ISTQB Advanced Level Agile Tester 2.0

Agile Testing now involves much more than adapting traditional testing activities to shorter iterations. Experienced testers are expected to shape strategy, provide rapid feedback, collaborate across the whole team, and help improve how quality is built into delivery.

This two-day accredited course develops the practical and analytical skills required by the new ISTQB® Advanced Level Agile Tester v2.0 certification. Through discussion, examples and exercises, participants explore holistic testing, shift-left approaches, exploratory and assisted testing, test smells, test automation, and continuous improvement.

Next public live online course
1–2 October 2026 | 08:30–16:30 UK time
£900 including exam fee, plus VAT
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Course Objectives

To provide participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to become an effective member of an Agile team.

To explain the challenges of testing on Agile projects and how to address them using Agile development practices and processes.

To describe how to manage testing, how to improve the test process, and how testers are integrated as valuable members of the Agile team.

Who will benefit?

This 2-day course is appropriate for professionals in roles such as testers, test analysts, test engineers, test consultants, test managers, user acceptance testers, software developers, and anyone wishing to gain the ISTQB Advanced Level Agile Tester certificate.

This course may also be appropriate for anyone who wants a deeper understanding of software testing in the Agile world, such as project managers, quality managers, software development managers, business analysts, IT directors, and management consultants.

Prerequisites

Candidates for the ISTQB Advanced Level Agile Tester certificate must hold the ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level certificate (CTFL).

Skills Gained

A candidate who achieves ISTQB Foundation Level Agile Tester certification, can be expected to:

• Collaborate in a cross-functional Agile team being familiar with principles and basic practices of Agile software development.
• Adapt existing testing experience and knowledge to Agile values and principles.
• Support the Agile team in planning test-related activities.
• Apply relevant methods and techniques for testing in an Agile project.
• Assist the Agile team in test automation activities.
• Help business stakeholders define understandable and testable user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Work and share information with other team members using effective communication styles and channels.

Course Content

The Strategy and Test Approach challenges

• Test types
• End-to-end testing
• Holistic testing
• Regression test approaches

People and Teams

• The whole team approach
• Tissue testers

Test Management and Test Process Improvement

• Test planning
• Test monitoring and test control
• Test reporting
• Test process improvement

Shift Left

• Using shift left to improve test basis quality

Agile Approaches and Test Techniques

• Exploratory testing
• Assisted testing
• Test smells

Test Automation and Test Tools

• Using tools in Agile environments

The Exam

The Advanced Level Agile Tester Certificate is awarded to those who pass a 90 minutes multiple-choice exam of 40 questions that is set, moderated, marked and invigilated by an ISTQB licensed Exam Provider. Candidates must score 65% or more to pass the exam.

The exam can be taken as part of the course or at a later date. It can also be taken online.