TESTINGWORLD – Domains
The World of Professional Testing
Software systems
are omnipresent. It is not infrequent that the life of people depends on the
frictionless and reliable functioning of the programs; a point in case is
medical technology. Professional verifying and testing of software therefore
becomes an increasingly important task which requires well-founded education.
This is why
software testing professionals from all over the world have come together in
order to work out and define standardized contents for further education.
The most important
international organization is
There is also an 
qualification of the
British Computer Society 
leading to an ISTQB
recognition.
The American Software Testing
Qualifications Board - www.astqb.org – is
also affiliated with ISTQB.
Therefore, we decided
to sort our documents primarily along the domains of the ISTQB syllabus. You
can download the complete syllabus from http://www.istqb.org/fileadmin/media/SyllabusFoundation.pdf
For documentation purposes, you can find
a “freezed” version here.
Please be aware
that the copy rights of the syllabus are with ISTQB. We were just using the
structure as it was published per August 9, 2006.
For the advanced
levels, there was no generally agreed ISTQB syllabus by August 9, 2006.
Therefore, it might
be useful to have a look at some alternatives:
American
Software Testing Qualifications Board Advanced Level (recognized by ISTQB):
http://www.astqb.org/documents/ISTQBAdvancedLevelSyllabus.pdf
A
“freezed” version is here.
The ISEB Practitioner Certificate in
Software Testing was not very well defined in August 2006. You can have a look at a “freezed” version here.
Also, BCS has an approach to
certifications that might be realistic, but you also might end up as a highly
overqualified taxi driver or waiter.
Finally, we decided to use the 10 domains used by the
American Software
Testing Qualifications Board, approved by ISTQB. One of the reasons were the
people behind the ASTQB-
Definitely, ISTQB and their affiliates are
the board of our choice.
You will also find
that many topics are not (yet) covered. You are invited to contribute articles,
tutorials, slide shows, whatever. Just contact
Wolfgang Schneider (office@drschneider.eu).
You will get a link to your website.
Of course, there
are certain rules:
- We accept only contributions that do not violate any
third-party copy rights.
- We have the right to reject & remove articles
and links for any reasons.
- Of course, if you are a SPONSOR and
pay for the link, we are under obligation to keep the contract.
- Don’t try to discuss the domain structure unless you
REALLY know better.