ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level [Video]

The ISTQB® Foundation Level certificate must be obtained before taking the ISTQB® Test Automation Engineering certification course and exam.

Audience

The Test Automation Engineering syllabus is targeted to the test engineer looking to implement or improve on test automation. It defines methods and practices that can support a sustainable solution.

Other guidelines and reference models relating to test automation solutions are software engineering standards for the selected software development lifecycles, programming technologies, and formatting standards. The syllabus does not teach software engineering. However, a test automation engineer is expected to have skills, experience, and expertise in software engineering.

Furthermore, a test automation engineer needs to be aware of industry programming and documentation standards and best practices to make use of them while developing a test automation solution. These practices can increase maintainability, reliability, and security of the test automation solution. Such standards are typically based on quality characteristics.

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