In today’s IT world cross-functional teams are expected to deliver business value with the right quality at speed. TMAP® supports this new way of working towards built-in quality which goes beyond just testing.

Organizing QA & testing requires orchestrating, arranging, planning, preparing and controlling the activities. This training course enables professionals that are responsible for organizing QA & testing to acquire necessary knowledge and skills to enable teams to achieve quality ownership.

This training course is based on the book “Quality for DevOps teams” and the TMAP body of knowledge.Further information can be found at https://pages.isqi.org/tmap-2020.

How do I obtain the certification?

To be certified you must pass the TMAP: Organizing built-in quality at scale exam.

You can prepare for the TMAP: Organizing built-in quality at scale exam by attending a training course with a recognised training provider; participants will have relevant content and topics clearly explained and taught to them.

During the training course the participants (that typically are involved in organizing, structuring and scaling the IT delivery process) would get knowledge and practical experience with the following QA & testing subjects (amongst others):

• IT delivery models (incl DevOps, Scrum and SAFe®)
• The VOICE model for achieving business value by IT delivery
• CI/CD pipeline and tooling
• QA & Testing topics, such as: * quality & test policy * monitoring & control * anomaly management * reporting & alerting * estimating & planning * metrics and continuous improvement * infrastructure
• Organizing quality engineering overarching multiple teams
• End-to-end testing within a team or over multiple teams
• Quality characteristics and test varieties
• Personal, interpersonal and team skills for effective collaboration within and across teams.

The training course would ensure participants get experience on these subjects through short introductions followed by relevant exercises and leaves ample room for sharing experiences by all participants. During the course the participants would also practice exam questions.

For anyone wishing to self-study, the exam is available on Pearson Vue as well as FLEX exam.

What are the entry requirements?

For this training course basic knowledge of information technology, working in teams and an Agile way of working is required. There are no specific certifications required but we strongly advise to first get the certificate “TMAP: Quality for cross-functional teams”.It is highly recommended to attend a training at a recognised Training Partner.

How does this certification benefit me?

With the TMAP: Organizing built-in quality at scale:

• You will have an independent, internationally recognised certification as proof of expertise in the field of QA and testing

• You will learn about IT delivery models, especially DevOps, and the whole-team approach and relevance for Dev and Ops people

• You will have the opportunity to gain further certificates

Who is this certification for?

This training course is for all people that are involved in organizing high-performance IT delivery (such as DevOps and Scrum). This includes roles such as; * Scrum masters * Agile coaches * Release train engineers * Test managers * Test masters. Other relevant roles includes; * QA professionals * Testers * Business analysts * Product owners * Developers * Quality engineers * Users * Operations people etc.

What other certifications can you recommend?

The certification “TMAP: Quality for cross-functional teams” is the first of three TMAP modules and provides knowledge necessary for the other two certifications

• TMAP: High performance quality engineering
• TMAP: Organizing built-in quality at scale

Further information can be found at https://pages.isqi.org/tmap-2020.