New Cert for Software Testers
As software testing is now becoming central to competitiveness for companies, the Software Skillnet has joined forces with IT services company Sogeti Ireland in the creation of International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) software tester certification
The course, which is part funded under the Skillnet programme, is the first of its kind to be held in Ireland and heralds the new standard of best practice for Software Testing Professionals. It will be accredited by the newly formed Irish Software Testing Board (ISTB) and . and gives access to the new Advanced Test Analyst Qualification under the ISTQB.
Anna Donegan from the Irish Software Association, which sponsors the Software Skillnet adds, "We strongly support this new IT skills offering and see it as a positive development for the Irish software industry. The ISTQB software tester certification is by far the most widely recognised and fastest growing software tester certification in the world."
The availability of this certification at analyst level is set to boost the skill levels of the Irish software sector. Dr. Rory O'Connor, chairman of the newly formed Irish Software Testing Board, said, "ISTQB has become a global standard for software testing certification and there are over 100,000 people worldwide who have qualified under the scheme. We will now be overseeing the accreditation of this programme in Ireland, which will improve projects by increasing quality and reducing defect levels in new software products. This means better satisfied customers and more efficient business processes."
Fran O'Hara, (pictured) practice director, Sogeti Ireland explains, "The ISTQB Advanced software testing certification is a higher level of the international ISTQB standard which companies in the sector have been waiting on."
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