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Working Groups

The development of ISTQB® is facilitated by international working groups for the cooperative design of syllabi, exam rules, processes, etc.

The ISTQB® Working Groups ensure the development and the spread of the knowledge according to the most up-to-date needs of the profession.

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Each working group is composed by many members from the different Boards around the world and is lead by a Chair and a Vice Chair:

  • Marketing – The Marketing WG defines and deploys the Marketing Strategy, organizing marketing initiatives aimed at growing ISTQB® Brand.
    • Gualtiero Bazzana, Chair, Italy, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
    • Luis Amaral, Vice - Chair, Portugal, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Product Development Steering Committee (PDSC) – This Committee aims at defining the roadmap for the ISTQB® overall Product Architecture roadmap (Syllabi and their relationships) as well as its deployment plan; the PDSC gathers together the ISTQB® Executives, the Chairs of the Working Groups dealing with Glossary and Syllabi, Marketing and Exam WG Chairs; the PDSC has a central role in the setting the evolution of syllabi and other ISTQB® documents in accordance to market needs.
  • Strategy –The strategy team has the goal to define the overall road-map for ISTQB® evolution.
    • Yaron Tsubery, Israel, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Glossary – The ISTQB® Glossary WG aims at delivering and maintaining a glossary of testing and related terms that shall be used as a reference/ source document for syllabi at Foundation, Advanced and Expert level.
    • Erik van Veenendaal, Chair, Netherlands, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
    • Judy McKay, Vice - Chair, USA, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Foundation Level – The FL Working Group is responsible for the definition and maintenance of the Foundation Level syllabus, that shall have clear and measurable learning objectives as well as unambiguously defined contents and topics.
    • Thomas Müller, Chair, Switzerland, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
    • Debra Friedenberg, Vice - Chair, USA, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Advanced Level – the AL WG has the aim to develop and maintain the Advanced Level syllabus, taking into account the Foundation syllabus as well as the emerging applicable standards technical.
    • Mike Smith, Chair, UK, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
    • Bernard Homès, Vice - Chair, France, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Expert Level – The EL WG aims at defining the ISTQB® Expert Level modules, based upon and following the ISTQB® Advanced Level.
    • Graham Bath, Chair, Germany, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
    • Judy McKay, Vice - Chair, USA, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Exam – The Exam WG is responsible to create and maintain the examination format and guidelines and to create and maintain the ISTQB® practice exams.
    • Debra Friedenberg, Chair, USA, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
    • Minna Aalto, Vice - Chair, Finland, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Processes – The Processes WG has the goal to define and maintain the processes that rule the activities of ISTQB®, Member Boards, Training Providers and Exam Providers.
    • Wojciech Jaszcz, Chair, Poland, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
    • Tal Pe'er, Vice - Chair, Israel, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Audit – The Audit WG has the goal to perform regular checks on the application of ISTQB® rules and processes by the Member Boards.
    • Raynald Korchia, Chair, Spain, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
    • Martin Gills, Vice - Chair, Latvia, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Governance – the Governance team is responsible to ensure that the ISTQB® rules and processes are adhered.
    • Mette Bruhn-Pedersen, Chair, Denmark, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
    • Geoff Thompson, Vice - Chair, UK, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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    • Patrick Eichhorn, Chair, Switzerland,   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.