners
• Use retrospectives as a process improvement mechanism in agile projects.
• Understand the use and purpose of continuous integration.
• explain the differences between iteration and release planning, and understand how a tester adds value in each of these activities
• describes the differences between the testing activities in agile projects and non-agile projects.
• coding describes as well as how test activities are integrated into agile projects
• describes the role of independent testing in agile projects.

Objectives ISTQB Agile Tester course

After following the ISTQB Agile Test course you will be able to:

• Describe the basic set of work products used to communicate the status of testing in an agile project, including testing progress and product quality/
• Describe the process of evolving testing across multiple iterations and explain why test automation is important to manage regression risk in agile projects
• understand the skills (people, domain and testing) of a tester in an Agile team
• Understand the role of a tester within an agile team
• Think of the concepts of test-driven development, acceptance test-driven development and behavior-driven development
• Thinking about the concepts of the test pyramid
• summarize the test quadrants and their relationships with the test level and test types
• For a given agile project, take on the role of a tester in a Scrum team
• Assess product quality risks within an agile project
• an Estimate testing effort based on iteration content and product quality risks.
• interpret relevant information to support the test activities
• define business stakeholders with verifiable acceptance criteria
• Use user story data for adoption test-driven development test cases
• For both functional and non-functional behavior writing: writing test cases using black box test design techniques based on particular user stories
• perform exploratory testing to support the testing of an agile project
• Provide various tools to support testers based on their purpose and activities in agile projects.

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