Duration
3 days
Overview
This session is designed to prepare professionals to appear in ISTQB Agile Tester Extension examination and get certified on the same. During this session individuals will be driven through the given course outline followed by sample questions to understand the exam pattern. At the end participants will be writing one or more Mock exams to evaluate themselves.
Prerequisite
The participants must hold valid ISTQB Foundation (CTFL) certificate to appear for this exam. Also, intermediate knowledge on Agile and scrum is an added advantage.
Day 1
- Agile Software Development
- The Fundamentals of Agile Software Development
- Agile Software Development and the Agile Manifesto
- Whole-Team Approach Early and Frequent Feedback
- Early and Frequent Feedback
- Aspects of Agile Approaches
- Agile Software Development Approaches
- Collaborative User Story Creation
- Retrospectives
- Continuous Integration
- Release and Iteration Planning
- Fundamental Agile Testing Principles, Practices, and Processes
- The Differences between Testing in Traditional and Agile Approaches
- Testing and Development Activities
- Project Work Products
- Test Levels
- Testing and Configuration Management
- Organizational Options for Independent Testing
- Status of Testing in Agile Projects
- Communicating Test Status, Progress, and Product Quality
- Managing Regression Risk with Evolving Manual and Automated Test Cases
- Role and Skills of a Tester in an Agile Team
- Agile Tester Skills
- The Role of a Tester in an Agile Team
Day 2
- Agile Testing Methods, Techniques, and Tools
- Agile Testing Methods
- Test-Driven Development, Acceptance Test-Driven Development, and Behavior-Driven Development
- The Test Pyramid
- Testing Quadrants, Test Levels, and Testing Types
- The Role of a Tester
- Assessing Quality Risks and Estimating Test Effort
- Assessing Quality Risks in Agile Projects
- Estimating Testing Effort Based on Content and Risk
- Techniques in Agile Projects
- Acceptance Criteria, Adequate Coverage, and Other Information for Testing
- Applying Acceptance Test-Driven Development
- Functional and Non-Functional Black Box Test Design
- Exploratory Testing and Agile Testing
- Tools in Agile Projects
- Task Management and Tracking Tools
- Communication and Information Sharing Tools
- Software Build and Distribution Tools
- Configuration Management Tools
- Test Design, Implementation, and Execution Tools
- Cloud Computing and Virtualization Tools
Day 3
- Agile and Scrum
- Training Part I
Introduction
- Driving factors behind Scrum & Agile Development
- Scrum Time Boxes, Roles and Artifacts
- Requirements Development
- Product Backlog Development and Ranking
- Definition of Done
- Estimation
- Training Part II
- Task Breakdown
- Sprint Design Considerations
- Velocity Estimation (Capacity Analysis)
- Training Part III
- Release Definition
- Release Criteria
- Tracking
- Tools for Agile Project Management
- Training Part IV
- Sprint Planning
- Daily Scrum Meeting
- Sprint Review
- Retrospective Meeting
- Scrum Requirements Management
Introduction
- Management of Uncertainty
- Project and Process Types
- Product Owner Role
- ScrumMaster Role
- Scrum Basics
- Discussion on Sample Paper
- Mock Assessment
- Tips and Tricks
- Closing.
Note: The Mock Assessments are conducted only certification-based Training.
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.