Agile Testing Foundations

Agile Testing Foundations is a guide for software testers who work in agile teams or want to. It sets out the main concepts of agile testing in plain terms, so that testing becomes a natural part of how an agile team builds software rather than a separate stage.

The book follows the ISTQB Foundation Level Agile Tester syllabus. It covers agile principles, methods, techniques and tools, always in the context of testing. The stated payoffs are better product quality and faster delivery of features.

Each idea comes with instruction on applying it inside a team, and numerous examples illustrate the practices. Testers coming from traditional testing get practical guidance on moving to an agile way of working.

A second purpose is exam preparation. The book includes preparatory questions, a sample exam paper and a glossary of agile testing terms and definitions. Rex Black edited the volume; he previously served as president of ISTQB and led its Agile Working Group.

Readers can use it as a study companion for the Agile Tester exam or as a working introduction to testing in an agile environment.