ISTQB Quality in DevOps

DevOps changes where, when and by whom quality activities are performed. Testers and quality professionals need to contribute throughout the delivery lifecycle, combine automated and manual approaches, collaborate across disciplines and provide timely information about product risks.

This three-day accredited course provides the knowledge and practical understanding needed to work effectively in a DevOps environment. Participants explore quality engineering across the value stream, continuous testing, automated and manual tasks, feedback, tools and the practices that support reliable delivery.

Next public live online course
6–8 October 2026 | 08:30–17:00 UK time
£1,200 including exam fee, plus VAT
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Course Objectives

To provide the knowledge and skills necessary to become an effective member a team implementing the DevOps approach. Explains the challenges of testing and quality on such projects and how to address them.

The course describes how quality engineering is implemented throughout all software development lifecycle phases.

Who will benefit?

This 3-day course is most appropriate for testers, test analysts, test engineers, test automation engineers, test managers, quality leads, software developers, DevOps engineers, site reliability engineers, operations engineers, scrum masters, and product owners, and anyone wishing to gain the ISTQB Quality in DevOps certificate.

People possessing an ISTQB Quality in DevOps Certificate may use the Certified Tester Quality in DevOps acronym: CT-QDO.

Prerequisites

Candidates for the ISTQB Quality in DevOps certificate must hold the ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level certificate (CTFL) v4.0 or above.

Skills Gained

Anyone taking the exam can be expected to:

• Explain how quality assurance is supported by and contributes to the DevOps concepts.
• Understand the concepts of implementing DevOps in an organisation.
• Contribute to all value stream stages to assist in quality engineering.
• Contribute to the DevOps loop implementation.
• Describe how automation supports quality assurance in DevOps.
• Implement test automation in DevOps teams.
• Implement manual testing in DevOps teams.
• Select tools supporting DevOps within the organisation.
• Understand technologies and practices to support quality in DevOps

The Exam

The ISTQB Quality in DevOps exam comprises 40 multiple choice questions, with a pass mark grade of 65% to be completed within 60 minutes. Participants that take the exam not in their spoken language, will receive additional 25% more time (an additional 15 minutes) so a total of 75 minutes.

Course Content (Overview)

1. Fundamentals of DevOps
2. Quality Assurance and Testing in DevOps
3. Automated and Manual tasks in DevOps
4. Tools and Practices in DevOps