Within the last 18 months more than 40,000 people worldwide have taken the International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) Foundations Level exam, 10,000 alone in the last 4 months. So, where can all these people go to learn what they need to know in order to pass the exam? Now they can go to Software Testing Foundations 2nd Edition, from Rocky Nook’s new Computing division.

Professional testing of software has become an increasingly important task requiring a profound knowledge of testing techniques. The ISTQB has developed a universally accepted, international, qualification scheme aimed at software and system testing professionals, and has created the syllabi and tests for the “Certified Tester”.

With authors who are among the founders of the ISTQB, this improved, updated, newly edited 2nd Edition covers the “Foundations Level” (i.e., entry level), and teaches the most important methods of software testing. It is designed for self-study and provides the necessary knowledge to pass the Certified Tester - Foundations Level exam as defined by the ISTQB. It also covers more recent topics, such as test-first approach and risk-based testing.

Target group:

Programmers, System Designers, IT-Managers

Author / Authors:

Andreas Spillner is professor of computer science at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Bremen University of Applied Sciences. For more than 10 years he was president of the German Special Interest Group in Software Testing, Analysis, and Verification of the German Informatics Society (GI). He is also a member of the German Testing Board. His work emphasis is on software, quality assurance, testing, and object-oriented system development.

Tilo Linz is CEO of imbus AG, a leading service company for software testing in Germany. He is president of the German Testing Board and was, from 2002 to 2005, president of the ISTQB. His work emphasis is on consulting and coaching projects on software quality management, optimizing software development, and testing processes.

Hans Schaefer is an independent consultant who lives and works in Norway. He is president of the Norwegian Testing Board. He has been consulting and teaching software testing methods since 1984. He organized the Norwegian Special Interest Group on Software Testing for Western Norway. He is involved in consulting, teaching, and coaching test process improvement, and test design techniques, as well as reviews.