Our Certifications

ISTQB® (the International Software Testing Qualifications Board) has created the world’s most widely used standard for software testers’ knowledge and skills. The growing ISTQB portfolio is divided into 2 tracks:

• Core, including foundation level and advanced: the standard skills that remain relevant across all work environments: Management, Analysis and Automation

• Specialist, for those whose roles require an in-depth understanding of specific topics, organized into 3 subcategories:
  • Technologies and Approaches (Agile, DevOps, Mobile App, Artificial Intelligence, Model-based, and Automation Strategy)
  • Quality Characteristics and Test Levels (Usability, Security, Performance, and Acceptance)
  • Testing in Particular Domains (Game, Gambling, Automotive, and Finance)

The International Function Point Users Group (IFPUG) facilitates the exchange of knowledge and ideas to improve software measurement techniques and seeks to provide a supportive environment that stimulates its members' personal and professional development. IFPUG also hosts the International Software Measurement and Analysis (ISMA) Conferences and periodic educational workshops and seminars.

IFPUG is a non-profit, user-supported group that has gained worldwide recognition as a top-class organization providing valuable service to the software industry that endorses two types of standard methodologies for software sizing. Its members are committed to developing and implementing a highly professional and sound certification program.

The mission of the International Function Point Users Group is to be a recognized leader in promoting and encouraging the effective management of application software development and maintenance activities by providing software sizing standards and other software measurement techniques.

One of the standards is defined in the Function Point Counting Practices Manual (CPM), the recognized industry standard for Function Point Analysis (FPA). This standard is ISO certified and provides a networking and information exchange forum that promotes and encourages the use of software products and process metrics.

As companies increasingly use Function Point Analysis (FPA) more and more in their contracts, IFPUG, as the body that certifies an individual’s capability, must ensure that the certified individual has the required expertise. Therefore, ongoing renewal that includes active testing is necessary to maintain the CFPS/CFPP designation's current high status and IFPUG’s reputation as the certifying body. There is great demand in the industry for qualified function point counters. As such, being recognized as an IFPUG Certified Function Point Specialist (CFPS) or IFPUG Certified Function Point Practitioner (CFPP) will significantly benefit you.

The other standard is an evolving industry standard defined in the Software Non-functional Assessment Process (SNAP Assessment Practices Manual (APM). IFPUG also has SNAP – Certified SNAP Specialist/Practitioner (CSS/CSP) certification. The Certified SNAP Specialist/Practitioner designations recognize the initial level of knowledge and skills in the Software Non-functional Assessment Process (SNAP).

The iSAQB (International Software Architecture Qualification Board) is committed to promoting vocational education and training. In particular, its goal is to standardize training to become a Certified Professional for Software Architecture (hereinafter referred to as "CPSA"). The basis is the CPSA model developed by the iSAQB, which represents an international standard for the education and training of software architects. The model defines successive training stages, also called levels (CPSA-F – Foundation Level; CPSA-A – Advanced Level; CPSA-E – Expert Level), whereby each level can be characterized and subdivided by curricula. At the end of each individual level, an examination can be taken that enquires about the content of the individual curriculum and the corresponding learning objectives.

The focus is on education and training in the following skills:

• Discuss and reconcile fundamental architectural decisions with stakeholders from requirements, management, development, operations and testing
• Understand the essential activities of software architecture, and carry out those for small- to medium-sized systems
• Document and communicate software architecture based on architectural views, architectural patterns, and technical concepts.

In addition, such trainings cover:

• The term software architecture and its meaning
• The tasks and responsibilities of software architects
• The roles of software architects within development projects
• State-of-the-art methods and techniques for developing software architectures.

Automation is our passion, and we’re here to support software testing professionals around the world in becoming test automation engineers and achieving new levels of testing excellence: www.selenium-united.com

What makes the SeU Certified Selenium Engineer (CSE) unique?

• 3-day hands-on conceptual course 
• Un-diluted Selenium experience 
• Utilizing real-life scenarios
• Developed by an international team of experts

Who should take the SeU Certified Selenium Engineer (CSE)?

• Testers focused on manual testing and want to step into the world of test automation.
• Test automation engineers who have just started with Selenium or have worked with other tools and now want to explore Selenium.
• Engineers with an intermediate level of Selenium knowledge, requiring further insights into how the Selenium components best fit together for professional Selenium-based automation.

