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In today’s software development industry, software testing allows one to ensure the quality but it cannot be done exhaustively and it requires selective and careful planning. That means a test process which is not only time-consuming but also useful and crucial because today, more than ever software is becoming part of our personal and professional life. Software testing is gradually gaining relevance among software practitioners and researchers. Due to that, several organizations, which offer personal certifications, have emerged and international standards have been developed. However, there is still a need to support software practitioners in gaining awareness and understanding about them. The aim of this study is to perform a mapping from all major activities of ISTQB Foundation Level Certification (CTFL), to corresponding processes of ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119-2. Thus an analysis has performed to identify the differences and overlap between the two approaches, which allows a better understanding of them. The findings show that the test process of ISTQB CTFL is largely covered by the ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119-2. In addition, a tailored conformance was also outlined to ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119-2.
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Sánchez-Gordón, ML., Colomo-Palacios, R. (2018). From Certifications to International Standards in Software Testing: Mapping from ISQTB to ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119-2. In: Larrucea, X., Santamaria, I., O'Connor, R., Messnarz, R. (eds) Systems, Software and Services Process Improvement. EuroSPI 2018. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 896. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97925-0_4
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