 |
To gain recognition for testing as an essential and professional software engineering specialization |
| |
To provide a standard framework for the development of testers' careers |
| |
To enable professionally qualified testers to be recognized by employers, customers and peers, and to raise the profile of testers |
| |
To promote consistent and good testing practices within all software engineering disciplines |
| |
To identify testing topics that are relevant and of value to industry |
| |
To enable software suppliers to hire certified testers and thereby gain commercial advantage over their competitors by advertising their tester recruitment policy |
| |
To provide an opportunity for testers and those with an interest in testing to acquire an internationally recognized qualification in the subject. |
| |
To be globally marketed under the brand name "ISTQB® Certified Tester" |
| |
To learn and apply common testing techniques and approaches |
| |
To take advantage of an amalgamation of many years of learning and applying test techniques |