Daily Breakdown

• Day 1: Web UI Automation, Selenium, Page Level Interactions, Element Identification in Depth
• Day 2: Element Inquiry and Interactions, Advanced Automation Constructs, Refactoring - Creating Wrappers
• Day 3: Event Listener, Page Object Model, Selenium Grid, Mock Exam, Certification Exam

The TMMi Foundation is a non-profit organization that supports organizations worldwide in enhancing their software and system testing, ultimately achieving higher and sustainable levels of product quality for the systems they develop and maintain. With TMMi, these organizations can assess and improve their test processes cost-effectively and, if required, become formally certified. Where the ISTQB® supports the global knowledge of software testing, TMMi focuses on implementing this knowledge and assessing test processes against the global leading model for test process improvement, the TMMi Model.

We are proud to offer the TMMi Professional certification and the TMMi test process improver distinction.

• For TMMi Professional, you can check our website for recognized training providers or prepare yourself with the documents available in the "Resources" section of our website. 
• For TMMi test process improver, once you fulfill all the requirements, you can use the editable PDF application and send it off to info@brightest.org. 

Artificial Intelligence United

With current trends in technology and the growing adoption of artificial intelligence and machine learning, Artificial Intelligence United (AiU) was created to support understanding of how to implement these important advancements.

After the successful creation of AiU - Certified Tester in Artificial Intelligence (AiU-CTAI), which has been adopted into the ISTQB global portfolio (under the name ISTQB Certified Tester in AI), the AiU has continued to develop courses for Software Engineers dedicated to Machine Learning.

For those interested in utilizing the power of LLMs in their testing, we also have certification courses focused on GenAI for this domain, "GenAI-Assisted-Test Engineer" (GenAiA-TE).  

For the most up-to-date information, check out the AiU website at https://www.ai-united.org/.

Our aim at DevOps United is to support you in taking the next step into the Agile world and the DevOps code-based work methodology and culture. You will learn how to use new tools and practices to reduce the traditional distance between programming and systems technicians, so that they can build, test, and release software faster and more reliably.

The collaborative nature of the DevOps approach will allow your teams to work more closely together, bringing greater agility to your business and notable increases in your productivity, your ability to solve critical issues quickly, and your ability to better manage unplanned work.

Join the DevOps United community and embark on the DevOps journey today!

UX United helps you shape digital experiences that not only look good but also work beautifully for everyone. Our globally recognized courses equip you with the confidence, skills, and credentials to design user experiences that meet today’s high standards for usability, accessibility, and inclusion.

• UXU-UXCA (User Experience Certified Ambassador): Become the UX champion every team needs, master the essentials of user experience, usability, and accessibility, and learn to plan, test, and communicate improvements that turn good products into exceptional ones. In today’s fast-moving digital landscape, great UX is what keeps users loyal.

• UXA-CAS (Certified Accessibility Specialist): Stand out as an accessibility advocate by designing and testing digital products that meet and exceed international accessibility standards like WCAG. You’ll learn how to create truly inclusive experiences that break down barriers for people with disabilities, a critical advantage as organizations prioritize digital inclusion, reach broader audiences, and stay compliant with global regulations.

Join UX United and build the future of digital experiences, accessible, usable, and exceptional for all.

Agile United (AU) was created by professionals who have mastered the agile mindset.

There are several courses available in the AU portfolio, including courses for everyone involved in testing "Certified Practitioner in Agile Testing" (CPAT), to more senior members or leaders of the testing team "Certified Specialist in Agile Testing" (CSAT), to automation practitioners in agile testing "Certified Automation Practitioner in Agile Testing" (CAPT), and even those working on living documentation on the requirements side "Capturing Agile Requirements by Example" (CARE). Our newest certification is "Fundamentals of BDD with Cucumber" (BDD-Cuke).

These certification courses are designed to sharpen or adapt your testing and quality paradigm in an agile context. They are all very hands-on and interactive, with a strong team-building component.

Performance testing is a type of testing intended to determine a system's responsiveness, throughput, reliability, and scalability under a given workload.

It is a generic term that can refer to many types of performance-related testing (load, stress, endurance, etc.), each of which addresses a specific problem area and provides opportunities to improve and identify bottlenecks.

There are several automated tools available for performance testing; Apache JMeter and Gatling are two of the most widely used for load generation and performance simulation. Both are designed to simulate load on a server, a group of servers, a network, or an application, to assess behavior and overall performance under different load profiles.

