Course Overview
The ISTQB Advanced Agile Technical Tester course extends the broad understanding of testing acquired at Foundation Level to enable the role of Agile Technical Tester to be performed.
This three-day tutor-led course includes lectures, exercises and practical work, as well as exam preparation. The examination is after the course either online or at your local Pearson VUE testing centre, so allowing adequate time for revision. It is fully-accredited by UKITB on behalf of ISTQB and has been rated SFIAplus level 5 by the BCS. The ISTQB Agile Technical Tester Advanced Level is principally aimed at test practitioners who have achieved an advanced point in their careers in software testing and are expecting to be actively involved in agile teams and technical testing, including requirements engineering, test automation and deployment and delivery, and who want to increase their knowledge and skills beyond the levels covered by the Foundation and Intermediate qualifications. This includes people in roles such as testers, test analysts, test engineers, test consultants, test managers, user acceptance testers and software developers. This Advanced Level qualification is also appropriate for anyone who wants a deeper understanding of software testing, such as project managers, quality managers, software development managers, business analysts and management consultants. 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: After achieving the ISTQB Advanced Agile Technical Tester certification, you’re prepared to take the next step in your software testing career by exploring further modules within the Certified Tester Scheme. Core Stream Modules Holders of the ISTQB Advanced Agile Technical Tester certification are encouraged to explore these options to stay current with the latest practices and to enhance their professional development in the field of software testing and QA. As we all know, Agile is very much mainstream and the foremost method used to develop major application for business. In the beginning Agile was treated as a very much let’s get it done method, but lacked the controls and approach needed for quality deliveries. Until now, we have relied upon the ISTQB Foundation Agile Extension course to give us some basic Agile Testing skills (which it does very well). However, the recent launch of the ISTQB Advanced Technical Agile Tester course takes us very much beyond the Foundation and helps imbue the learning and skills required to help develop larger, more complex Agile applications.Who is the course for?
About ISTQB and the ‘Certified Tester’ Scheme
Next Steps: Follow-on Courses After ISTQB Advanced Agile Technical Tester Course
These modules are technology, methodology, and application domain-agnostic, building directly on the knowledge acquired at the Foundation Level.
Specialist Stream
For those looking to specialise further, this stream offers courses focusing on specific quality characteristics, test approaches, test activities, or industry-specific testing knowledge.Learn more about the ISTQB Advanced Agile Technical Tester Course
Amrutha | Test Analyst | –
Very Informative course. John is very knowledgeable and explains things in ways which are easy to follow.
Alexander Rhodes | Automation Tester | Full Fibre Limited –
John was great, material was good. He answered all Q’s productively, made sure we understood and were happy before moving on.
Material itself, I know it’s a newer course but more past papers/sample exams would be great appreciated as I believe it’s one of the main methods to know how prepped you are for the actual exam. Having one, makes doubts about the ability to just remember the answers for a specific paper or if you genuinely understand it. That and the current document needs proof-read, a few typos etc. but nothing major individually about it.
Mukhtar Zamarad | Software Tester | Calastone –
Great Course, very informative with lots of examples and information.
madhuri | Test Analyst | HESA –
Excellent course with excellent trainer
Bryan Beckett | Test Analyst | Degree 53 –
Rosie was easy to understand and gave information in an easily digestible method. She was good at answering questions, and kept the whole group engaged.
Claire Dally | Test Analyst | HESA –
The course was informative with good examples and we had plenty of time to review the daily exam questions. Rosie was very friendly, helpful and explained the subject well.
Robert Mackay | Test Analyst | Ballys Interactive –
useful information , but some of it is very similar to the foundation course
Richard Fox | Senior Test Analyst | Bally’s interactive –
Enjoyed the course & the trainer was very clear & helpful in explaining against the syllabus.
Adriana Rus | Senior Tester | Citizens advice –
The theory was explained well, with examples, we did lot of exercises and we discussed them, the instructor was kind and patient.
