Welcome to SSTB - Swedish Software Testing Board
ISTQB in Sweden

As the most widely recognized and fastest-growing software testing certification organization in the world ISTQB (International Software Testing Qualifications Board) now has more than 900 000 certified testers in over 100 countries. SSTB is one of ISTQB's member boards. Besides in English, SSTB also offers a Swedish standard and Swedish testing certification according to the international standard.

Practical Tester

Do you want to practice more in testing by means of questions/answers? Then the Practical Tester might be helpful.
See here for more info and login

Full Advanced certificate

If you have all thre of the certificates below, you can get  Full Advanced certificate
- CTAL-TM Test Manager / Test Management
- CTAL-TA Test Analyst
- CTAL-TTA Technical Test Analyst
A prerequisite for SSTB to issue the Full certificate is that at least one of CTAL-TM, CTAL-TA and CTAL-TTA has been issued by the SSTB
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New exam CTAL-TM, Test Management

ISTQB has 2024-05-30 released a new version of CTAL-TM. It is called CTAL-TM 3.0 Test Management. It replaces the former CTAL-TM 2012, Test Manager.
Under Documents you can find Syllabus and Sample Exam.
SSTB also offer an exam. It is for 2 hours (2:30 if you are not a native English speaker) and there are 50 questions.
Chapter 7 of the new Syllabus describes changes compared to the previous one.

Here is a description of CTAL-TM 3.0

There are also videos describing the new Syllabus:
Launch video
Test Tools
Improving the Test Process
Test Metrics
Test Estimation

ISTQB training combined with certification

Combine your ISTQB exam with attending an ISTQB/SSTB accredited training course first
Accredited training  providers offer courses to help you prepare for ISTQB certification.
If you register for the course and exam at the same time and pay for both in one go:
- the price of the exam will be lower than if you register separately
- for classroom courses, you will be automatically booked for classroom exams in connection with the
  course
- for online courses, you will receive a voucher to use for any online exam
- you will have the opportunity to retake the exam, see below

Free re-take of the exam if you did not pass your exam after the course
Since SSTB has done the accreditation of the training providers, we have confidence that they are conducting the course professionally and with the right content; there are thus conditions for you to pass the subsequent exam.
Should you, after all, fail the exam, we have an offer. SSTB offers a free online re-examination.
Conditions for this:
- Registration for new exam is done within 3 months after your failed exam
- Applies to courses in classroom and online
- Course and exam booked at the same time
- The training provider is ISTQB-accredited through SSTB for the course on which the exam is based
- You have participated in the entire course
- The exam after the course was conducted by SSTB
- The re-examination applies to SSTB online and must be taken within six months of the course
- The offer is valid for ONE re-exam only

Registration for the re-exam is done here. If your registration is ok, you will receive a voucher code by email to use as payment when you register for your re-exam.

The training providers may also have partners who administer their courses.
See the list of training providers that are ISTQB accredited by SSTB here.

The future of software testing: the role of the tester in an AI-driven world

Software testing is undergoing a revolutionary change with artificial intelligence (AI) at the forefront. Gone are the days when AI was just a future concept. Today, it is a dynamic force leading to a new chapter in software development.
AI introduces new ways and tools that can improve testing in many ways such as bug prediction which allows the tester to focus on other, more important testing tasks.
The ISTQB AI Testing Certification is a gateway to the future of software testing. It covers testing systems that contain AI, but also how to use AI in your testing
Read more here.
There are also references to the Syllabus, Sample Exam, link to ISTQB/SSTB exam, but also a proposal for ISTQB course

Why choose training provider and a course that is accredited by ISTQB?

An ISTQB accredited training provider is someone who has extensive knowledge and experience in testing and can provide additional insight into test terminology and syllabus content to facilitate the achievement of ISTQB certification.
A course from an ISTQB-accredited training provider guarantees that the content covers all sections and parts according to the Syllabus and is therefore a good basis for your ISTQB examinations. The teacher is also certified, has knowledge of the current course and also has pedagogical skills.
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Exams

Online              Classroom
2025-01-09      Stockholm/Kista ---
2025-01-23      Göteborg ---
2025-02-06      
More...       
Also, see Calendar          

News

2013

The number of ISTQB certified people is now more than 300.000 people
Se the press release

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A presentation of ISTQB and status August 2013.
See link.

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If you would like to provide us with feedback on how ISTQB® certification has worked for you or your staff, please complete our 10-minute survey (around 20 questions) which will be open until September 30th 2013.
Go to this site to start

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All Courses and exams on Advanced Level Syllabi will from July 19th be towards version 2012.
Nu further courses and exams towards Advanced Level Syllabus will be held.
If you have failed an exam towards Advanced Level Syllabus 2007, you have a possibility to re-sit that exam up to end of 2013

For downloading Syllabi 2012, see folder Documents
For more information about ISTQB Advanced Level see ISTQB

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If you would like to provide us with feedback on how ISTQB® certification has worked for you or your staff, please complete our 10-minute survey (around 20 questions) which will be open until 31 July 2013.
Go to http://www.istqb.org/references/surveys/istqb-surveys.html

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In our previous range of paper-based exams for ISTQB Foundation and Advanced Level SSTB can now also offer e-exam at Foundation Level.

 

SSTB's e-exams are conducted on the same basis as our paper-based exams, the same terms and conditions apply, the difference is how the candidate is conducting the exam and that you can get your result immediately after completing the exam.

 

An e-exam is an exam where the candidate, instead of answering on paper, conducts the exam on a computer, in this case an iPAD. Upon completion of the exam, the final result (number of points achieved) is presented at once and the candidate will later get their certificates sent by mail in the same way as the paper exam.

 

SSTB's e-exams impose no other requirements in place, local and other conditions than those of our paper exams. It is even possible to perform the paper-based exam and e-exam at the same occasion.

Are you, as a training provider or exam coordinator, interested in organizing an e-exam please contact SSTB.

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Links

ISTQB-SSTB Product Portfolio


SSTB provides exam for the modules marked with SSTB logo