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Agile is the future

Reference: VersionOne “State Of
Agile Survey” 2008 to 2012


Some more numbers
• Agile projects are 16% more productive than
traditionally-managed projects.
• Agile projects have a 37% faster time to market
at a statistically significant level of confidence.
• Fifteen months after adopting Scrum, an agile
methodology, 86% of Salesforce.com employees
reported much higher job satisfaction.
• During their first year of being agile,
Salesforce.com reported that they delivered
586% more value.
• There is 66% less overtime when agile processes
are implemented.

Why Agile Testing?
• More than 300,000 certified testers (from
various global testing certification bodies)
• More than 50,000 certified scrum
professionals.
• As per “State of Agile” Survey, 83% of the
respondents would be implementing agile in
their future projects.
• This means there is a huge testing and agile
community, but there aren’t any agile
testers!
• And there is no defined learning roadmap
for testing community in agile space.

The Alliance
• A Non-profit testing community and
certification organization
• A global alliance of visionary industry
leaders, prominent authors, leading
educational institutions and testing
evangelists who are passionate about
proliferation of agile in testing.


The Mission
• To grow agile testing awareness,
practices and acceptance.
• To create a learning roadmap specifically
in agile testing space.
• To identify the milestones that can be
evaluated, certified and thus recognized.


CERTIFICATION


Agile Testing Alliance Certifications
Knowledge with
experience is power;
certification is just a
by-product

Knowledge, delivery &
certification is
consciously designed to
focus on "agile testing"
for ALL roles in Agile.

CP-BAT
• CP-BAT stands for "Certified Professional –
Basic Agile Testing" certification prepared
and honored by "Agile Testing Alliance" &
"University Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)".
• CP-BAT is the first step in agile testing
roadmap. Certified CP-BAT professionals
are eligible for next level of certification
called CP-MAT.

Why do it?
• Combines two distinct worlds of Agile and Testing
together.
• Learn agile fundamentals along with testing
fundamentals and deep dive into agile testing
concepts and mindset with CP-BAT.
• Showcase your knowledge of agile testing through
CP-BAT.
• Prepare yourself to further your journey into
agile testing through this foundational agile
testing certification course.
• CP-BAT also would help someone become agile
not only in Agile Projects but how to take agility
in testing projects for non-agile development
models.

Eligibility and Duration
• There are no pre-requisite for this
certification. Minimum qualification
required is graduation in any stream.
• It is a 2.5 day program which can be split
over 5 half days as well.


Learning Objectives


Assessment
• Certification Criteria
– Behavioral Assessment (Total 10 Marks)
• Willingness & level of participation in group
activities
• Shares his/her experience without being asked
• Maintains & fosters team harmony
• Being precise, succinct, criticizes constructively,
and praises enough

– Quantitative Assessment (Total 40 Marks)
• 40 questions / 60 min, 1 mark each, no negative
marking

– Minimum 60% in both assessments

CP-MAT
• CP-MAT stands for "Certified Professional –
Master Agile Testing" certification prepared
and honored by "Agile Testing Alliance" &
"Universiti Teknologi Malaysia".
• CP-BAT is the prerequisite for this next level
of certification. Alternatively you should
have Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM) or PMI
Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® or
similar basic Agile training. In absence of
this you should be having at least 2 years of
proven relevant experience in Agile.

Why do it?
• CP-MAT gets help you get into the testing mindset in an agile
project.
• Helps you utilize your testing experience in learning hands
on Agile testing.
• Instills the "Quality is everyone's responsibility" concept in
the minds of the participants.
• Useful for even to an experienced tester to apply the
"regular" testing techniques to an Agile project.
• The concepts of Agile process with context to testing are
covered during the course along with the associated best
practices for Testing in an Agile Project.
• The course takes a hands-on approach while covering
Release Planning, User Stories Review, Estimation, Sprint
Planning, Agile Test Strategy, Testing debt, Testing DoD, Test
Reporting and Metrics.
• Ready to use Agile Testing Tool Kit which will aid you in your
testing projects.

