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The TTCN-3 Certified Tester SyllabusThe TTCN-3 Certified Tester Syllabus

Contact: Ina Schieferdecker, Contact: Ina Schieferdecker, schieferdecker@fokus.fraunhofer.de, +49 30 3463 , +49 30 3463 72417241

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Context – copied from ISTQBContext – copied from ISTQB

• International Software Testing Qualification Board

• www.istqb.org

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• ISTQB Vision• Ensuring professional quality and topicality of the scheme • Generation and definition of an international core syllabus

for every qualification of the above scheme • Definition and maintenance of examination structure and

regulations • Definition and maintenance of accreditation guidelines • Definition and maintenance of certification guidelines • Definition and maintenance of the “ideal” pass rate • Monitoring compliance of the national boards to ISTQB

procedures and guidelines • Admission and expulsion of national boards into and from

ISTQB

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• Aims of a common, international Software Tester Scheme and an International Testing Board:

• To be able to compare testing skills across different countries; • Testers would be able to move across country borders more easily; • European/multi-national/international projects would have a common understanding

of testing issues; • Increased number of qualified testers in Europe; • More impact/value from an internationally based scheme than from any country-

specific scheme; • Development of a common body of understanding and knowledge about testing,

through the syllabus & terminology, increase the level of knowledge about testing for all participants;

• Promote testing as a profession in more countries; • Economy of scale, increased efficiency and economic benefits (re-use of syllabus and

exam questions, reduction in cost per country - don't have to re-invent wheels); • More people available (more resources) to develop common material (exam

questions, syllabi); Testers don’t need to know English in order to gain a recognised qualification;

• Less culture bias in the qualification; • International recognition of testers from a broad-based international scheme,

international recognition of the qualification due to participation from many countries;

• Economic benefits for testing-related suppliers such as training providers, consultants, etc. in all participating countries.

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Certified Tester SeriesCertified Tester Series

• 3 level approach (strict sequence)• Foundation level• Advanced level• Expert level

• In Germany• German testing board

• www.german-testing-board.de

• Carried by the ASQF• www.asqf.de

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The ProposalThe Proposal

• ASQF carries out the organization/administration/accreditation for the ETSI certificate

• ETSI gains a small share for any ETSI Certified TTCN-3 Developer Certificate

Foundation

Advanced

ASQF/ISTQB Certified TTCN-3 Tester Certficate

(Expert Level)

ISTQBISTQB

ETSI Certified TTCN-3 Developer ==

ETSIETSI

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ContentContentTopic Duration

(min)Content

Introduction 30 The Certified Tester Program

Basics of TTCN-3 75 MotivationHistoryMain Concepts

Language Features: Data Types and Templates

45 Basic and structured typesSend templates, receive templates, inline templates

Language Feature:Communication

45 Message-based and signature-based communicationPort types and handling

Language Features: Test Configurations

45 Component typesComponent handling

Language Features: Behaviour

165 Functions, altsteps, test cases, external functionsStatementsOperationsTiming

Language Features: Modules

30 ModulesModule controlImport

Core Language 45 SyntaxScopingGroupingParameterizationAttributes

Other Presentation Formats

45 Graphical FormatTabular Format

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Topic Duration (min)

Content

Test Execution 90 Test system componentsTRITCI

TTCN-3 Standard 30 Standardization process around TTCN-3Maintenance of TTCN-3

Test Design and Development

75 Test purposes and test casesFunctional, conformance, interoperability test aspectsPerformance, load and scalability aspects

Open Data Interface 90 ASN.1, XML, IDL within TTCN-3

Migration 45 Migration strategies

Test tools 45 Tool support for TTCN-3 based testing

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Next StepsNext Steps

• Syllabus proposed to the German testing board

• Advisory board for the syllabus set up – basically STF 253 experts

• Completion of the syllabus and review• Handling of the ETSI Certified TTCN-3

Developer can be proposed to ASQF