ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level Agile Technical Tester course
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ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level Agile Technical Tester course - Dates and application
First training day: 7 October 2026 , Further training days: 8.
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The ISTQB® Advanced Level Agile Technical Tester (CTAL-ATT) certification provides a thorough introduction to the technical testing skills which are fundamental in organizations using an Agile development approach. These skills include testing and agile techniques, test automation approaches, and continuous deployment and delivery.
The Advanced Level Agile Technical Tester certification is aimed at people who wish to further develop their expertise in technical testing aspects in an agile context. The modules offered at the Advanced Level cover a wide range of testing topics.
To gain this certification, candidates must hold either a valid Certified Tester Foundation Level certificate 4.0 (CTFL 4.0) certification OR a valid Certified Tester Foundation Level certificate prior to the CTFL 4.0 plus a valid Certified Tester Foundation Level Agile Tester certificate, and have sufficient practical experience.
Business Outcomes
- Apply Agile techniques to ensure tests that provide adequate coverage;
- Define testable requirements within Agile Team;
- Create and implement various Agile Test approaches using appropriate techniques;
- Support and contribute to test automation activities in an Agile project;
- Support continuous integration in an Agile Team;
- Support Agile Team in continuous delivery and deployment;
- Learn the service virtualization concepts;
- Work with, and share information with, other team members using effective communication styles and channels.
Course outline
1 Requirements Engineering
1.1 Requirements Engineering Techniques
1.1.1 Analyze user stories and epics using requirements engineering techniques
1.1.2 Identifying acceptance criteria using requirements engineering and test techniques
2 Testing in Agile
2.1 Agile Software Development and Test Techniques
2.1.1 Test-driven development (TDD)
2.1.2 Behavior Driven Development (BDD)
2.1.3 Acceptance test-driven development (ATDD)
2.2 Experience-based testing in Agile
2.2.1 Combining experience-based techniques and black-box tests
2.2.2 Creating test charters and interpreting their results
2.3 Aspect of Code Quality
2.3.1 Refactoring
2.3.2 Code reviews and static code analysis to identify defects and technical debt
3 Test Automation
3.1 Test Automation Techniques
3.1.1 Data-Driven Testing
3.1.2 Keyword-Driven Testing
3.1.3 Applying Test Automation to a Given Test Approach
3.2 Level of Automation
3.2.1 Understand the level of test automation needed
4 Deployment and Delivery
4.1 Continuous Integration, continuous testing and continuous delivery
4.1.1 Continuous integration and its impact on testing
4.1.2 The role of continuous testing in continuous delivery and deployment (CD)
4.2 Service Virtualization
ISTQB® Advanced Level Agile Technical Tester (CTAL-ATT) exam
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