ISTQB Advanced Level Agile Tester – Instructor-Led Live Training
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ISTQB Advanced Level Agile Tester – Instructor-Led Live Training - Dates and application
First training day: 24 September 2026 , Additional training days: 25.
First training day: 26 November 2026 , Additional training days: 27.
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The ISTQB® Certified Tester Advanced Level Agile Tester (CTAL‑AT) Syllabus v2.0 defines the knowledge and skills required of experienced testers operating in Agile environments. It addresses Agile test strategy, whole‑team collaboration, shift‑left approaches, and contemporary Agile testing techniques and practices.
The syllabus was developed to reflect the maturity of Agile software development, to position quality as a shared team responsibility, and to enable testing professionals to provide fast, continuous feedback that supports business value delivery in modern Agile and DevOps contexts.
The participants will be prepared for the ISTQB Advanced Level - Agile Tester 2.0 exam.
The ISTQB® Certified Tester Advanced Level – Agile Tester (CTAL‑AT) Syllabus v2.0 is intended for testing professionals and others involved in Agile software development, including:
- Test analysts
- Test engineers
- Software developers
- Business analysts
- Product owners
- Scrum Masters
- Quality managers
It is also suitable for individuals seeking to contribute to quality in Agile environments and who:
- Collaborate effectively within cross‑functional teams
- Apply modern Agile testing practices
- Support faster, higher‑quality delivery
- Share ownership of quality across the Agile team
Successful ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level exam or equivalent knowledge, as well as English language proficiency as the training materials is in English.
The Agile Tester add-on introduces you to the characteristics of agile development methodologies so popular these days, as well as the related special software testing techniques.
We provide course materials in English. In our course we also practice exam questions besides practical tasks.
A candidate who has achieved the certification should be able to:
- Collaborate in cross-functional teams, being familiar with principles and basic practices of Agile software development
- Adapt existing testing experience and knowledge to Agile values and principles
- Support the Agile team in test planning
- Apply relevant Agile software development approaches and test techniques to ensure tests that provide adequate coverage
- Assist business stakeholders in defining understandable and testable user stories, scenarios, requirements, and acceptance criteria, as appropriate
- Create and implement various Agile software development test approaches
- Support and contribute to test automation in an Agile software development project
- Work with – and share information with – other team members using effective communication styles and channels
COURSE OUTLINE:
1 TEST STRATEGY AND TEST APPROACH CHALLENGES
1.1 Test Types
1.2 End-to-end Testing
1.3 Formal Testing and Holistic Testing
1.4 Regression Test Approaches
2 PEOPLE AND TEAMS
2.1 Whole Team Approach
2.1.1 Generalization and Specialization within a Team
2.1.2 Motivating Business Representatives to Participate in Testing
2.1.3 Supporting the Developers
2.2 Tissue Testers
3 TEST MANAGEMENT AND TEST PROCESS IMPROVEMENT
3.1 Test Planning
3.1.1 Test Planning in Agile Software Development
3.1.2 Project Test Strategy
3.2 Test Monitoring and Test Control
3.3 Test Reporting
3.4 Test Process Improvement
3.4.1 Metrics for Test Process Improvements
3.4.2 Test Process Improvement in Agile Software Development
4 SHIFT LEFT
4.1 Using Shift Left to Improve Test Basis Quality
4.1.1 Testware as Requirements
4.1.2 Storyboarding and Testboarding
4.1.3 Example Mapping
4.1.4 Biases in Agile Testing
4.1.5 User Story Slicing
4.2 Shift Left and Requirements Engineering
5 AGILE APPROACHES AND TEST TECHNIQUES
5.1 Exploratory Testing
5.1.1 Test Heuristics
5.1.2 Test Mnemonics
5.1.3 Test Tours
5.1.4 Test Charter Creation
5.1.5 Performing Exploratory Testing
5.2 Assisted Testing
5.2.1 Mob Testing
5.2.2 Pair Testing
5.2.3 Vibe Testing
5.3 Test Smells
6 TEST AUTOMATION AND TEST TOOLS
6.1 Test Automation in Agile Software Development
6.2 Test Tools in Agile Software Development
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