This document was formally released by the General Assembly of the ISTQB® on 21 April 2023
It was produced by a team from the ISTQB joint Foundation Level & Agile Working Groups:
- Laura Albert
- Renzo Cerquozzi (vice chair)
- Wim Decoutere
- Klaudia Dussa-Zieger
- Chintaka Indikadahena
- Arnika Hryszko
- Martin Klonk
- Kenji Onishi
- Michaël Pilaeten (co-chair)
- Meile Posthuma
- Gandhinee Rajkomar
- Stuart Reid
- Eric Riou du Cosquer (co-chair)
- Jean-François Riverin
- Adam Roman
- Lucjan Stapp
- Stephanie Ulrich (vice chair)
- Eshraka Zakaria
The team thanks Stuart Reid, Patricia McQuaid, and Leanne Howard for their technical review and the review team and the Member Boards for their suggestions and input.
The following persons participated in the reviewing, commenting, and balloting of this syllabus:
- Adam Roman
- Adam Scierski
- Ágota Horváth
- Ainsley Rood
- Ale Rebon Portillo
- Alessandro Collino
- Alexander Alexandrov
- Amanda Logue
- Ana Ochoa
- André Baumann
- André Verschelling
- Andreas Spillner
- Anna Miazek
- Armin Born
- Arnd Pehl
- Arne Becher
- Attila Gyúri
- Attila Kovács
- Beata Karpinska
- Benjamin Timmermans
- Blair Mo
- Carsten Weise
- Chinthaka Indikadahena
- Chris Van Bael
- Ciaran O’Leary
- Claude Zhang
- Cristina Sobrero
- Dandan Zheng
- Dani Almog
- Daniel Säther
- Daniel van der Zwan
- Danilo Magli
- Darvay Tamás Béla
- Dawn Haynes
- Dena Pauletti
- Dénes Medzihradszky
- Doris Dötzer
- Dot Graham
- Edward Weller
- Erhardt Wunderlich
- Eric Riou Du Cosquer
- Florian Fieber
- Fran O’Hara
- François Vaillancourt
- Frans Dijkman
- Gabriele Haller
- Gary Mogyorodi
- Georg Sehl
- Géza Bujdosó
- Giancarlo Tomasig
- Giorgio Pisani
- Gustavo Márquez Sosa
- Helmut Pichler
- Hongbao Zhai
- Horst Pohlmann
- Ignacio Trejos
- Ilia Kulakov
- Ine Lutterman
- Ingvar Nordström
- Iosif Itkin
- Jamie Mitchell
- Jan Giesen
- Jean-Francois Riverin
- Joanna Kazun
- Joanne Tremblay
- Joëlle Genois
- Johan Klintin
- John Kurowski
- Jörn Münzel
- Judy McKay
- Jürgen Beniermann
- Karol Frühauf
- Katalin Balla
- Kevin Kooh
- Klaudia Dussa-Zieger
- Klaus Erlenbach
- Klaus Olsen
- Krisztián Miskó
- Laura Albert
- Liang Ren
- Lijuan Wang
- Lloyd Roden
- Lucjan Stapp
- Mahmoud Khalaili
- Marek Majernik
- Maria Clara Choucair
- Mark Rutz
- Markus Niehammer
- Martin Klonk
- Márton Siska
- Matthew Gregg
- Matthias Hamburg
- Mattijs Kemmink
- Maud Schlich
- May Abu-Sbeit
- Meile Posthuma
- Mette Bruhn-Pedersen
- Michal Tal
- Michel Boies
- Mike Smith
- Miroslav Renda
- Mohsen Ekssir
- Monika Stocklein Olsen
- Murian Song
- Nicola De Rosa
- Nikita Kalyani
- Nishan Portoyan
- Nitzan Goldenberg
- Ole Chr. Hansen
- Patricia McQuaid
- Patricia Osorio
- Paul Weymouth
- Pawel Kwasik
- Peter Zimmerer
- Petr Neugebauer
- Piet de Roo
- Radoslaw Smilgin
- Ralf Bongard
- Ralf Reissing
- Randall Rice
- Rik Marselis
- Rogier Ammerlaan
- Sabine Gschwandtner
- Sabine Uhde
- Salinda Wickramasinghe
- Salvatore Reale
- Sammy Kolluru
- Samuel Ouko
- Stephanie Ulrich
- Stuart Reid
- Surabhi Bellani
- Szilard Szell
- Tamás Gergely
- Tamás Horváth
- Tatiana Sergeeva
- Tauhida Parveen
- Thaer Mustafa
- Thomas Eisbrenner
- Thomas Harms
- Thomas Heller
- Tobias Letzkus
- Tomas Rosenqvist
- Werner Lieblang
- Yaron Tsubery
- Zhenlei Zuo
- Zsolt Hargitai
ISTQB Working Group Foundation Level (Edition 2018): Klaus Olsen (chair), Tauhida Parveen (vice chair), Rex Black (project manager), Eshraka Zakaria, Debra Friedenberg, Ebbe Munk, Hans Schaefer, Judy McKay, Marie Walsh, Meile Posthuma, Mike Smith, Radoslaw Smilgin, Stephanie Ulrich, Steve Toms, Corne Kruger, Dani Almog, Eric Riou du Cosquer, Igal Levi, Johan Klintin, Kenji Onishi, Rashed Karim, Stevan Zivanovic, Sunny Kwon, Thomas Müller, Vipul Kocher, Yaron Tsubery, and all Member Boards for their suggestions.
ISTQB Working Group Foundation Level (Edition 2011): Thomas Müller (chair), Debra Friedenberg. The core team thanks the review team (Dan Almog, Armin Beer, Rex Black, Julie Gardiner, Judy McKay, Tuula Pääkkönen, Eric Riou du Cosquier Hans Schaefer, Stephanie Ulrich, Erik van Veenendaal), and all Member Boards for the suggestions for the current version of the syllabus.
ISTQB Working Group Foundation Level (Edition 201 wishes to acknowledge the contribution of the ISTQB Foundation Level 2011 Core Team (Thomas Müller [chair], Debra Friedenberg) for the development of the Foundation Level 2011 version of this syllabus.
ISTQB Working Group Foundation Level (Edition 2011) wishes to acknowledge the contribution of the ISTQB Foundation Level 2007 Core Team (Thomas Müller [chair], John Barnes, Rex Black, Peter De Schutter, Judy McKay, Kari Kakkonen, Alain Mourad, Gil Tayar, Eric Riou du Cosquer, René Tuinhout, Tilo Linz, Andreas Spillner, Sigrid Eldh, and Eeva Käki) for the development of the Foundation Level 2007 version of this syllabus.