Working Party:
ISTQB Examination

Mission (public)

• Providing/Creating and maintaining the Examination format and guidelines
• Definition of the item supply format (XML, SCORM, IMS-GLC, …);
• Providing/Creating exam writer supporting material (e.g. presentations)
• Providing Exam writer trainings & experience exchange
• Providing/Creating and maintaining the ISTQB PRACTICE EXAMS
• Set up of the item pool (for K3/K4- CTAL and CTEL items);
• Formal review of items submitted by (or group of) NTB’s in the defined format;
• … TBD 

Chair / Vice Chair (public)

The following person (WP Chair) is responsible for preparing and delivering the expected WP results:

Horst Pohlmann (GTB), horstpohlmann"at"t-online.de√ (Chair)
Graeme Mackenzie (ANZTB), graeme.mackenzie"at"eds.com√ (Vice-Chair)

Members (public)

The following persons are the working party members. They will be informed by the WP chair about material ready for review:

1. Rex Black (US),rexblack"at"ix.netcom.com√
2. Jan van Moll (NL/BE),jan.van.moll"at"chello.nl √
3. Bernard Homès (CTFL),bhomes"at"tesscogroup.com √
4. Mario Winter (GTB),Mario.Winter"at"german-testing-board.info √
5. Timea Illes-Seifert (GTB),Timea-Illes-Seifert"at"german-testing-board.info √
6. Marco Sogliani (ITA-STQB),marcosogliani"at"yahoo.it √
7. Suhaimi Ibrahim (MSTB),suhaimi"at"citycampus.utm.my √
8. Hans Schaefer (NTB),hans.schaefer"at"ieee.org √
9. Monika Stoecklein-Olsen (NTB), monika.stocklein-olsen"at"dnbnor.no √
10. Thomas Müller (STB), Thomas.Mueller"at"validation.ch √
11. Ingvar.Nordström (SSTB), ingvar.nordstrom"at"sstb.se √
12. Yongtae Jung (VSTB), yongtae.jung "at"vietnamesetestingboard.org √
13. Beata Karpinska (SSTB), beata.karpinska"at"sstb.se √
14. Anjan Naik (ITB), anjan"at"indiantestingboard.com √
15. Werner Henschelchen (gasq), werner.henschelchen"at"gasq.org √
16. Laith Al-Sulaiman (KSATB), laith"at"KSATB.org √
17. Emrah Yayici (AGTB), emrah.yayici"at"arabiangulftestingboard.org √
18. Hyun Joo Lee (KTB), myparis"at"chol.com √
19. Mette Bruhn-Pedersen (DTB), mettebruhnpedersen"at"yahoo.dk √
20. Steve Farrand (SASTQB), stevef"at"testdata.co.za √
21. Emran Hossain, emran.hossein"at"yahoo.com √

The IP forms and working party agreements have been sent to all WP members. Those members who have returned their signed forms have been indicated with a √. Nominated representatives who hasn´t signed are removed of the member´s list.

If any board is interested to become a review working party member please send your application for membership via email to the Working Party chair.

Status

Will be published later.

Work plan

Next Milestones

• Review the Advanced Level Exam Format und question writing guidelines (BETA) √
• ISTQB CTAL Exam question writer training; √ (mainly as Webinar, 1st Webinar I: July 3rd, 2nd Webinar: October 12th and October 25th, 2008). √
• Reviewing reworked checklists for item writing & reviewing √
• Review the ISTQB CTFL PRACTICE EXAM and create some additional questions (√)
• Define the technical environment of the item pool (for K3/K4- CTAL items); (√)
• Set up the secure technical environment of the item pool (for K3/K4- CTAL items);
• Update the Advanced Level Exam Format und question writing guidelines (BETA) after experience of item writing; (“in work”)
• Provide new guidelines improvement proposals for voting next meeting in Sydney;
• TBD
• Update the Foundation Level Exam Format and question guidelines;
• Review the (revised) Foundation Level Exam Format and question guidelines;

Links

Will be published later.