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eSoftware Tester Certification — Foundation Level (e-learning package)

Train to be an ISTQB™ Certified Software Tester from your desktop! Experience the same expert instruction and valuable content as our three day instructor-led course. This program is accredited by the ISTQB™ to prepare you for the ISTQB™ Certified Tester—Foundation Level exam.

Are you looking for an internationally recognized certification in software testing? Is this course, you will quickly cover:

Basics of testing — goals and limits, risk analysis, prioritizing, completion criteria
Testing in software development — unit, integration, system, acceptance, and regression testing
Test management — strategies and planning, roles and responsibilities, defect tracking, and test deliverables

Delivered by top experts in the testing industry, eSoftware Tester Certification is an accredited training course to prepare you for the ISTQB™ Certified Tester—Foundation Level exam. This program is the only internationally accepted certification for software testing, accredited by the ISTQB™ through its network of national boards. The ISTQB™, a non-proprietary organization, has granted more than 80,000 certifications in more than twenty-two countries around the globe.

You Will Learn
The eSoftware Tester Certification—Foundation Level course covers the topics needed to prepare you for the ISTQB™ Certified Tester—Foundation Level exam:

Fundamentals of software testing—Concepts and context, risk analysis, goals, process, and psychology
Lifecycle testing—How testing relates to development including models, verification and validation, and types of tests
Static testing—Reviews, inspections, and static tools
Test design techniques—Black-box test methods, white-box techniques, error guessing, and exploratory testing
Test management—Team organization, key roles and responsibilities, test strategy and planning, configuration management, defect classification and management
Testing tools—Tool selection, benefits, risks, and classifications

Through the eSoftware Tester Certification—Foundation Level training course, learn the basics needed to become a software test professional and understand how testing fits into software development. Find out what it takes to be a successful software test engineer and how testing can add significant value to software development. Study all of the basic aspects of software testing, including a comprehensive overview of tasks, methods, and techniques for effectively testing software. In addition, learn the fundamental steps in the testing process: planning, analysis, design, implementation, evaluation, and reporting.

COURSE FEATURES AND BENEFITS

24/7 access for 90 days: Learners have unlimited access to online content for a full 90 days.
Interactive exercises: Students will be able to participate in interactive exercise throughout the course.
Lesson questions: At the end of each lesson, students answer sample questions that link back to content screens for additional learning.
Sample exam: At the end of the course take an assessment exam to confirm your new knowledge and skills and to prepare for the taking the ISTQB Foundation Level certification exam.
Course manual: The course includes a 400-plus-page downloadable course manual.
ISTQB Study guide: Download a helpful Study Guide that cross references the course syllabus to help you study for the exam.
Superior content: Designed by learning professionals and based on the experience of respected testing subject matter experts, the course includes more than 400 content screens within 30 carefully organized learning lessons.
Powerful multimedia format: Students experience professionally narrated audio. “Step into the classroom” video clips, visually interesting content pages, downloadable templates, web links for additional learning, and hot links to a complete glossary of terms.
22.5 professional education contact hours/PDUs: Earn professional education credits toward the PMI.
Access to expert test consultants and course administrator: Email questions and comments to testing experts or telephone the course administrator for immediate help during hours.

Course Guarantee
Course attendees who do not pass the exam within 60 days of completing the course, will be provided with 45 days of free access to the online eSoftware Tester Certification—Foundation Level course for additional learning.

BONUS RESOURCES
Each student receives a one-year digital subscription to Better Software magazine, and a one-year PowerPass membership in StickyMinds.com beginning on the course start date—a $274 value.

Better Software and StickyMinds.com offer valuable insights and timely news about testing and quality issues important to developers and testers.
The StickyMinds.com Powerpass membership includes fully searchable, online access to the bestselling testing books: A Practitioner’s Guide to Software Test Design, by Lee Copeland and Systematic Software Testing, by Rick Craig and Stephen Jaskiel.