Working Party:
TBOK, Foundation Level (FL) Syllabus

Mission

The mission of the TBOK, FL Syllabus working party is the maintenance of the Foundation Level syllabus and working out the new version of the Foundation Level Syllabus 2009 including:

1. Clear and measurable learning objectives
2. Unambiguously defined content and topic of the syllabus
3. Easy usable guidelines for clear and adequate FL assessment questions in multiple-choice format.
4. Easy and traceable transition strategy for the current training providers

Core Team Members Update FL Syllabus 2007

The following persons are Working Party members and are responsible for preparing and delivering the expected WP results:

Core Team:

1. Thomas Müller (TM), thomas.mueller"at"validation.ch, +41 79 346 2232, Software Validation GmbH, Im langen Loh 228, CH-4054 Basel (chair)
2. Rex Black (RB), rexBlack"at"IX.netcom.com (vice-chair)
3. Erik van Veenendaal (EVE), eve"at"improveqs.nl, +31 40 20 89 283, +31 40 20 21 450, Improve Quality Services BV, Waalreseweg 17, 5554 HA Valkenswaard
4. Hans Schäfer (Schaefer"at"istqb.org), Norway
5. Klaus Olson (KO), klaus"at"softwaretest.dk, +45 4615 5012, Softwaretest.dk, Lerbaekbej 22, 2680 Solrqd Strand, Denmark
6. Vipul Kocher (Vipul"at"whatistesting.com) , India
7. Peter Wiliams (pwilliams"at"pwilliams.plus.com), UK

Review Board

The following persons or interest groups are Review Board members. They will be informed by the WP chair about material ready for review:

8. Meile Posthuma, meile.posthuma"at"mail.ing.nl or meile"at"xs4all.nl , phone:+31(0)20 5763249 fax: +31(0)20 5763643, Company:ING Netherlands, Adress: Haaksbergweg 4, 1101 BX Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Location code: OL 02 A
9. Debra Friedenmann, Debra.E.Friedenberg"at"wellsfargo.com
10. Anders Pettersson (SE), anders.pettersson"at"sstb.se
11. Stephanie Ulrich (Stephanie-ulrich"at"web.de)
12. Shmuel Knishinksy (shmuel.knishinsky"at"comverse.com), Israel
13. Armin Beer, armin.beer"at"fh-vie.ac.at, Austria
14. Tuula Paakkonen, tuula.a.paakkonen"at"nokia.com Finland
15. Koray Yitmen, Keytorc Software Testing Services, koray.yitmen"at"keytorc.com, Turkey
16. Allessandro Collino (a.collino"at"onion.it), Italy
17. Dr. Katayama (kat"at"cs.miyazaki-u.ac.jp), Japan
18. Wonik Kwon, wonil"at"icu.ac.kr, Korea
19. Steve Farrand, South Africa, stevef"at"testdata.co.za ,SASTB
20. Mette Bruhn-Pederson, Danemark, mette.bruhn-pedersen"at"dktb.dk, Denmark

If you are interested to become a Review Board member please send your applica-tion for membership via email to the Working Party chair. (Thomas.mueller@validation.ch)

Status

All change requests summarized (Dec 2008)

Proof of Concept (POC) (1st draft) of Body of Knowledge created (Thomas Müller) and out for a review

WP informed and team to be established for the next CTFL Syllabus 2009 release.

Goal of ISTQB Syllabus FL2009:

• consistency with new ISTQB AL 2007/8
• consistency with Glossary 2.0
• covering proposals for improving, new topics, topics to omit

Constraints for the new CTFL 2009 syllabus:

• no re-accreditation required for training providers
• no know LO in principle, but more clear, accurate and testable LO allowed.

Work plan:

1. chapters 1-6 rewrite in sub-teams, each subteam creates one question per LO
2. integration of rewritten chapters
3. Review and rewrite where required the Los by Thomas Müller and 1 to 2 reviewers
4. The updated CTFL syllabus 2009 shall be out for team review by mid June 09
5. Public review August
6. Technical Writing in September
7. Release to ISTQB End of September
8. The date when the FL 2009 syllabus shall be effective shall be decided at the June General Assembly in Vienna.

Links

Will be published later.

Status Reports

Status Report	September 5, 2006
	Change Requests collected Implementation scheduled to start mid October by Dorothy and Thomas
Status Report	May 16, 2006
	Accreditation of training providers for the new syllabus in many countries still in process Major request is consistency between FL syllabus and Glossary
Status Report	February 23, 2006
	Official translated versions available in French and German Accreditation of training providers for the new syllabus in many countries still in process Major request is consistency between FL syllabus and Glossary No formal feedback available so release 2005.2 had been skipped
Status Report	September 29, 2005
	Foundation Level Syllabus had been completed end of April about 2 months late The problem about ownership and legal protection delayed the publication for another to months The following roadmap has been proposed and accepted by countries using the English syllabus Switzerland requests a change for German and French roadmap (bold) be-cause the translation of New Exams will not be ready by Oct. 1st 2005
Status Report	September 4, 2006
	Change Requests available for a “rating” Plan for upgrade Review of change requests by November 1st New version ready for review January 1st Approval by February, 2007
Status Report	April 26 2007
	Change Requests available for a “rating” Plan for upgrade Review of change requests by November 1st New version ready for review January 1st To be approved by April, 2007 Meeting
Status Report	July 12 2007
	ISTQB FL 2007 Syllabus released Translation to German in progress
Status Report	March 18 2008
	ISTQB FL 2007 effective Translation to German of CTFL 2007 released Translation to French of CTFL 2007 planned With the nomination of the Board after the Zurich Meeting, we will start the official period for change requests, considering Glossary 2.0 CTAL experience
Status Report	July 4 2008
	Chair worked out baseline for new guidelines regarding ISTQB syllabus writing covering Learning Objectives Cognitive Knowledge Types Team Building closed
Status Report	October 17 2008
	Call for Change Request initiated for the CTFL 2009 upgrade Team Building closed Currently sample chapters under construction