Certified Tester ISTQB Advanced Level Syllabus-Test Analyst Qualifications Board Table of Contents Ack ocument 0.20E 0.3 Examinable Learning Objectives 1sting Process-300 mins. 1.2 Testing in the Software Development Lifecycle 1.3 Test Planning.Monitoring and Control.. 1.4 Test Analysis. 20 1.51 esign ical Test Cases. 1.5.2 Creation of Test cases 13 1.6 Test ntauion..... 18 Evaluating Exit Criteria and Reporting 1.9 Test Closure Activities 2 19 2.2 Test Progre ess Monitoring and Control 21 ng 2410 50 2.4.2 Risk Identification. ent 24 Test Techniques-825 mins. 26 Introduction 2 3.2.2 Boundary Value Analysis 29 State Transion T 30 Combinatorial Testing Techniques 33 3.28 User Story Testing 33 32.Doma niques 25 tR. 3.3.1 Using Defect-Based Techniques. 35 .3.21 3 3.4.1 Error Guessing 37 38 Version 2012 Page 4 of 64 19 October 2012Certified Tester Advanced Level Syllabus - Test Analyst International Software Testing Qualifications Board Version 2012 Page 4 of 64 19 October 2012 © International Software Testing Qualifications Board Table of Contents Revision History....................................................................................................................................... 3 Table of Contents .................................................................................................................................... 4 Acknowledgements ................................................................................................................................. 6 0. Introduction to this Syllabus................................................................................................................. 7 0.1 Purpose of this Document............................................................................................................. 7 0.2 Overview ....................................................................................................................................... 7 0.3 Examinable Learning Objectives .................................................................................................. 7 1. Testing Process - 300 mins. ........................................................................................................... 8 1.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 9 1.2 Testing in the Software Development Lifecycle ............................................................................ 9 1.3 Test Planning, Monitoring and Control........................................................................................ 11 1.3.1 Test Planning....................................................................................................................... 11 1.3.2 Test Monitoring and Control ................................................................................................ 11 1.4 Test Analysis............................................................................................................................... 12 1.5 Test Design ................................................................................................................................. 12 1.5.1 Concrete and Logical Test Cases........................................................................................ 13 1.5.2 Creation of Test Cases ........................................................................................................ 13 1.6 Test Implementation.................................................................................................................... 15 1.7 Test Execution ............................................................................................................................ 16 1.8 Evaluating Exit Criteria and Reporting ........................................................................................ 18 1.9 Test Closure Activities................................................................................................................. 19 2. Test Management: Responsibilities for the Test Analyst - 90 mins............................................. 20 2.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 21 2.2 Test Progress Monitoring and Control ........................................................................................ 21 2.3 Distributed, Outsourced and Insourced Testing.......................................................................... 22 2.4 The Test Analyst’s Tasks in Risk-Based Testing........................................................................ 22 2.4.1 Overview.............................................................................................................................. 22 2.4.2 Risk Identification................................................................................................................. 23 2.4.3 Risk Assessment ................................................................................................................. 23 2.4.4 Risk Mitigation...................................................................................................................... 24 3. Test Techniques - 825 mins. ........................................................................................................ 26 3.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 27 3.2 Specification-Based Techniques................................................................................................. 27 3.2.1 Equivalence Partitioning ...................................................................................................... 27 3.2.2 Boundary Value Analysis..................................................................................................... 28 3.2.3 Decision Tables ................................................................................................................... 29 3.2.4 Cause-Effect Graphing ........................................................................................................ 30 3.2.5 State Transition Testing....................................................................................................... 30 3.2.6 Combinatorial Testing Techniques ...................................................................................... 31 3.2.7 Use Case Testing ................................................................................................................ 33 3.2.8 User Story Testing ............................................................................................................... 33 3.2.9 Domain Analysis .................................................................................................................. 34 3.2.10 Combining Techniques ...................................................................................................... 35 3.3 Defect-Based Techniques........................................................................................................... 35 3.3.1 Using Defect-Based Techniques ......................................................................................... 35 3.3.2 Defect Taxonomies.............................................................................................................. 36 3.4 Experience-Based Techniques ................................................................................................... 37 3.4.1 Error Guessing..................................................................................................................... 37 3.4.2 Checklist-Based Testing ...................................................................................................... 38 3.4.3 Exploratory Testing.............................................................................................................. 38