The International Institute for Software Testing (IIST) is an educational and professional development organization that has been founded to meet the following goal:

To promote disciplined approaches to software testing and to caution against ad hoc testing by non-qualified individuals and groups.

1. To advance the software testing profession through education-based software testing certifications
2. To provide free software testing training to help organizations with limited or no training budget.
3. To create a pool of qualified software testing professionals to meet the needs of testing organizations.
4. To provide assistance and guidance to organizations around the world in every aspect of testing of all types of software systems.
5. To provide a framework for assessing organizational testing practices and procedures.
6. To partner with different software quality groups around the world to assure continuity of information flow among testing professionals.
7. To provide an open forum for discussing different testing issues.
8. In order to follow its charter, IIST relies on the support and guidance from its Advisory Board which consists of authorities and practitioners in the field.