Test Strategy and Test Approach Challenges
- Test types
- End-to-end testing
- Formal testing and holistic testing
- Regression test approaches
People and Teams
- Whole Team approach
- T-shaped testers
Test Management and Test Process Improvement
- Test planning
- Test monitoring and test control
- Test reporting
- Test process improvement
Shift Left
- Using Shift Left to improve test basis quality
- Shift Left and requirements engineering
Agile Approaches and Test Techniques
- Exploratory testing
- Assisted testing
- Test smells
Test Automation and Test Tools
- Test automation in Agile software development
- Test tools in Agile software development
Learning Outcomes
- Collaborate in cross-functional teams with familiarity in Agile principles and practices
- Adapt existing testing experience and knowledge to Agile values
- Support the Agile team in test planning
- Apply test techniques that ensure adequate test coverage
- Help define understandable and testable user stories and acceptance criteria
- Contribute to test automation in an Agile software development project
Target Audience
Not limited to testing specialists — also relevant for the following roles:
- Test analysts, test engineers
- Software developers
- Business analysts, product owners
- Scrum Masters
- Quality managers
- Anyone seeking to contribute to quality in cross-functional Agile teams
Prerequisites
ISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) v4.0, or a previous version, is a mandatory prerequisite.
Course Duration: 2 days
CTAL-AT v2.0 defines the knowledge and skills required of experienced testers operating in Agile environments. The syllabus was developed to reflect the maturity of Agile software development and to position quality as a responsibility shared across the whole team. It covers Agile test strategy, whole-team quality ownership, shift-left approaches, and current Agile testing techniques and practices. It aims to enable testers to provide fast, continuous feedback that supports the rapid delivery of business value in modern Agile and DevOps contexts. The content spans test strategy challenges, team dynamics, test process improvement, and test automation — giving a multi-dimensional view of the tester’s role on an Agile team.