Agile Testing cerfiticate from ISTQB available later this year. This presentation is about agile testing in general, some research findings about certificates (extract of Finnish figures from ISTQB global survey), and a few notes about the new certificate and related courses. Presentation at Testaus2014 seminar.

1. FiSTB – Agile Testing
Kari Kakkonen, Chairman, FiSTB

2. Agile Testing
FiSTB 14.5.2014
kari.kakkonen@istqb.org
@kkakkonen

3. ISTQB® - 320 000+ certificates
• ISTQB® : International Software Testing Qualifications
Board (www.istqb.org)
– Non-profit association
– Founded in 2002 - Headquarters in Belgium
– With own constitution, rules and regulations
– Composed of volunteer international Testing Experts
– Responsible for “ISTQB® Certified Tester” scheme
worldwide
• ISTQB® is the world’s leading organisation for Software
Testing Certification
• Advancing the software testing profession
ISTQB® - August 2012
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4. ISTQB in Finland – 2600+
certificates
• Coordinated by FiSTB (Finnish Software Testing Board), www.fistb.fi
• Board is responsible for
– Bringing Finnish perspective to international cooperation
– Coordinating national working groups
– Running Finnish Certification Body for ISTQB
– Organizing annual Finnish Testing Assembly conference – 25.9.2014
http://testingassembly.fistb.fi/
– Promoting software testing among universities through ”School tours”
– Creating a network for professionals and companies
• FiSTB is a member of Finnish Information Processing Association
(TTL ry)
• FiSTB cooperates with Finnish Association of Software Testing
(FAST/TestausOSY)

5. ISTQB® SURVEY RESULTS
FINLAND
ISTQB® Internal Document – Not to be disclosed outside

6. ISTQB® 2014 6ISTQB®
Results Finland – Test Engineer
82; 82 %
18; 18 %
Would you recommend the ISTQB® Foundation Level (CTFL) certification to your
colleagues?
Yes No

7. ISTQB® 2014 7ISTQB®
Results Finland – Test Manager
97; 97 %
3; 3 %
Would you recommend the ISTQB® Foundation Level (CTFL) certification to your
colleagues?
Yes No

8. ISTQB® 2014 8ISTQB®
Results Finland – Test Engineer
21; 21 %
29; 29 %
50; 50 %
Would you be interested in Agile testing certification?
No Unsure Yes

9. ISTQB® 2014 9ISTQB®
Results Finland – Test Manager
14; 14 %
20; 20 %
66; 66 %
Would you be interested in Agile testing certification?
No Unsure Yes

10. ISTQB® 2014 10ISTQB®
• http://istqb.org/references/surveys/istqb-effectiveness-
survey.html
Survey result in web

11. AGILE TESTING
ISTQB Foundation Level Extension

12. Think through
testing quadrants
• Supports Agile testing strategy and planning
• Covers all goals
• Enables balancing testing efforts
Acceptance Testing
(automated or partly
manual)
Unit Testing
(automated)
Business facing
Technology facing
Exploratory Testing
(manual or partly
automated)
Non-functionality tests
(e.g. performance testing
supported by tools)
CritiqueProduct
Supportteam
Source: original idea by Brian Marick & adaptation by Lisa Crispin and Janet Gregory

13. Agile testing fit in ISTQB

14. Agile Testing certificate contents
• Agile Software Development
– The Fundamentals of Agile Software Development
– Aspects of Agile Approaches
• Fundamental Agile Testing Principles, Practices & Processes
– The Differences between Testing in Traditional and Agile Approaches
– Status of Testing in Agile Projects
– Role and Skills of a Tester in an Agile Team
• Agile Testing Methods, Techniques & Tools
– Agile Testing Methods
– Iterations in Agile Projects
– Techniques in Agile Projects
– Tools in Agile Projects

15. Who should have the certificate
• Three groups of professionals:
– Experienced testers with backgrounds in traditional
lifecycles whose teams are using agile methods
– Junior testers, just starting in the profession, who will work
on projects following agile methods
– Experienced developers, new to testing, who will do
testing tasks as part of their job as agile developers
• Note: includes testers, test analysts, test engineers,
test consultants, test managers, user acceptance
testers and software developers
Autumn 2014

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