The Quality Assurance Institute (QAI)
has modified the testing process as of this date. The new process is
highlighted below:
- Tests are taken at ETS’s Prometric
Testing Centers
- The previous paper-based
application has been replaced with an on-line application
- Schedule through Prometric Testing
Centers
- Same fee
- Same exam layout and time
(multiple choice / essay) except there will be no questions requiring
pictures
- Same breaks are available
(optional)
- If you take your examination at a
Prometric testing center, you will typically receive your results in 8
weeks
- Same late show policy (considered
a no show)
- Retakes from paper exams can be at
Prometrics
- Same result notification
process
- The candidate must take the
initial exam within 12 months after acceptance
- CSTE candidacy requires a
professional reference
Application information for the CSTE exam is
available at http://www.softwarecertifications.org/
Please be aware that SISQA has no input into how
the exam is created and cannot register you to take the exam. Visit the
site above for information.
If you'd like written study materials, you
can purchase them from our parent organization, QAI at http://www.qaiworldwide.org/bookstore/index.html. The only study materials that SISQA can help with
are posted as links in the schedule below.
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2008 CSTE Study
Group (1) Schedule
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The study group will meet
Wednesday’s from 6:00
pm to 7:30 pm MST from
Feb 27th, 2008 until Jun 4th, 2008. The group will meet
at:
H & W Computer Systems, Inc.
6154 N. Meeker
Place, Suite100
Boise, Idaho 83713
Google Map
We encourage everyone to arrive
promptly so that we may dedicate as much time as possible to the material.
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If you are in the Boise, Idaho area and are
interested in studying for the exam or helping others study, you are more
than welcome to attend our sessions. There is no charge to attend, and you are
not required to register as a member of SISQA or QAI.
If the person leading the discussion group uses
some sort of computer based file, such as a PowerPoint presentation or a Word
document, the file will be posted to our Web site as soon as possible after the
material is reviewed in the study group.
Workshop 1: February 27, 2008
Presented by:
Nancy Phelps
Introduction to the CSTE Program
Preparing for the CSTE
Examination
CSTE Skill Assessment
Worksheet
Workshop 2: March 5, 2008
Presented by:
Mike Webb
Skill Category 1:
Software Testing Principles & Concepts Part 1
1.
Vocabulary
2. What is Life
Cycle Testing?
3. Reducing the Frequency of Defects in Software
Development
4. Factors Affecting Software Testing
5. Life Cycle Testing
Workshop 3: March 12, 2008
Presented by:
Nancy Phelps
Skill Category 1: Software Testing Principles &
Concepts Part 2
6. Test
Matrices
7. Independent
Testing
8. Tester’s
Workbench
9. Levels of
Testing
10. Testing
Techniques
Workshop 4: March 19, 2008
Presented by:
Abel Almeida / Nancy Phelps
Skill Category 2:
Building the Test Environment
1. Management
Support
2. Test Work
Processes
3. Test
Tools
4. Testers
Competency
Workshop 5: March 26, 2008
Presented by:
Abel Almeida
Skill Category 3:
Managing the Test Project
1. Test
Administration
2. Test
Supervision
3. Test
Leadership
4. Managing
Change
Workshop 6: April 2, 2008
Presented by:
Matthew Burkett
Skill Category 4: Test Planning
1. Risk
Concepts and Vocabulary
2. Risks
Associated with Software Development
3. Risks
Associated with Software Testing
4. Risk
Analysis
5. Risk
Management
6.
Prerequisites to Test Planning
7. Create the
Test Plan
Workshop 7: April 9, 2008
Presented by: Joe
Cowman
Skill Category 5: Executing the Test Plan
1. Test Case
Design
2. Building
Test Cases
3. Test
Coverage
4. Performing
Tests
5. Recording
Test Results
6. Defect
Management
Workshop 8: April 16, 2008
Presented by:
Cindy Drury
Skill Category 6: Test Reporting Process
1.
Prerequisites to Test Reporting
2.
Test Tools used to Build Test Reports
3.
Test Tools used to Enhance Test Reporting
4.
Reporting Test Results
Workshop 9: April 23, 2008
Presented
by: Jay Clark
Skill Category 7: User Acceptance Testing
1. Acceptance
Testing Concepts
2. Roles and
Responsibilities
3. Acceptance
Test Planning
4. Acceptance
Test Execution
Workshop 10: April 30, 2008
Presented by:
Cindy Drury
Skill Category 8:
Testing Software Developed by Contractors
1. Challenges
in Testing Acquired Software
2. COTS
Software Test Process
3. Contracted
Software Test Process
Workshop 11: May 7, 2008
Presented by:
Abel Almeida
Skill Category 9:
Testing Internal Control
1. Principles
and Concepts of Internal Control
2. Internal
Control Models
3. Testing
Internal Controls
4. Testing
Security Controls
Workshop 12: May 14,
2008
Presented by:
Abel Almeida
Skill Category 10: Testing New
Technologies
1. Risks
Associated with New Technology
2. Newer IT
Technology that Impact Software Testing
3. Testing the
Effectiveness of Integrating New Technologies
Handouts:
<Check Back Soon>
Workshop 13: May 21, 2008
Presented
by: Nancy Phelps
Review Skill Categories
1-5
Workshop 14: May 28, 2008
Presented by:
Mike Webb
Review Skill Categories
6-10
Workshop 15: June 4, 2008
Presented by:
Nancy Phelps
How to take the CSTE
exam
Review
Study Guide Sample
Question Review
Handouts:
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