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BMM Testlabs USA has joined the program at the Gold Partnership level.

See www.bmm.com and visit partner.istqb.org for more details about the Partner Program.

ISTQB® is pleased to announce that Aspire Systems India has achieved the Platinum partner status.

See http://www.aspiresys.com/ and visit www.istqb.org/partner for more details about the Partner Program

In 2016 ISTQB® will be presenting the fifth International Software Testing Excellence Award. This is an annual prize that is given for outstanding contributions to the field of software quality.

Anyone can make a nomination for the Award, which recognises innovation, research and the promotion of the software testing profession. Nominate your choice for the International Software Testing Excellence Award before the 12th of August!

Please note: Nominations for the ISTQB® International Software Testing Excellence Award can be submitted by anyone (except Award Panel members). Nominees can be private individuals, institutions, companies or organizations. Nomination proposals need to be submitted through the Submission Form and need to give clear reasons for the nomination, as well as references that validate the nominee's achievements. Anonymous and self-nomination proposals will not be accepted.

Nominate your choice here http://awards.istqb.org/submission.html.

Lufthansa Systems has joined the program at the Platinum Partnership level.

See www.lhsystems.com.

Cloud Testing has joined the program at the Gold Partnership level.

See www.testuj.pl.

Dokumento has joined the program at the Silver Partnership level.

See http://www.dokumento.fr/.

ISTQB® is pleased to announce that ALP International has achieved the Platinum partner status.

See http://www.alpi.com and visit www.istqb.org/partner for more details about the Partner Program.

Byrongroup has joined the program at the Silver Partnership level.

See http://www.byrongroup.com

Aldemia has joined the program at the Gold Partnership level.

See www.aldemia.fr

ISTQB® - International Software Testing Qualifications Board, the most popular software testing certification authority in the world, released at the General Assembly held in Singapore updated info about its quantitative data as of December 31, 2015 As of December 2015 ISTQB® has:

• administered more than 600,000 exams, and
• issued more than 440,000 certificates,
• in over 100 countries worldwide.

Read more in the Press Release.

At the ISTQB® General Assembly meeting in Singapore (March 2016), the ISTQB® Advanced Level Security Certification syllabus was approved for general availability release. The new module naturally fits into the Specialist Stream of the recently re-defined architecture of the ISTQB® Product Portfolio.

Read more in the Press Release.

SQS Italia S.p.A. has joined the program at the Silver Partnership level.

See www.sqs.com

At the ISTQB® General Assembly meeting in Singapore (March 2016), ISTQB® approved for Beta Release two new modules:

• Test Automation Engineering;
• Usability Tester (developed in co-operation with the German Testing Board);

Read more in the Press Release.

An election for Chair and Vice Chair roles of all ISTQB® Working Groups was held at the ISTQB® General Assembly meeting in Singapore (March 2016). 
“ISTQB® welcomes the elected Chairs and Vice Chairs”, said Gualtiero Bazzana, ISTQB® President” thanking them for their volunteer work and wishing them success for their term”

Read more in press release

ThaiGerTec has joined the program at the Silver Partnership level.

See www.thaigertec.com

Croz has joined the program at the Silver Partnership level.

See www.croz.net

Elint System has joined the program at the Gold Partnership level.

See www.elintsystem.co.jp

Valtes has joined the program at the Platinum Partnership level.

See www.valtes.co.jp

Tesena has joined the program at the Silver Partnership level.

See www.tesena.com

“As a non-profit organization, with its mission of advancing the software testing profession, ISTQB® regularly conducts international online surveys to assess the trends in the software testing industry”, said Mr. Gualtiero Bazzana, ISTQB® President.

The survey covers several topics, ranging from organizational and budgetary aspects, to techniques/ processes/ tools, through to skills and competencies within software testing. We believe it provides useful information for all professionals involved in the testing market, as well as direction for further evolution of the ISTQB® scheme.

Some highlights of the survey are listed below:

• Budgets assigned to testing are large and keep on growing
• Agile based SDLCs are being adopted ahead of traditional ones
• Segregation of duties has become a standard practice from an organizational point of view
• Training and certification of competences are key factors in improving test skills
• Test automation has become very widespread in the market
• Performance, usability and security tests are gaining traction

Read the Press Release for more information

In compiling the glossary ISTQB® has sought the views and comments of as broad a spectrum of opinion as possible in industry, commerce and government bodies and organizations, with the aim of producing an international testing standard which would gain acceptance in as wide a field as possible.

Contributions to this glossary have been received from testing communities throughout the world. The ISTQB® Glossary is used as a reference document for the International Software Testing Qualification Board® (ISTQB®) software testing qualification scheme.

The document presents concepts, terms and definitions designed to aid communication in (software) testing and related disciplines.

The ISTQB® Glossary working party delivers a glossary of testing and related terms that is used as a reference / source document for syllabi at Foundation, Advanced and Expert level.

The Glossary application is available at http://astqb.org/glossary/

The ISTQB® General Assembly meeting of Shanghai 23 October has approved the development of the Foundation Level Specialist Usability Testing module, along with the supporting documentation.

ISTQB® is proud to announce that Erik van Veenendaal is the winner of the ISTQB® International Software Testing Excellence Award 2015. The main reason of him winning this award is his enormous commitment to software quality and the testing profession over the past 30 years. Erik van Veenendaal is an internationally recognized testing expert, (co-)author of 19 books and has published a large number of papers. Not only is he occupied as an independent consultant doing consultancy, training, publications and presentations throughout the testing and quality management community he is also actively involved in the TMMi® Foundation, International Software Testing Qualifications Board® and the IREB® organization.

Read about the Award

The ISTQB® General Assembly meeting of Shanghai 23 October has approved the Release of the Model-Based Testing Foundation Extension Syllabus, along with the supporting Documentation. For more information about ISTQB® MTB here

Business Outcome:
Effectively create and maintain MBT models using established techniques and best practices of model-based testing.

• Problem: The quality of models is essential for a success of MBT in a given Project.  Many users do not have the knowledge to decide about the quality and therefore to have a criteria on hand to decide when the model is finished for a given task.
  
  
• Solution: The ISTQB® MBT certification gives a practical approach to create MBT models and to assess their quality. It shows a perspective of the modelling paradigm as a process which helps people to correct their approach as soon as possible if it goes in the wrong direction.

Model-Based Testing Foundation Extension Syllabus will be published on this year. Stay tuned and follow our news on www.istqb.org

Business Outcome:
Apply and integrate model-based testing in a test process.

• Problem: MBT needs process preconditions and prerequisites, that it can realize its full potential to improve efficiency and effectiveness of the test process. As long as this environment is not known and can not be calculated, people tend to avoid a new technology because of economic risks
  
  
• Solution: The ISTQB® MBT certification shows which prerequisites are mandatory for a successful start with MBT. Furthermore it shows how MBT could fit well to specific development processes and what should be taken into account to adapt a development process for MBT.

Model-Based Testing Foundation Extension Syllabus will be published on this year. Stay tuned and follow our news on www.istqb.org

Business Outcome:
Collaborate in a model-based testing team using standard terminology and established MBT concepts, processes and techniques.

• Problem: Since MBT was born, many terminology were created and used which lead to inefficient discussion about what MBT really is, before any productive realization could start.
  
  
• Solution: The ISTQB® certifications deliver a de facto standard for general testing terminology and integrated to that the terminology for model-based testing. This will make it much easier for users to start with MBT based on a common language within their organization

Model-Based Testing Foundation Extension Syllabus will be published on this year. Stay tuned and follow our news on www.istqb.org