A negative point is that we are provided only a few questions, but it would be good to have lot of sets of questions that simulates an exam so that we could practice.
Also when we speak about tools it would be useful to be given some examples.
Chris Eaton| Test Manager| Quilter –
The course was very informative to give a good grounding/confirmation of agile methods.
Rosie was very knowledgeable and worked comfortably through the content adding good personal facts. With the audience this helped engage with those who had previous experience.
Gursewak Jagpal|Test Analyst|Capgemini –
Quite challenging as a virtual setup as the trainer has to consistently ask if everyone is ok just to get confidence people are still engaged. Handwriting by the trainer could be improved. I could read it fine as my own writing is similar but I can imagine other people not knowing what is written on the screen when referring back their notes that have been screenshotted.
Ben Greenhill|QAT Analyst|Civil services –
Enjoyed the course although would be better in person. Not a fan of the sample questions as for many of them multiple answers fit the question and so had to choose “the best one” which is subjective and hence shouldn’t really be examinable.
Jenny Hill|Senior Test Analyst|ASM UK Ltd –
Great course, wasn’t sure how it wold work remotely, but ended up being just as good as in person. maybe need to consider using cameras to get a better feel of working together
Rachael Smith | Test Analyst | Capgemini –
Really good course/ delivery. John was friendly, knowledgeable and thorough in his explanations and approach and used some great examples
Bennitt Abraham | Software Test Engineer | Ensek –
Slow and interactive sessions. Thanks!
Richard Morris | Domain Lead | Capgemini –
The course was excellent and Rosie was a great instructor. She was very calm and reassuring and was willing to discuss anything in detail throughout the duration of the course. Her calm manner made the course enjoyable.
Darpan Mahendra Rathod | Software QA Technician | Barnett Waddingham LLP –
I found going through the course with a trainer & subsequent exercised has assisted me in absorbing the course material as I found the syllabus very dry._x000D_
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This is the first virtual course I have taken, I think it worked well but would have appreciated if the GoToMeeting App had a functionality where I could raise a flag as I often ended up talking over others/speaking at the same time as other delegates._x000D_
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Also I requested the course material to be provided earlier so that I have a chance to read it and absorb it in advance due to my dyslexia, although I received this I would have appreciated this much earlier
Lorna Lutz | Senior Systems Tester | SLC –
Very good course. Good trainer, spoke very clearly and very articulate. Explained things well. Good timing of breaks.
Jennie Rahm | Test Lead | Capgemini Sweden AB –
The course was digital, which was a great approach since I sit in Sweden. Also, we were only two delegates which also was great, where we could talk and discuss much more easier, both to each other and also to the trainer.
The trainer was very good, explained the material in a good way, gave good examples, asked us how we did on our daily basis in our work. She was also social to us, which is a big plus for me at least.
We took a ten minutes break every hours, good to have.
The training material provided was also informative, and a plus that also TSG has provided their material and not just the ISTQB material.
Overall a very good course with a splendid trainer.
Kyle | Software Engineer for Testing | QA LTD – Bank of England –
It was very informative, clearly laid out and well represented by Rosie Some of the aspects are quite challenging but all explained well after asking questions.
Enjoyed the group discussions to cover every body aspects.
Rosie was very good at considering all angles of a potential answer, which I really liked. Kept the group engaged in learning and discussion.
Emma Logan | UAT Analyst | North –
I was initially nervous about the course being remote, because I wasn’t sure it would suit my learning style. However Rosie was very engaging and made sure to speak to everyone directly and to remember details about us so that she could ask relevant questions. It was really appreciated and definitely helped me to connect with the material.
Dan Price | Test Analyst | Ordnance Survey –
I enjoyed the Agile Technical Tester course. I thought Rosie did an incredible job of going through each topic thoroughly and did so engagingly and interestingly. Rosie also took the time to review each scenario exercise with us to ensure we understood the questions and answers thoroughly.
I’m very grateful for the support that Rosie provided me during the course and have come away feeling confident about the subjects we covered.