ISTQB Courses

Lloyd Roden Consultancy provides a variety of virtual courses to instruct, inspire and challenge individuals and teams to reach their full potential in testing software.

All my courses are conducted online incorporating a mixture of teaching styles using Microsoft Teams. The courses consist of a three-hour teaching session in the morning, individual/group work in the afternoon and then a final online session for any questions and learning games before setting homework in the form of practice exams for the evening. This creates an environment where the courses can be interactive and fun but also where we are not sitting at a screen all day. 

These virtual courses are being offered publicly (please see public course dates) or can be conducted for your own organisation which would be a cheaper option where there are seven or more people attending. Course notes, practice exams and exercises are supplied in both hard and soft copy formats.

With regards the ISTQB exams, these can also be taken in the comfort of your own homes, through remote proctoring, at a date and time convenient to you. 

There is a synopsis for each course listed below. If you would like to receive more information about any of the courses, provisionally book a course, or would like a quote to run any of the following courses specific for your company then please don’t hesitate to contact me.

ISTQB Foundation Level (V4.0)

This 3-day course is aimed at anyone wishing to attain the ISTQB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing and is a prerequisite for all other ISTQB qualifications in Software Testing. The course provides an understanding of the fundamental principles of testing, explains different testing terminology, provides an overview of different test techniques and how to apply them, gives an insight into managing the test activities and explains some of the key tools used for effective test automation.

ISTQB Agile Tester Foundation

This 2-day course is aimed at anyone wishing to attain the ISTQB Agile Tester - Foundation Extension qualification. A tester on an Agile project will work differently than one working on a traditional project. Testers must understand the values and principles that underpin Agile projects, and how they are an integral part of the whole-team approach together with developers and business representatives. This course is highly practical and will give the Agile tester the knowledge and essential skills they need to be an active member of an Agile team and how to achieve high performance within the team.

Many of the concepts in this course have now been included in the new ISTQB Foundation v4.0. However, this qualification is a pre-requisite to sitting the ISTQB Advanced Agile exams and you hold the old ISTQB Foundation v3.1 qualification.

ISTQB Mobile Application Testing

This 2-day course is aimed at anyone wishing to attain the ISTQB Mobile Application Testing qualification. This course provides essential skills for all mobile application testers. A mobile application is a software application designed to run on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers. Mobile applications are becoming part of our every day lives and many organisations are developing applications to run on mobile devices to complement their desktop applications. This course will give the mobile application tester the knowledge skills needed to test mobile applications and to understand the differences and similarities in testing mobile applications to conventional applications. This course is highly practical - providing the participant with different mobile applications to test using a variety of techniques and tactics in order to find those mobile application bugs.

The pre-requisite in receiving this qualification is that you have attained the ISTQB Foundation.

ISTQB Advanced Test Analyst (v3.1)

This 3-day course is aimed at anyone wishing to attain a higher qualification in software testing that focuses on test analyst activities. The ISTQB Advanced Test Analyst course builds upon the Foundation syllabus and provides essential skills for every Test Analyst; designing good quality tests conditions and test cases, prioritising testing based upon risk and constraints, understanding and being able to implement the appropriate black box techniques and non-functional characteristics appropriate for the test analyst and to effectively participate in a variety of documentation reviews.

The pre-requisite in receiving this qualification is that you have attained the ISTQB Foundation.

Please note that this course is accredited to the new 2019 syllabus.

ISTQB Advanced Technical Test Analyst (v4.0)

This 3-day course is aimed at at anyone wishing to attain a higher qualification in software testing that focuses on technical test analyst activities. The ISTQB Advanced Technical Test Analyst course builds upon the Foundation syllabus and provides essential skills for every Technical Test Analyst; recognising typical risks related to technical aspects of the system being developed, select and apply appropriate structural design techniques for the required level of coverage, to effectively participate in a variety of documentation reviews and to understand the technical issues and concepts in applying test automation.

The pre-requisite in receiving this qualification is that you have attained the ISTQB Foundation.

Please note that this course is accredited to the new 2019 syllabus.

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