Audience

As Agile Test Leadership at Scale focuses on the organizational level, it supplements the Advanced Level Agile Technical Tester focusing on technical practices. It also supplements and is complementary to the ISTQB® Advanced Level Test Management certification, which focuses on projects and not on the organizational aspects. In addition, Advanced Level Test Management covers traditional approaches and hybrid approaches whereas Agile Test Leadership at Scale focuses only on agile approaches.

The Advanced Level Agile Test Leadership at Scale certification is aimed at people who work in an organization which is pursuing agility at scale or business agility, and who already understand agile and agile testing. This certification will be a great benefit for people working in roles such as: Test Manager, Head of Testing, Test Analyst, Quality Engineer, Quality Assurance, Quality Coach, Member of an Agile Team, Member of the leader group of multiple Agile Teams, Project Manager, Release Train Engineer, Scrum Master.

To obtain this certification candidates must hold either a valid Certified Tester Foundation Level certificate 4.0 (CTFL 4.0) certification OR a valid Certified Tester Foundation Level certificate prior to the CTFL 4.0 plus a valid Certified Tester Foundation Level Agile Tester certificate, and have sufficient practical experience. Refer to the relevant Exam Board to determine the specific practical experience criteria.

 

Content

The CT-ATLaS Certificate exam will be based on both this syllabus and the body of knowledge.All sections of the syllabus are examinable, except for the Introduction and Appendices. Standards and books are included as references, but their content is not examinable, beyond what is summarized in this syllabus and the CT-ATLaS body of knowledge from such standards and books.

  • Chapter 1: Quality Assistance  ( 60 minutes)
  • Chapter 2: Improve Quality and Flow in a Value-Driven Organization (120 minutes)
  • Chapter 3: Continuous Improvement of Quality and Testing (150 minutes)
  • Chapter 4: Organizational Test Strategy in a Value-Driven Organization (165 minutes)
  • Chapter 5: Test Processes in a Value-Driven Organization( 195minutes)

 

Business Outcomes

The Business Outcomes expected of a candidate who has achieved the Certified Tester Agile Test Leadership at Scale certification are as follows:

  • Foster a value-driven quality mindset and culture.
  • Co-create and implement an organizational test strategy that develops quality and testing capabilities.
  • Continuously improve test processes at an organizational level addressing test challenges in the context of Agile at scale product development.

 

Video Introduction

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