A software testing certification board is an organization that provides

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for

software testing Software testing is the act of examining the artifacts and the behavior of the software under test by validation and verification. Software testing can also provide an objective, independent view of the software to allow the business to apprecia ...

and

software quality assurance Software quality assurance (SQA) is a means and practice of monitoring all software engineering processes, methods, and work products to ensure compliance against defined standards. It may include ensuring conformance to standards or models, suc ...

Notable boards

British Computer Society

The

British Computer Society Sir Maurice Wilkes served as the first President of BCS in 1957 BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, known as the British Computer Society until 2009, is a professional body and a learned society that represents those working in infor ...

(BCS) is a British

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that offers software testing certification. Since 2012, its professional software testing certification has been the successor to Systems Analysis Examination Board (SAEB) and the Information Systems Examination Board (ISEB).

International Software Certification Board

The International Software Certification Board (ISCB) is an international software testing board, affiliated with the Quality Assurance Institute (QAI). The ISCB was founded in 1980. Since 1985, it has offered the Certified Software Quality Analyst (CSQA) certification, originally called Certified Quality Analyst (CQA).

International Software Testing Qualifications Board

The

International Software Testing Qualifications Board The International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) is a software testing certification board that operates internationally. Founded in Edinburgh in November 2002, the ISTQB is a non-profit association legally registered in Belgium. I ...

(ISTQB) is an international software testing board, founded in 2002. The ISTQB has 66 member boards, including the American Software Testing Qualifications Board (ASTQB), the Australia and New Zealand Testing Board (ANZTB), the Czech and Slovak Testing Board (CaSTB), and the

Sri Lanka Software Testing Board The Sri Lanka Software Testing Board (SLSTB) is a software testing qualifications board that represents Sri Lankan interests internationally as the national board for Sri Lanka within the International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB ...

(SLSTB).

References

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External links

ISCB official site

ISTQB official site
Software testing