Testing & Software QA Education
AT*SQA is creating the sustainable roadmap for excellence in testing and software quality assurance.
Our software QA education resources include articles, podcasts and white papers.
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Download the free ISTQB software testing syllabi, ISTQB sample exam questions, and software testing glossary below.
- Foundation Level
- 2018 Foundation Level Certification Syllabus (ISTQB) v3.1
- Agile Testing Certification Syllabus (ISTQB)
- Automotive Software Testing Certification Syllabus (ISTQB)
- Business Analyst Certification Syllabus/Body of Knowledge (IQBBA)
- Mobile Testing Certification Syllabus (ASTQB)
- Model-Based Testing Certification Syllabus (ISTQB)
- Performance Testing Certification Syllabus (ISTQB)
- Usability Testing Certification Syllabus (ISTQB)
- Advanced Level
- Advanced Test Analyst Certification Syllabus (ISTQB)
- Advanced Test Manager Certification Syllabus (ISTQB)
- Advanced Technical Test Analyst Certification Syllabus (ISTQB)
- Advanced Security Tester Certification Syllabus (ISTQB)
- Advanced Test Automation Engineer Certification Syllabus (ISTQB)
- Expert Level
- Expert Test Management Certification Syllabus (ISTQB)
- Foundation Level
- 2018 Foundation Level Certification Sample Exam 1 (ISTQB)
- 2018 Foundation Level Certification Sample Exam 2 (ISTQB)
- Agile Tester Certification Sample Exam (ISTQB)
- Automotive Software Tester Certification Sample Exam (ISTQB)
- Business Analyst Certification Sample Exam (IQBBA)
- Business Analyst Exam Preparation Handbook (IQBBA)
- Mobile Tester Certification Sample Exam (ASTQB)
- Model-Based Tester Certification Sample Exam (ISTQB)
- Performance Testing Certification Sample Exam 1 (ISTQB)
- Performance Testing Certification Sample Exam 2 (ISTQB)
- Advanced Level
- Advanced Test Analyst Certification Sample Exam (ISTQB)
- Advanced Test Manager Certification Sample Exam (ISTQB)
- Advanced Technical Test Analyst Certification Sample Exam (ISTQB)
- Advanced Security Tester Certification Sample Exam (ISTQB)
- Advanced Test Automation Engineer Certification Sample Exam (ISTQB)
- Expert Level
- Expert Test Management Certification Sample Exam (ISTQB)
- Online Glossary of Software Testing Terms
- Glossary of Software Testing Terms
- Glossary of Mobile Software Testing Terms
- Glossary of Performance Testing Terms
- Glossary of Software Testing Terms Release Notes Version 3.2
- Glossary of Software Testing Terms Release Candidate Terms Version 3.2
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This is the official list that U.S. employers use to verify if you have ISTQB software testing certification, ASTQB mobile testing certification and/or IQBBA business analyst certification. The only way to appear on this list is if you register for your certification exam through AT*SQA, the global ISTQB exam provider for ASTQB, the American Software Testing Qualifications Board.
Podcasts
Innovation in Software Testing Education: Lessons from an International Technology Initiative
It’s a question that has immense importance to those concerned with software quality and workforce development. How do you impart software testing knowledge and skills to individuals with varying educational levels and technology background (perhaps none)?
Article
The Software Quality Workforce of the Future: Hire or Reskill?
Fortune recently published a column by McKinsey & Company entitled "Why Legacy Companies Must Reinvent — or Die." The authors predict massive changes across industries due to "a perfect storm of hardware and software — such as sensors, deep learning, AI, next-generation chipsets, and virtual reality — that has reached sufficient maturity to enable new things (for example, autonomous vehicles) and new business models (such as virtual warehousing)."
Webinar
14 Lessons in Building Quality Software
It’s true, quality in software development projects doesn’t just happen on its own. Quality usually doesn’t happen when the project depends on a small group of heroes to ride in on their white horses and wave their shiny swords to vanquish the problems. Quality happens when careful planning is done, when the entire project team maintains a quality-conscious approach every step, when problems don’t escape from the phase in which they were introduced. A quality product is a team effort. It’s planned and predictable. It’s without heroes, and it’s faster and cheaper than a low quality effort.