Agile Testing Certifications
The purpose of the agile testing certifications is to help test and QA professionals gain the knowledge necessary for them to perform testing activities in agile projects more effectively. The Agile Testing Certifications Body of knowledge, which consists of six knowledge areas, was carefully designed to address those areas that are essential to testing in agile projects. Some of these knowledge areas include agile test planning and design, requirements and user stories management, collaboration, test management and test automation in agile projects.
IIST offers two different levels of Agile Testing Certifications. These are the Certified Agile Software Test Professional - Practitioner Level and the Certified Agile Software Test Professional - Master Level. Each level requires a number of days of training that over specific areas of the Agile Testing Body of Knowledge as follows:
Certified Agile Software Test Professional - Practitioner Lever (CASTP-P) requires:
Three days of training to cover the following areas of the Agile Testing Certifications Body of Knowledge (ATBOK):
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Agile Development Methodologies (CASTP #1)
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Agile Requirement Exploration and Requirement Management (CASTP #2)
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Agile Test Design and Test Execution (CASTP #3)
Certified Agile Software Test Professional - Master Lever (CASTP-M) requires:
Three days of training to cover the following areas of the Agile Testing Certifications Body of Knowledge (ATBOK):
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Agile Test Management (CASTP #4)
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Agile Test Automation (CASTP #5)
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Collaboration and Team Dynamics Tools and Techniques (CASTP #6)
