Certification
- Code:
- Q31000
- Duration:
- 5 days
- Price:
- £1,895*
- Early Bird:
- £ 1,750*
Early bird prices available until 4 weeks before each course.
Further Information:
Certified Agile Tester®
A 5 day course. We are well aware that agile team members shy away from standardised training and exams as they seem to be opposing the agile philosophy. However, agile projects are no free agents; they need structure and discipline as well as a common language and methods. Since the individuals in a team are the key element of agile projects, they heavily rely on a consensus on their daily work methods to be successful. All the above was considered during the long and careful process of developing a certification framework that is agile and not static. The exam to certify the tester also had to capture the essential skills for agile cooperation. Clearly no simple multiple choice test would be able to show the examinee’s soft skills. Hence a whole new approach was developed together with the experienced input of a number of renowned industry partners: To become a Certified Agile Tester you have to succeed in three different ways:
1. A soft skills assessment on capacity for teamwork
2. An exam, which requires free answering - no multiple choice questions
3. A practical section where the examinee’s testing skills are put to the test.
Students will gain an understanding of the testing role within an agile project and be able to effectively apply practical skills associated with that role. At the end of the course, successful students will be able to:
- Understand the principles behind the agile approach to software development
- Differentiate between the testing role in agile projects compared with the role of testers in non-agile projects
- Positively contribute as an agile team member focused on testing
- Appreciate the challenges and difficulties associated with the non-testing activities performed in an agile team
- Demonstrate a range of soft skills required by agile team members
Course Outline
The Certified Agile Tester course covers 4 days of training leading to a practical assessment and formal written exam on the 5th day. All Days include a daily Scrum and Soft Skills Assessment
Day 1: History and Terminology: Agile Manifesto, Principles and Methods
- Introduction
- Daily SCRUM
- Problems with Traditional
- Agile Manifesto & Principles
- Agile Methods
- Agile Process Option
- Roles
- Intro to Agile Exercise
- Sample Questions
Day 2: Planning
- Requirements & Specifications
- Iteration 0
- Release Planning
- Task Board
- Test Strategy
- Estimation
- Iteration Planning
- Burndown Charts
- Sprint Practice Exercise
- Sample Questions
Day3: Testing
- Continuous Integration
- Version Management
- Pairing
- Acceptance Criteria
- Regression Testing
- Defect Management
- Testing Exercises
- Sample Questions
Day 4: Teams
- Test Automation
- Non Functional Testing
- Debt Technical & Testing
- TDD
- Teams
- Agile for Large Projects
- Summary Testing Exercises
- Sample Questions
Day 5: Assessment
- Practical Assessment
- Written Exam Revision
- Written Exam
Who should attend?
Software Testers in agile projects
Prerequisities
If you are interested in CAT® you should be familiar with the following about testing and may wish to consider the ISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level as preparation:- Test Design – EP / BVA / State Transition / Decision tables / Exploratory
- Basic Test Terminology
- Understand the difference between functional and non-functional testing including the basic concepts of Performance and Usability testing
- Performing all the activities associated with the fundamental test process
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+44 20 7448 4682
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