This course prepares testing professionals for the ISTQB® Advanced Level Test Automation Engineer certification by providing advanced skills and knowledge in test automation strategy, design and implementation. You will learn how to plan and build automation frameworks, integrate automation into development pipelines, measure automation effectiveness and ensure quality throughout the software lifecycle.
Throughout this training you will gain practical insights into selecting the right tools, designing automated tests that scale, and overcoming common challenges in automated testing. The syllabus includes both technical and strategic perspectives, allowing you to align automation efforts with organisational goals. You will work with real automation scenarios and exercises that solidify your ability to contribute to test automation in complex environments.
You must hold the ISTQB® Foundation Certificate and have practical experience with testing and automation tools to get the full benefit of this course.
About Sue Atkins
As a self-confessed bug-magnet, quality advocate and risk nut, Sue Atkins has been active in the world of software testing and process improvement for over thirty years.
She has experience of software development from both the waterfall and Agile perspectives across a diverse range of sectors – from banking and telecoms to healthcare and retail.
Sue has a passion for training and loves to help others grow their skills in all dimensions of testing, quality and process improvement. She has spoken at a number of conferences, is co-chair of the Scottish Testing Group and was a member of the programme committee for EuroSTAR 2022 – Europe’s largest Testing Conference.
Automation strategy and planning
The course begins with understanding what a successful automation strategy looks like, including aligning goals with business needs and identifying opportunities for automation that deliver real value.
Automation architecture
You learn how to design automation solutions that scale, including abstraction layers, modular architecture patterns and how to separate concerns for maintainability and reuse.
Tool selection and evaluation
This section focuses on criteria for choosing automation tools, how to evaluate them based on project context and how to integrate them into your test ecosystem.
Building maintainable automated tests
You gain practical techniques for writing robust automated tests, structuring test suites, and using best practices that minimise flakiness and maximises reliability.
Integration with CI/CD pipelines
Learn how to integrate automated testing into continuous integration and delivery workflows so that automated test suites run reliably and consistently as part of delivery processes.
Monitoring and reporting automation outcomes
This part of the course helps you understand how to measure automation effectiveness, gather meaningful metrics and report automation quality to stakeholders.
About the exam
The Advanced Level Test Automation Engineer exam is comprised of 40 multiple choice questions, with a pass mark grade of 65% to be completed within 90 minutes. The examination is separate from the 3 day course and sat on a different day.
The course includes one exam voucher for the official ISTQB examination. The exam voucher is valid for 365 days from the date of issue, and the exam must be booked within six months after completing the course. The examination is conducted as an online proctored exam, unless otherwise stated.
This course is conducted and delivered by our partner Planit.
Practical information
Duration: 3 days
Price: 25 500 NOK (includes exam, documentation and course materials)
Language: English
Format: Can be delivered as an open course or as an in-house course
FAQ
Hva kreves for å ta dette kurset?
Du må ha ISTQB® Foundation-sertifisering og erfaring med testing og automatisering for å få fullt utbytte.
Er eksamen inkludert i kursprisen?
Ja, den offisielle ISTQB® Test Automation Engineer-eksamenen er inkludert.
Hva lærer jeg om testautomatisering?
Du lærer strategier, arkitekturvalg, verktøybruk og hvordan automatisering integreres i hele leveranseprosessen.
Må jeg kunne et spesifikt programmeringsspråk?
Det er en fordel å kjenne minst ett programmeringsspråk som brukes i automatiseringsverktøy, men kurset fokuserer på prinsipper og metoder.
Hvordan brukes automatisering i CI/CD?
Du lærer hvordan automatisering bygges inn i kontinuerlige leveranser, slik at testene kjøres automatisk som en del av pipeline-flyten.
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