Test Analyst - ISTQB^® Certified Tester Advanced Level (CTAL-TA)  22. - 25.09.2026 - Virtual Classroom (DACH)

The ISTQB® Advanced Level Test Analyst 4.0 certification expands on the ISTQB Core syllabi to include business-oriented and user-centred aspects of advanced software testing. In this course, you will acquire the skills to analyse, design and execute tests in a structured manner throughout the entire software development lifecycle. You will learn about the roles and responsibilities of a Test Analyst within modern testing processes, gain a deeper understanding of best testing practices, and explore new testing techniques, including those useful for testing AI-Systems. The focus is on functional testing, supplemented by practical methods for testing non-functional requirements. In this way, you will help to achieve test objectives efficiently, identify risks at an early stage and ensure that customers’ business requirements are reliably met.

An Advanced Level Test Analyst Certified Tester will:

• support and perform appropriate testing based on the software development lifecycle in use.
• be able to apply a wide range of black-box test techniques and experience-based testing.
• add methods for testing AI‑based systems (dealing with test oracle problems, metamorphic testing, random testing).
• professionalise in test activities like risk-based regression testing, automated test design, and keyword-based testing.
• provide test conditions, test cases and further testware with the appropriate level of detail and quality.
• determine which types of functional testing are appropriate.
• contribute to non-functional testing like usability, adaptability, installability, or interoperability testing.
• improve the effectiveness of testing using defect prevention and structured quality improvement.
• improve the efficiency of the testing process by using tools.
• specify the requirements for test environments and test data.

Certified Test Analysts help to reduce the time required to create effective tests by taking a risk-based approach to test suite selection and by using suitable tools and automation approaches to support test design. 

The knowledge provided in this course reinforces strategies for error prevention, thereby enabling earlier feedback and better identification of quality risks.

By adding a user and business-focused perspective to your technically proficient testing team, certified Test Analysts help uncover critical issues sooner, reduce testing effort, costs, and deliver software that truly meets the users’ business needs.

• Involvement of the Test Analyst in the different phases of the test process 
• Tasks related to work products 
  • High-level and low-level test cases
  • Quality criteria for test cases
  • Test environment and test data requirements
  • Determining test oracles
  • Test scripts and keyword-driven testing
  • Tools applied in managing testware
• Tasks of the Test Analyst in risk-based testing 
  • contributing to product risk analysis
  • analyzing the impact of changes to determine the scope of regression testing
• Test analysis and test design 
  • Data-based techniques (like domain, combinatorial, and random testing)
  • Behavior-based techniques (CRUD, state transition, and scenario-based testing)
  • Rule-based techniques (decision table, and metamorphic testing)
  • Experience-based testing (session-based, and crowd testing)
  • Applying the most appropriate test techniques to mitigate product risks
• Testing quality characteristics
  • Functional testing 
  • How to use specific knowledge of functionality to contribute to non-functional test types like usability, flexibility, and compatibility testing
• Software defect prevention
  • Defect prevention practices
  • Approaches to support phase containment
  • Mitigating the recurrence of defects

The course contents are based on profound knowledge of the contents of the courses ISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level. We therefore recommend to participate in the “ISTQB^® Certified Tester Foundation Level“ training course prior to attending, or to repeat the contents of the current version of the syllabus.

During registration, you can book your participation in the corresponding certification examination. For admission to the exam, you need the ISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level certificate and at least 18 months of practical experience. We will send you the admission form with your registration confirmation for the training.

With this booking you agree that we may forward your data to the examination company GASQ Service GmbH, Keltenring 15, 82041 Oberhaching, Germany. The examination fee is not included in the course fee and will be quoted separately.

Non-native speakers may be eligible for a time bonus for the exam - please contact us for details.

If you are interested in taking the exam at a later date, we will inform you of the options available to you.

Exams in conjunction with Virtual Classroom seminars

You can flexibly take the exam after your Virtual Classroom training as an online remote exam. You will receive a voucher code that you can use to book your personal exam at a date and time of your choice.

The latest detailed description of the technical requirements and the software used for an online exam can be found at the exam provider GASQ.