Certified Tester Foundation Level - Usability Testing

Overview

Understand the basic concepts of usability and usability testing required to help end users achieve their goals effectively.

Audience

Aimed at anyone involved in software testing who wishes to broaden their knowledge of usability testing or anyone who wishes to start a specialist career in usability testing. The qualification is also aimed at anyone involved in usability engineering who wishes to understand usability testing

Entry requirements

The ISTQB® Foundation Level certificate must be obtained before taking this exam.

Course Content

  • Basic Concepts
  • Risks in Usability, User Experience and Accessibility
  • Usability and Accessibility Standards
  • Usability Reviews
  • Usability Testing
  • User Surveys
  • Selecting Appropriate Methods
  • Summary of Roles and Responsibilities

Business Outcomes

The expected business outcomes for candidates who achieve the Foundation Level in Usability Testing certification are:

  • Understand the basic concepts of usability and usability testing.
  • Identify and classify the severity of usability risks and potential accessibility violations in a given product at any stage of a development cycle.
  • Cite relevant standards for usability, user experience, and accessibility and verify their implementation in a given product.
  • Set up procedures so that stated usability, user experience and accessibility goals may be verified in practice for a given product.
  • Design and monitor the implementation of a test plan for achieving stated usability, user experience and accessibility goals.
  • Explain the rationale, process and results of usability, user experience and accessibility evaluations to non-specialist stakeholders.

Duration : 2 Days

Format : Classroom / Virtual

Exam Structure

No. of Questions: 40                        Total Points: 40

Passing Score: 26                           Exam Length (mins): 60

(+25% Non-Native Language)

Holders of this certification will be eligible to proceed to the next stage of the Core stream and take Test Analyst, Technical Test Analyst, or Test Management Advanced Level certifications. They may also choose to follow the Agile or Specialist streams to develop specific skills