• CP-BAT is the prerequisite for this next
level of certification. Alternatively you
should have Certified ScrumMaster®
(CSM) or PMI Agile Certified Practitioner
(PMI-ACP)® or similar basic Agile training.
In absence of this you should be having at
least 2 years of proven relevant
experience in Agile.
• It is a 2.5 day program which can be split
over 5 half days as well.

Assessment

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•
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•

Willingness & level of participation in group activities
Shares his/her experience without being asked
Maintains & fosters team harmony
Being precise, succinct, criticizes constructively, and
praises enough

– Theory Assessment (Total 40 Marks)

marking

– Practical Assessment (Total 50 Marks)

• Multiple Sprints to test / 120 min. Demonstrate Agility
in Testing

– Minimum 60% in EACH assessments

CP-AAT
• CP-AAT stands for “Certified Professional –
Automation Agile Testing” certification
prepared and honored by “Agile Testing
Alliance” & “University Teknologi Malaysia
(UTM)”.
• CP-BAT is the prerequisite for this next level
of certification. Alternatively you should
have Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM) or PMI
Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® or
similar basic Agile training. In absence of
this you should be having at least 2 years of
proven relevant experience in Agile.

Why do it?
• CP-AAT prepares you for utilizing automation effectively in
an agile project.
• Helps you realize the tester’s role in planning and
strategizing for Test Automation in an agile project.
• Gives you insight into the cost-benefit analysis, the
opportunities and risks and the Agile team approaches to let
the test-first strategy drive the quality goals of the
projects.
• Covers ATDD and TDD in an hands-on fashion using pairing
techniques of XP.
• Also covers the real-life challenges that a tester would face
while applying the strategies.
• All the concepts are driven using the case studies and actual
test automation tasks involved in any live agile projects.
• Introduces you to the automation tools such as JUnit,
FitNesse and Selenium.


CP-AAST
• CP-AAST stands for “Certified
Professional – Agile Application Security
Testing” certification prepared and
honored by “Agile Testing Alliance” &
“University Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)”.
• CP-AAST is the first step in application
security testing roadmap. Certified CPAAST professionals are eligible for next
level of certification called CP-MAAST
(Master of Agile Application Security
Testing)

Why do it?
• Learn Application Security fundamentals along
with testing fundamentals and deep dive into
OWASP testing concepts and mindset with CPAAST.
• Showcase your knowledge of application security
testing through CP-AAST. Prepare yourself to
further your journey into application testing
through this foundational application security
testing certification course.
• CP-AAST also would help the participant to test
the loopholes in development process and would
enhance the security of the tested applications.

• There are no pre-requisite for this
certification. Minimum qualification
required is graduation in any stream.
• It is a 1 whole day program emphasizing
on OWASP and application security testing
practices which can be split over 2 half
days as well.


Assessment
• Willingness & level of participation in group
activities
• Shares his/her experience without being asked
• Maintains & fosters team harmony
• Being precise, succinct, criticizes constructively,
and praises enough

– Theory Assessment (Total 30 Marks)
marking

– Minimum 60% in both assessments

Roadmap
Course

Pre-requisite

Ideal for

CP-BAT

Graduation

Freshers and New testers
going Agile

CP-MAT

CP-BAT or 2 yrs Agile
experience

Manual Testers going Agile.
Practical Iteration/sprint
driven Agile Testing

CP-AAT

CP-BAT or 2 yrs Agile
experience

Manual Testers doing Test
Automation in Agile
Project

CP-AAST

Graduation

Freshers and Any testers
who wants to learn
Security Testing in Agile
project

CP-MAAST

CP-AAST + 1 yr experience

Testers who want to jump
to the master level of
Security Testing


Contact
INDIA
• Office Number 6-7-8-9,
Plot No 24, Sector 6,
Airoli, Navi Mumbai - 400708.
India
Phone: +91-998-786-3664
Email: ATAIndia@agiletestingalliance.org
MALAYSIA
• A-12-3 Sri Intan Phase 1,
Jalan Ipoh Batu 5,
Kuala Lumpur 51200.
Malaysia.
Phone: +60-123-330-224
Email: ATAMalaysia@agiletestingalliance.org
USA
• 31 Hatikva Way
North Chelmsford, MA 01863
USA.
Phone: +1-978-328-9018
Email: ATAUSA@agiletestingalliance.org


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