With the increasing demands and requirements placed on software products and projects, Performance Testing United (PtU) aims to support a shared, globally recognized approach to performance testing, grounded in consistent concepts and best practices, and backed by practical, tool-based skills (e.g., with JMeter and Gatling).

Check out Performance Testing United, and be ready for your customers' demands.

Design Sprint Alliance What is a Design Sprint? Based upon the original 5-day process created by Google Ventures - it's an ideal framework to validate ideas and solve problems - in just a matter of days!

The Design Sprint theory can help you if you:

• seek to drive innovation and encourage user-centred thinking.
• want to improve or adapt your products or services in a few days.
• are looking to quickly create a tangible prototype to test with customers.

Earners of this badge understand the best practices of design thinking and innovation associated with Design Sprints. They have a strong command of the 5 Design Sprint phases (Understand, Collect Ideas & Sketch, Decide, Prototype and Validate), and have the ability to validate ideas and compile solutions while implementing the Design Sprint theory. 

At Data & Analytics United, we recognize the importance and added value of (big) data and analysis in your business model. As the prioritization of data grows - we aim to increase the trust that can be enabled by testers when supplying and evaluating reliable, complete, and continuous on-time information delivery. 

A Certified Data & Analytics Tester is not only able to define a vision and test strategy, but also apply it to an efficient test approach in data-oriented environments and projects. They are also familiar with the essential test specification techniques that are required in data and analytics projects.

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Successful DAU - CDAT participants are able to distinguish between different data quality attributes, measure these differences and apply essential data profiling techniques. They will also understand the intricate privacy aspects of the data that is associated with the given test environments and apply this to their data and analytics testing.

DAU Certified Data & Analytics Tester has been designed for test engineers, test coordinators, business analysts, data leads, data warehouse developers and business intelligence consultants.

The cloud has changed the way applications are hosted and tested. The CU Cloud Test Practitioner (CTP) certification course focuses on essential cloud characteristics and cloud specific tests that a tester needs to know. The certification itself is independent of any specific cloud provider; however, hands-on excercises will be performed on several of these providers. 

This course also sets the basis for advancing to any of the 4 "Advanced Levels": 

• Cloud Testing in Production (TiP) Test Specialist (CTiPTS)
• Cloud Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Test Specialist (CIaCTS)
• Cloud Native Apps Test Specialist (CNATS)
• Cloud Migration Test Specialist (CMTS)

Is up to you to decide how far you want to expand your knowledge and take you career to the next level in Cloud Computing.

In the modern world there is an increased trend of promoting reuse in software via exposing software functions as standard interfaces called APIs. Most cloud as well as SaaS and utility IT applications are made available as APIs and more recently microservices.

This course is for testers and practitioners who work with APIs. It provides a comprehensive view of:

• The different components of API and Microservices testing
• Relation of MSA (microservices architecture) to API and SOA
• Different standards for API
• Test design techniques for API testing
• Life cycle of API testing techniques including security, load, and interoperability
• A hands-on view of API testing with popular tools like soapUI and Postman
• Automation at API testing level
• Contract First Testing in Microservices
• Extended Tools for Microservices testing

Join the Blockchain Training Workshops of Core Blockchain and learn about Blockchain technology in-depth with the live, classroom-based workshops led by experienced professionals.

The first certification course is called Blockchain for Business.

United Certifications (UC) has been created to provide participants with an interactive, hands-on certification experience across a wide range of IT expertise. Our first certification course focuses on the fundamentals of testing for people new to the IT Industry or with a software engineering or development background. 

Testing Fundamentals for Software Engineers (TFSE) provides participants with a general understanding of quality assurance (QA) and testing for those considering a career in these fields or seeking a broad overview.     

The key objective Blockchain United is to help you go from zero knowledge of Blockchain or Ethereum, to learn all the key concepts and get started with writing Eathereum smart contracts and DApps (distributed applications) within 3 days. After taking this course, you should be able to go beyond simple token contracts and focus on building DApps and smart contracts for different use cases.

The mission of the WITPM Alliance is to develop and promote a set of good practices to improve the execution and management of IT projects, gathering and analysing the accumulated experience of recognised experts who have been working in the IT sector for years.

We help real-world IT professionals by providing knowledge, insights and tools to prevent failure, embrace emerging trends and take advantage of the working context in which IT projects are developed.

WITPM Alliance currently offers a certification course named WITPM Course for implementers. This course is aimed at the project manager, the members of the technical team and the customer who actively participates in the IT project.