Course Overview
The ISTQB Advanced Test Analyst course extends the broad understanding of testing acquired at Foundation Level to enable the role of an Advanced or Senior Test Analyst to be performed.
This three-day tutor-led course includes lectures, exercises and practical work, as well as exam preparation. The examination is held at an agreed later date, 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 Advanced Test Analyst course 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 the analysis, specification, design and execution aspects of software testing, 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 Test Analyst 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: What’s Included? After completing the ISTQB Advanced Test Analyst course, individuals looking to further expand their knowledge and skills in software testing and quality assurance may consider the following additional certifications and training courses. Core Stream Modules Holders of the ISTQB Advanced Test Analyst 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. John Young presents the changes of the ISTQB Test Analyst course and it will benefit you in your technical tester role. Who is the course for?
About ISTQB and the ‘Certified Tester’ Scheme
E-Learning Course
Next Steps: Follow-on Courses After ISTQB Advanced Test Analyst Course
These modules are technology, methodology, and application domain-agnostic, building directly on the knowledge acquired at the Foundation Level.
Agile Stream
Tailored for those working in or transitioning to Agile environments, this stream emphasizes testing practices and principles within the Agile methodology.
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.
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Damien Paul| Senior Test Analyst| Jagex –
I thoroughly enjoyed the course. Karen was brilliant, really engaging and covered everything required, taking time to explain things or give examples where necessary. I would happily be trained by Karen again!
The course was run over three days, each day being a full day of learning. The days were consistently on time with and did not feel overly rushed or similarly too slow paced, allowing enough time to digest the information in each section before moving on. Breaking things up with the class exercises was useful and allowed an opportunity to engage more with the content and apply the learnings.
Overall I’m really happy with how the past three days have gone and look forward to applying my learnings in the exam
Sara Rodrigues| Lead Technical Tester| Innowave –
Karen should had give more pratical examples from her experience to us understand the concepts woth more examples.
Matthew Phillips| Test Analyst| LGT –
Very informative and good exercise examples to promote discussion around learning material. Karen communicated everything clearly and provided a great atmosphere to learn/develop without too much pressure.
Stephane VORK| Test Engineer| Sogeti SA –
Learnt a lot. The only downside is that some key element could have been more visually explained that they are
Leah Sprackland| Product Delivery Testing Team Manager |Allianz –
I found a lot of the slides were being skipped over and not as much of the course was actually taught. There were a lot of questions to everyone asking what they do in their role rather than teaching the theory. This was also called out by another participant at the end of the course who has already sat the course before. They said some areas were rushed and had they not done the course before they might not know all they needed to. This is concerning to me that if I’ve actually been taught what I need for the exam.
Oliver Jacques| Functional Test Analyst|Ocado –
The course was very useful, content very applicable and I feel satisfied with the overall course/exam structure.
I would like to add that the original TSG email mentioned the course begin son the 17th January not 15th January. It was only because my colleague also attended did I find out on the Monday morning I should have been in attendance. Thought I’d mention this as I understand its an automated process and there should be a root cause analysis to how this happened to avoid confusion in the future.
Apart from that I would highly recommend the course for others in the future.
Sarah Burgess| Functional Test Analyst|Ocado –
Some aspects were only briefly covered, felt there could be some more in depth coverage, but difficult to please everyone on the course
Christopher Olliffe –
Rosie was excellent at guiding us through the material and explaining everything clearly. 10/10.
Thomas Linforth | QA Analyst | We Buy Any Car –
The course was interesting and I have found a lot of the content useful for my role. The trainer was insightful, knowledgeable and kind. He made sure we were all okay and understood the content. The questions and scenarios helped to iron out and learn from any mistakes early. The online aspect did make the course slightly impersonal in terms of the other students, as we kept our cameras off and were mostly muted, so I sympathised with the trainer on that.
Chelsea Houston | Software Engineer / Test Analyst – Apprentice | Capgemini –
Good course with a lot of useful information. Good extension from the Foundation course. Came out of it with as much information as expected. Trainer good, easy to understand and get along with.
ashish chaudhary | Software Engineer | capgemini –
Get course Trainer was great
David Cook | QA Test Analyst | Caseware UK –
Found the course very useful, learnt lots of new things that I did not know previously and it fulfilled all that I expected to learn.
James Anderson | QA Tester Apprentice | Invotra Limited –
The course way very informative and interesting, it helped reinforce my existing learning as well as introduce me to new things as well.
andrew torrens | project team lead | BSO ITS –
very good learnt some good techniques and the tutor was very knowledgable