Working Party:
TBOK, Foundation Level (FL) Syllabus

Mission

The mission of the TBOK, FL Syllabus working party is the maintenance of the Foundation Level syllabus and working out the new version of the Foundation Level Syllabus 2007 including:

1. Clear and measurable learning objectives
2. Unambiguously defined content and topic of the syllabus
3. Easy usable guidelines for clear and adequate FL assessment questions in multiple choice format
4. Easy and traceable transition strategy for the current training providers

Core Team Members Update FL Syllabus 2007

The following persons are Working Party members and are responsible for preparing and delivering the expected WP results:

Core Team:

1. Thomas Müller (TM), +41 79 346 2232, Software Validation GmbH, Im langen Loh 228, CH-4054 Basel (chair)
2. Erik van Veenendaal (EVE), +31 40 20 89 283, +31 40 20 21 450, Improve Quality Services BV, Waalreseweg 17, 5554 HA Valkenswaard (co-chair)
3. Dorothy Graham (DG), +44 1625 616279, +44 7801 493905 (mobile), +44 8700 512582 (fax), Grove House, 40 Ryles Park Road, Macclesfield SK11 8AH U.K.
4. Hans Schäfer, Norway

Review Board

The following persons or interest groups are Review Board members. They will be informed by the WP chair about material ready for review:

1. Klaus Olson (KO), +45 4615 5012, Softwaretest.dk, Lerbaekbej 22, 2680 Solrqd Strand, Denmark
2. Meile Posthuma, phone:+31(0)20 5763249 fax: +31(0)20 5763643, Company:ING Netherlands, Adress: Haaksbergweg 4, 1101 BX Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Location code: OL 02 A
3. Debra Friedenmann
4. Rex Black (RB)
5. Anders Petterson (SE)
6. Stephanie Ulrich
7. Shmuel Knishinsky, Israel
8. Armin Beer, Austria
9. Tuula Paakkonen, Finland
10. Koray Yitmen, Keytorc Software Testing Services, Turkey
11. Vipul Kocher, India
12. Allessandro Collino, Italy

If you are interested to become a Review Board member please send your applica-tion for membership via email to the Working Party chair. (Thomas.mueller@validation.ch)

Members not answered my request for confirmation:

1. Vipul Kocher, India
2. Joanna Nowakowska, Poland
3. Fernando Lamas de Oliveira, Portugal

Status

Version 2007 reviewed and approved within the team. (This version contains only “bug fixes” and clarification regarding terms and learning objectives.)

Work plan:

Next steps:

• Major upgrade to be scheduled for End of 2008
• Goal of ISTQB Syllabus FL2008:
  - consistency with new ISTQB AL 2008

Change Requests may already be sent to Thomas.mueller@validation.ch

Links

Will be published later.

Status Reports

Status Report	September 5, 2006
	Change Requests collected Implementation scheduled to start mid October by Dorothy and Thomas
Status Report	May 16, 2006
	Accreditation of training providers for the new syllabus in many countries still in process Major request is consistency between FL syllabus and Glossary
Status Report	February 23, 2006
	Official translated versions available in French and German Accreditation of training providers for the new syllabus in many countries still in process Major request is consistency between FL syllabus and Glossary No formal feedback available so release 2005.2 had been skipped
Status Report	September 29, 2005
	Foundation Level Syllabus had been completed end of April about 2 months late The problem about ownership and legal protection delayed the publication for another to months The following roadmap has been proposed and accepted by countries using the English syllabus Switzerland requests a change for German and French roadmap (bold) be-cause the translation of New Exams will not be ready by Oct. 1st 2005
Status Report	September 4, 2006
	Change Requests available for a “rating” Plan for upgrade Review of change requests by November 1st New version ready for review January 1st Approval by February, 2007
Status Report	April 26 2007
	Change Requests available for a “rating” Plan for upgrade Review of change requests by November 1st New version ready for review January 1st To be approved by April, 2007 Meeting
Status Report	July 12 2007
	ISTQB FL 2007 Syllabus released