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
Exam Pattern: 100 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) – 80% required to pass (80/100 correct).
Exam Duration: 90 Minutes (1 hour 30 minutes).
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.
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