
Improving the Test Process
Implementing Improvement and Change - A Study Guide for the ISTQB Expert Level Module
Rocky Nook (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 23. December 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
XIV, 416 pages
978-1-933952-82-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book covers the syllabus for the "Improving the Test Process" module of the International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB). It is an essential guide to the test process improvement and the related ISTQB expert level exam; readers will benefit form the knowlede and experiences of the authors of the ISTQB expert level syllabus, "Improving the Test Process."
This book will give you a thorough understanding of how to approach test process improvement from two fundamental stand-points: the process itself, as well as the human factors concerned with improving the testing process. It's not a book about using model XYZ or applying technique ABC; it considers test process improvement itself as a process with a wide range of options, choices, and interactions.
This book can be used both as a preparation aid for those planning to take the ISTQB expert level exam and as a practical guide for experienced testing professionals who want to develop their skills in improving test processes.
Improving the Test Process provides:
- full coverage of the ISTQB "Improving the Test Process" syllabus
- multiple-choice review questions at the end of each chapter
- real-life examples and experiences fro the authors
- glossary and highlighted key definitions
- an explanation of and a guide to the ISTQB expert level exam
Autors Graham Bath and Erik van Veenendaal both have an outstanding reputation in the software-testing and software-quality realm. Their work has strongly influenced testing methodologies. They are co-authors of the ISTQB expert level syllabus.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Santa Barbara
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Software Testers,
- IT-Managers
- Programmers
- System Designers
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 18.4 cm
ISBN-13
978-1-933952-82-6 (9781933952826)
Schweitzer Classification
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Implementing Improvement and Change - A Study Guide for the ISTQB Expert Level Module
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Implementing Improvement and Change - A Study Guide for the ISTQB Expert Level Module
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Persons
Graham Bath's experience in testing spans over 25 years and has covered a wide array of domains and technologies. As a test manager, he has been responsible for the testing of mission-critical systems in spaceflight, telecommunications, and police incident control. Graham has designed tests to the highest levels of rigor within real-time aerospace systems such as the Eurofighter military aircraft.
As a principal consultant for the T-Systems Global Delivery Unit "Testing Services" he has mastered the Quality Improvement Programs of several major companies, primarily in the financial and government sectors. In his current position, Graham is responsible for the company's training and test consulting programs. Graham is co-author of the ISTQB Expert Level syllabus, "Improving the Test Process". He is a long-standing member of the German Testing Board and is chairman of the ISTQB Expert Level working group.
Erik van Veenendaal, CIS (www.erikvanveenendaal.nl) has been working as a practitioner and manager in the IT-industry since 1987. After a career in software development, he transferred to the area of sofware quality. As a test analyst, test manager, and test consultant, Erik has over 20 years of practical testing experitence. He has also been a senior lecturer in the Technology Management department at the Eindhoven University of Technology for almost 10 years.
Erik founded Improve Quality Services BV (www.improveqs.nl) in 1998 as an independent organization that focuses on advanced high-quality services. He has been the company director for over 12 years. Under his direction, Improve Quality Services became a leading testing company in The Netherlands.
Erik is the co-author of numerous papers and a number of books on software quality and testing, including the best sellers ISTQB Foundations of Software Testing and Test Maturity Model integration (TMMi). He is a regular speaker at both national and international testing conferences and a leading international trainer in the field of software testing.
Since its foundation in 2002, Erik has been heavily involved in the International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB). Form 2005 to 2009, he was the vice president of the ISTQB organization; he has been the lead of the ISTQB Expert Level working party for over 10 years. As a co-author, he is also involved in writing the Foundation, Advanced, and Expert Level syllabi. Erik is one of the founders of the TMMi Foundation and is the lead developer of the TMMi model. For his outstanding contribution to the field of testing, Erik received the European Testing Exellence Award.