Working Party:
ISTQB Examination
Mission
- Providing/Creating and maintaining the Examination format and guidelines for all levels
- Definition of the item supply format (XML, SCORM, IMS-GLC, …)
- Providing/Creating exam writer supporting material (e.g. presentations)
- Providing Exam writer trainings & experience exchange
- Providing/Creating and maintaining the ISTQB PRACTICE EXAMS
- Set up of the item pool (for K3/K4- CTAL and CTEL Questions)
- Formal review of items submitted by NTB’s in the defined format
- Delivery of items for e.g. specified LO’s on request to qualified NTB’s.
- … TBD
Chair / Vice Chair
The following person (WP Chair) is responsible for preparing and delivering the expected WP results:
Horst Pohlmann (GTB), horstpohlmann"at"t-online.de (Chair)
Graeme Mackenzie (ANZTB), graeme.mackenzie"at"eds.com (Vice-Chair)
Members
The following persons are the working party members. They will be informed by the WP chair about material ready for review:
- Rex Black (US),rexblack"at"ix.netcom.com√
- Jan van Moll (NL/BE),jan.van.moll"at"chello.nl √
- Bernard Homès (CTFL),bhomes"at"tesscogroup.com √
- Mario Winter (GTB),Mario.Winter"at"german-testing-board.info √
- Timea Illes-Seifert (GTB),Timea-Illes-Seifert"at"german-testing-board.info √
- Marco Sogliani (ITA-STQB),marcosogliani"at"yahoo.it √
- Suhaimi Ibrahim (MSTB),suhaimi"at"citycampus.utm.my √
- Hans Schaefer (NTB),hans.schaefer"at"ieee.org √
- Monika Stoecklein-Olsen (NTB), monika.stocklein-olsen"at"dnbnor.no √
- Thomas Müller (STB), Thomas.Mueller"at"validation.ch √
- Ingvar.Nordström (SSTB), ingvar.nordstrom"at"sstb.se √
- Yongtae Jung (VSTB), yongtae.jung"at"gmail.com √
- Beata Karpinska (SSTB), beata.karpinska"at"sstb.se √
- Anjan Naik (ITB), anjan"at"indiantestingboard.com √
- Werner Henschelchen (gasq), werner.henschelchen"at"gasq.org √
- Laith Al-Sulaiman (KSATB), laith"at"KSATB.org √
- Emrah Yayici (AGTB), emrah.yayici"at"arabiangulftestingboard.org √
- Hyun Joo Lee (KTB),myparis"at"chol.com √
- Mette Bruhn-Pedersen (DTB),mettebruhnpedersen"at"yahoo.dk √
The IP forms and working party agreements have been sent to all WP members. Those members who have returned their signed forms have been indicated with a √. Nominated representatives who hasn´t signed are removed of the member´s list.
If any board is interested to become a review working party member please send your appli-cation for membership via email to the Working Party chair.
Review Board Members:
The following persons are Review board members or interested persons of the results of the working party. They will be informed by the WP chair about material ready for review:
-
Debra E. Friedenberg (ASTQB), Debra.E.Friedenberg"at"wellsfargo.com
[to be informed about new results]
Status
Will be published later.
Work plan
Next Milestones
- Review the Advanced Level Exam Format und question writing guidelines (BETA) √
- ISTQB CTAL Exam question writer training; √
- Review the ISTQB CTFL PRACTICE EXAM and create some additional questions(√)
- TBD
- Update the Foundation Level Exam Format and question guidelines
- Review the (revised) Foundation Level Exam Format and question guidelines
Links
Will be published later.


