Certified Master Agile Tester (CMAT)

Course Overview

The Certified Master Agile Tester (CMAT)™ introduces advanced Agile philosophies such as servant leadership, adaptive planning, frequent feedback, and value-driven delivery. This course is designed to accelerate careers in Agile testing by providing participants with tools and principles to excel within Agile teams and organizations.

CMAT goes beyond foundational knowledge, helping testers, managers, Scrum Masters, and developers to:

• Apply Agile testing principles effectively in real-world projects

• Collaborate on user stories and estimation techniques

• Implement optimized test designs, exploratory testing, and scenario-based testing

• Understand and leverage test automation and regression testing within Agile environments

• Expand Agile testing practices to large or distributed teams

Pre-requisite: Certified Agile Tester Foundation Level Certification

Exam Information

1. Exam Pattern: 100 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) – 80% required to pass (80/100 correct).

2. Exam Duration: 90 Minutes (1 hour 30 minutes).

3. Exam Format: Non-proctored, available anytime within an 8-month validity period.

   • Includes 2 exam attempts per voucher.

   • If unsuccessful after 2 attempts, candidates may purchase a new voucher for 2 additional attempts.

   • Note: A voucher is not valid for a second attempt if the candidate passes on the first attempt.

4. Certification Validity: Lifetime

Course Outline

Module 1 – Agile Fundamentals

• Agile history, manifesto & principles

Module 2 – Agile Testing

• Agile Testing mindset and principles

Module 3 – User Stories & Role of Agile Testers

• Collaboration for user stories

• Agile estimation techniques

Module 4 – Agile Testing Iteration Zero

• Test strategy, preparation, environment, and data

• Regression strategy, user story elaboration, and test metrics

Module 5 – Optimized Test Design & Execution

• Exploratory testing, orthogonal array & pairwise design

• Buddy/pair testing, scenario-based testing, non-GUI testing

Module 6 – Agile Testing – Practice Iterations 1 & 2

• Test plan creation, test design & execution

• Iteration retrospective

Module 7 – Test Automation & Regression Testing

• Importance of automation

• Continuous integration

Module 8 – Agile Testing – Other Facets

• Development-driven tests, ATDD, BDD

• Non-functional testing, refactoring, managing testing debt

• Agile for large and distributed teams

• Independent testing organizations

Target Audience

• Advanced Agile Testers and Test Managers

• Scrum Masters, Developers, Dev Leads, QA Leads, Test Leads

• Test Automation Engineers and Agile Practitioners

• Professionals moving into or already performing Agile testing activities

• Testing and Agile evangelists seeking mastery in Agile testing