ISTQB Certified Tester - Acceptance Testing

The ISTQB® Acceptance Testing (CT-AcT) Certification Course is a two-day course, focusing on the concepts, methods, and practices of collaboration between product owners/business analysts and testers in acceptance testing. It covers user acceptance testing (UAT), contractual and regulatory acceptance testing, as well as alpha and beta testing.

The syllabus was written jointly with the International Qualification Board for Business Analysis (IQBBA®) and also forms part of their professional certification scheme.   This course is accredited by the ISTQB and will equip delegates to take their Acceptance Testing certification exam.

Course contents:

1. Introduction and Foundations

Fundamental relationships

Business analysis and Acceptance testing

2. Acceptance Criteria, Acceptance Tests and Experience-Based Practices

Writing acceptance criteria

Designing acceptance tests

Experience-based approaches for Acceptance testing

3. Business Process and Business Rules Modeling

Modeling Business Processes and Rules

Deriving Acceptance Tests from Business Process/Rule Models

Business Process Modeling for Acceptance Testing

4. Acceptance Testing for Non-Functional Requirements

Non-functional Characteristics and Quality in Use

Usability and User Experience

Performance Efficiency

Security

5. Collaborative Acceptance Testing

Collaborations

Activities

Tool support

Learning objectives:

For business analysts and product owners:

• Contribute to an organization’s acceptance testing activities by participating in the acceptance test design phase and supporting the alignment of the product with the business requirements;
• Contribute to an organization’s acceptance testing activities by participating in the acceptance test design phase and supporting the alignment of the product with the business requirements;
• Contribute to the quality of the acceptance testing process, including validation and verification of produced artifacts.

For testers:

• Contribute to the definition of acceptance criteria during the requirements definition phase;
• Collaborate efficiently with business analysts and other stakeholders during all acceptance testing activities:
• Understand the business objectives, communicate with business units, and share common objectives for acceptance testing.

Prerequisites:

The participants must hold the ISTQB/ISEB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing. Also,  good knowledge of English is required from the participants.

Target group:

The Acceptance Testing certification is aimed at anyone involved in software acceptance testing activities. This includes people in roles such as product owners, business analysts, testers, test analysts, test engineers, test consultants, test managers, user acceptance testers, and software developers.