Software Testing Certification

Software Testing Certification – This page contains a list of places to get certified for software testing.

Note – You do not need any certification to begin testing software and making money on Pay4Bugs, the software bug-testing marketplace where customers can set your their own prices and bug testers can choose what projects to work with.

American Software Testing Qualifications Board

http://www.astqb.org/

This organization is the American branch of the International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB).

ASTQB was founded in 2003 as the American Testing Board. In April 2005, the name was changed to the American Software Testing Qualifications Board.

Through the involvement of the world’s foremost experts in software testing, the program was developed for software professionals who want to prepare today’s professionals by anticipating tomorrow’s software testing demands.

The International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB), organized has introduced an international standard for software testers. The ISTQB’s Certified Tester programs are meant to bridge the gap between research, standard training and industry practice.

Members of the ASTQB are software testing experts who volunteer to maintain and promote the ISTQB Certified Tester program in the U.S. They also sit on the ISTQB’s U.S. national board. The ASTQB is a non-profit organization; fees cover administrative costs, the costs of exhibiting at major conventions, and other costs.

Some advantages of obtaining certification through ASTQB/ISTQB:

• ISTQB software testing certification is practical: Theory is important, but you work in the real world, and ISTQB certification is meant to solve real-world issues.
• ISTQB software testing certification is global: The certification programs were developed by more than 100 global software testing experts, are offered in nearly 50 countries, and have more than 145,000 certified software testers worldwide.
• Take the course the way you want to; enroll in a course from an accredited provider, in-house study groups or software testing seminars, or even self-study.
• ISTQB is the world’s only not-for-profit organization dedicated solely to providing practical, globally-accepted software testing certification.

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SOFTWARE TESTING

http://www.testinginstitute.com/certification.php

IIST stresses the need to actually learn the material on which you’re being certified, instead of just studying for an exam and receiving a piece of paper. IIST promotes professionalism through education, consulting, publications, industry conferences, and certification.

IIST focuses on Developing a Body of Knowledge (BOK), an essential first step to establishing software testing as a profession. Anyone doing software testing should have a firm grasp of all of the concepts embodied by the BOK. IIST believes that education is the only way to establish testing as a discipline.

The complexity of software systems and the demand of customers and users are constantly increasing. IIST’s training programs enable testers to perform adequate testing of software systems that control different aspects of our lives. Formal academic programs rarely cover even the basics of software testing; this is a void the Institute means to fill.

In 1999, IIST formed an Advisory Board of industry experts and practitioners, with the goal of developing education-based certifications. The IIST Advisory Board strongly believes that the value of any certification program lies in its ability to meet individuals’ diverse needs and interests for both breadth and depth of content so that it helps them improve the way they perform their job on a day to day basis.