Professional testing is an essential part of the quality assurance processes involved in developing and maintaining software, regardless of whether you use a conventional or an agile development approach. This important task requires a profound knowledge of testing techniques, acquired through sound training. The Certified Tester program developed by the International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB®) provides an internationally standardized education and training scheme for software testers and developers. More than 721,000 people around the world have already taken ISTQB® certification exams. This book covers the material required to take the ISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level exam. It enables the reader to acquire the necessary basic knowledge and uses a practical case study to provide examples of how to apply it. The book is ideal for exam preparation and also serves as a compact reference source for all the relevant topics. Previous versions of this book have become a standard software testing reference text in many companies and for many independent software projects, and this edition has been updated to include field-tested testing procedures covered by the latest ISO 29119 standard. This ensures that all essential techniques for software testing as well as for checking the documents used and created during software development are covered in detail. The 5th edition has been completely revised and is fully compliant with the current (2018) version of the ISTQB® syllabus. Book jacket.