Course overview
The ISTQB Advanced Test Analyst Course provides the skills needed to perform structured and thorough software testing across the software development lifecycle. It details the test analyst’s role and responsibilities at every step of a standard test process and expands on important test techniques. It mainly focusses on functional testing, but also discusses user-focussed, non-functional testing.
The three-day tutor-led course includes lectures, discussions and practical work. It is fully accredited by UKITB on behalf of ISTQB
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Who is the course for
The Certified Tester Advanced Level Test Analyst (CTAL-TA) qualification is aimed at people who wish to further develop their expertise in test analysis and test design techniques. The test analyst is understood as a role which:
- Focusses more on the business needs of the customer then on technical aspects of testing
- Performs mainly functional testing but also contributes to user-focussed, non-functional testing, such as usability, adaptability, installability, or interoperability testing
- Uses black-box test techniques and experience-based testing rather than white-box test techniques
Next steps in your testing career
The Advanced Level establishes a platform from which further skills and knowledge may be acquired at the Expert Level.
Holders of the Certified Tester Advanced Level Test Analyst qualification may also wish to consider the other core Advanced Level qualifications: Test Management, Test Automation Engineering, and Technical Test Analyst as well as other ISTQB specialist qualifications including Agile Technical Tester, Security Tester, Acceptance Testing, Model-Based Tester, and Mobile Application Testing.
About ISTQB and the certified tester scheme
Founded in 2002, ISTQB (International Software Testing Qualifications Board) is a not-for-profit association comprising 66 national boards (including the UKITB) to provide worldwide coverage
ISTQB has defined the Advanced certification as part of their ‘Certified Tester’ scheme that, with over 240,000 certifications, has become the de facto world-wide standard for software testing qualifications.
The ‘Certified Tester’ scheme:
- Provides a set of professional qualifications widely-recognised by employers, customers and peers;
- Enables software suppliers to hire and train certified testers and thereby gain commercial advantage over their competitors by advertising their tester recruitment and development policies; and
- Enables comparison of testing skills across different countries, testers to move across country borders more easily, and multi-national/international projects to have a common understanding of testing issues.
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Entry requirements
The entry requirements for the Certified Tester Advanced Level Test Analyst qualification are that the candidate must hold the ISTQB Foundation certificate, and it is also suggested that candidates have a minimum of 3 years testing experience.
Note that it is recommended that you attend an accredited training course run by an accredited training provider, as the overall exam pass rates are notably higher for candidates attending such courses.
Exam
The exam is taken after the course and consists of:
- 45 multiple-choice scenario-based questions (the point value for each question is between 1 – 3 points, depending on the level of difficulty).
- Duration of 120 minutes (or 150 minutes for candidates taking examinations that are not in their native language).
- A candidate must score at least 65% to pass (51/78).
- Exam is included in the price
Course objectives
Advanced Level testers who have passed the “Advanced Test Automation Analyst” module exam should be able to accomplish the following Business Objectives:
- Support and perform appropriate testing based on the software development lifecycle followed
- Apply the principles of risk-based testing
- Select and apply appropriate test techniques to support the achievement of test objectives
- Provide documentation with appropriate levels of detail and quality
- Determine the appropriate types of functional testing to be performed
- Contribute to non-functional testing
- Improve the efficiency of the test process with the use of tools
- Specify the requirements for test environments and test data
Anonymous –
The course was excellent, and the trainer provided great mentorship. We gained a lot of valuable information that will be very useful for the exam
Anonymous –
I felt this course was very fast paced and too much to take in short time. secondly the slides have more theory and trainer was reading them. It would have been helpful If we can have real time examples and pictorial diagrams on the slides and more detail explanation from trainer with a real time example.
Anonymous –
Lots of information to take on and was explain in clear manner that i could understand
Anonymous –
The student material could do with more examples, which would aid better understanding of new concepts.
Anonymous –
Entertaining and informative, a good way to learn old and new testing material
Anonymous –
Although this was a short 3-day training course, I was pleasantly surprised with the delivery/format of the syllabus coupled with the professionalism, wit and interaction of Karen Peters (our amazing trainer) with both the wider group and also within our breakout rooms. Could have easily given over 5 s!