This document discusses the Agile Tester Extension certification from ISTQB. It provides an overview of why the extension was created, the learning objectives, and content covered in the exam. The extension focuses on helping testers adapt their skills to agile software development principles and practices. Key points covered include understanding agile methodologies, the role of testing in agile projects, testing techniques for agile projects, and tools used by testers in agile teams. The exam consists of 40 multiple choice questions across different knowledge levels with a pass score of 65%.

1. FOUNDATION LEVEL EXTENSION
AGILE TESTER
Dr. Armin Metzger,
iSQI Certification Days
2017-11-06

2. WHY AGILE TESTER EXTENSION?
The Agile approach currently dominates the industry
Based on the principles of agile software development as outlined in the
Agile Manifesto
• individuals and interactions over processes and tools
• working software over comprehensive documentation
• customer collaboration over contract negotiation
• responding to change over following a plan
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3. WHY AGILE TESTER EXTENSION?
Testing principles and methods in agile projects are the same compared
to „classical“ approaches …
… But the way, they are applied to the project often differs significantly.
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4. THE BUSINESS OUTCOMES
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An Agile Tester can...
•Collaborate in a cross-functional Agile team being familiar with principles and basic practices of Agile
software development.
•Adapt existing testing experience and knowledge to Agile values and principles.
•Support the Agile team in planning test-related activities.
•Apply relevant methods and techniques for testing in an Agile project.
•Assist the Agile team in test automation activities.
•Assist business stakeholders in defining understandable and testable user stories, scenarios, requirements
and acceptance criteria as appropriate.
•Work and share information with other team members using effective communication styles and channels.

5. THE LEARNING OBJECTIVES
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Foundation Level professionals should be able to
• Use a common language for efficient and effective communication with other testers and project
stakeholders.
• Understand established testing concepts, the fundamental test process, test approaches, and principles to
support test objectives.
• Design and prioritize tests by using established techniques; analyze both functional and non-functional
specifications (such as performance and usability) at all test levels for systems with a low to medium level of
complexity.
• Execute tests according to agreed test plans, and analyze and report on the results of tests.
• Write clear and understandable incident reports.
• Effectively participate in reviews of small to medium-sized projects.
• Be familiar with different types of testing tools and their uses; assist in the selection and implementation
process.

6. AGILE TESTER
EXTENSION –
THE CONTENT
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7. LEARNING OBJECTIVES OF CHAPTER 1
• The fundamentals of agile software development
• Recall the basic concept of agile based on the Agile Manifesto
• Understand the advantages of the whole-team approach
• Understand the benefits of early and frequent feedback
• Aspects of agile approaches
• Recall agile software development approaches
• Write user stories in collaboration with development, business representative
and product owner
• Understand how retrospectives can be used as a mechanism for process
improvement in agile projects
• Understand the use and purpose of continuous integration
• Know the differences between iteration and release planning, and how a
tester adds value to each of activity
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8. LEARNING OBJECTIVES OF CHAPTER 2
• Differences between testing in traditional and agile approaches
• Describe the differences between testing activities in agile projects and
non-agile projects
• Describe how coding and testing activities are integrated in agile
• Describe the role of independent testing in agile projects
• Status of testing in agile projects
• Describe the basic set of work products used to communicate the status of
testing in an agile project, including test progress and product quality
• Describe the process of evolving tests across multiple iterations and explain
why test automation is important to manage regression risk in agile projects
• Role and skills of a tester in an agile team
• Understand the skills of a tester in an agile team
• Understand the role of a tester within an agile team
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9. • Agile testing methods
• Recall the concepts of test driven development,
acceptance test driven development and behavior driven development
• Recall the concepts of the test pyramid
• Summarize the testing quadrants and their relationships with testing levels
and testing types
• For a given agile project, practice the role of a tester in Scrum team
• Assessing quality risks and estimating test effort
• Assess product quality risks within an agile project
• Estimate testing effort based on iteration content and product quality risks
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES OF CHAPTER 3 (1)

10. LEARNING OBJECTIVES OF CHAPTER 3 (2)
• Techniques in agile projects
• Interpret relevant information to support testing activities
• Explain to business stakeholders how to define testable acceptance
criteria
• Given a user story, write acceptance test driven development test cases
• Write test cases, for both functional and non-functional aspects, using
black box test design techniques based on given user stories
• Execute exploratory testing to support the testing of an agile project
• Tools in agile projects
• Recall different tools available to testers according to their purpose and
to the activities in agile projects
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11. AGILE TESTER EXTENSION – THE EXAM
• 40 multiple-choice questions
• a scoring of 1 point for each correct answer
• a pass mark of 65% (26 or more points)
• a duration of 60 minutes (or 75 minutes for candidates taking exams that
are not in their native or local language).
Number of questions per K levels
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K1 K2 K3 K4 Total
20 12 8 40

12. AGILE TESTER EXTENSION
MATERIAL FOR DOWNLOAD
• Agile Tester Extension Syllabus
• Agile Tester Extension Learning Objectives
• Agile Tester Extension Sample Exam Questions
http://www.istqb.org/certification-path-root/agile-tester-extension/agile-tester-extension-material-for-download.html
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13. AGILE TESTER EXTENSION FOR YOU?
The target professionals are:
• Testers experienced with traditional SDLCs
• Entry-level testers with an interest in agile testing
• Experienced developers with a lot to a little knowledge of testing who work in
agile projects
Roles include testers, test analysts, test engineers, test consultants, test
managers, user acceptance testers, software developers
The ISTQB® Foundation certificate is a pre-requisite
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14. AGILE TESTER EXTENSION FOR YOU!
Q&A
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