ISTQB, the International Software Testing Qualifications Board, has just published the results of its international online survey.
Over 3,200 responses from 89 countries contributed to the ISTQB® effectiveness survey. Conducted in 2016, the survey covers several topics, including information on motivation for ISTQB® certification, program relevance, training impact and what should be included in the future roadmap.
This useful information is relevant to anyone working in the testing field, as well as providing valuable direction for the further evolution of the ISTQB® scheme.
The main conclusions of the survey are as follows:
- The geographic distribution of respondents is fairly well balanced.
- The results of the 2016 survey confirm the findings of the 2013 survey: a very positive assessment of the ISTQB® certification scheme.
- Employee career development is the main motivation for managers to get their employees ISTQB® CTFL certified. This was already the main motivation in 2013; in 2016, we saw a significant increase in its preference, from almost 40% to almost 80%.
- The survey results suggest that career development is an important topic that can be supported by the ISTQB® certification scheme.
- The study confirms that the certification exam is a very good reflection of candidates’ knowledge.
- There is a high and growing interest in ISTQB® advanced certification. There has been an increase of around 20% in demand compared with response data from the 2013 survey.
- The most selected topics for future certifications are Cloud testing, test metrics and test effort estimation, user acceptance testing, web application testing and test data management.
- Based on estimates of ISTQB® Foundation and Advanced Level certifications, the maturity level of the software testing certification market has increased.
Click here to download the full ISTQB® Effectiveness Survey 2016-2017 report.
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