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SDET

Quality Engineer · Automation & SDET

95
Modules assigned
995
Total hours
5
Pillars covered

Process & Quality (15 modules · 91 hrs)

ModuleRequirementHoursStandard / expectationLearning
Acceptance testing and business readiness
LM-037
Mandatory6ISTQB CTFL acceptance testing, CTAL Test Management – IGS role evidence
Agile testing, Three Amigos and shift-left / shift-right
LM-038
Mandatory6ISTQB CTFL Agile/DevOps context, Scrum Guide – IGS role evidence
BDD and Gherkin: examples, rules and executable scenarios
LM-040
Mandatory6ISTQB CTFL, Cucumber BDD/Gherkin – IGS role evidence
Bidirectional traceability and coverage model
LM-041
Mandatory4ISTQB CTFL traceability – IGS role evidence
Defect discovery, triage and reproducible reporting
LM-042
Mandatory5ISTQB CTFL defect management – IGS role evidence
Deriving test conditions and scenarios from requirements
LM-043
Mandatory6ISTQB CTFL test analysis – IGS role evidence
Integrated learning module – 2 related topics
MOD-LM-045-LM-048
Mandatory9ISTQB CTFL test implementation and execution – IGS role evidence – ISTQB CTFL 4.0.1, TMMi process areas – IGS role evidence
Product-risk analysis and prioritisation
LM-050
Mandatory4ISTQB CTFL risk-based testing, CTAL Test Management – IGS role evidence
Requirement and user-story ambiguity analysis: IGS 5C + INVEST
LM-052
Mandatory5ISTQB CTFL static testing, Agile Alliance INVEST – IGS role evidence
SAFe 6.0 for QE: ART, PI planning, system demo, inspect/adapt, quality practices and dependencies
PT-040
Deployment-specific12SAFe Practitioner/Agilist direction
Static testing, reviews and early quality gates
LM-054
Mandatory4ISTQB CTFL static testing, TMMi Peer Reviews – IGS role evidence
Status, metrics and fact-based quality reporting
LM-055
Mandatory5ISTQB CTFL monitoring, CTAL Test Management – IGS role evidence
Test data design, privacy and lifecycle
LM-057
Mandatory5ISTQB CTFL, privacy-by-design – IGS role evidence
Test design techniques: EP, BVA, decision tables, state transitions and pairwise
LM-058
Mandatory8ISTQB CTFL test design – IGS role evidence
Writing test cases from test scenarios
LM-066
Mandatory6ISTQB CTFL test implementation – IGS role evidence

Domain & Business (28 modules · 243 hrs)

ModuleRequirementHoursStandard / expectationLearning
Airlines and travel
LM-021
Choose one8IGS deployment-domain elective – IGS Deployment Domain badge
Banking, Financial Services & FinTech – Engineer practical domain lab
PT-077
Choose one10IGS Banking, Financial Services & FinTech domain-readiness evidence
BFSI, digital banking, cards and payments
LM-022
Choose one8IGS deployment-domain elective – IGS Deployment Domain badge
Clinical trials and remote patient monitoring
LM-023
Choose one8IGS deployment-domain elective – IGS Deployment Domain badge
Domain data, controls, privacy and regulation
LM-031
Mandatory6IGS domain-readiness standard, context-specific regulation – IGS Domain Foundation badge
Domain discovery and value-chain mapping
LM-032
Mandatory5IGS domain-readiness standard – IGS Domain Foundation badge
Domain risk-to-test / engineering map
LM-034
Mandatory6ISTQB risk-based testing, CTAL Test Management – IGS Domain Foundation badge
EdTech & Learning Platforms – Engineer practical domain lab
PT-091
Choose one10IGS EdTech & Learning Platforms domain-readiness evidence
EdTech and learning platforms
LM-024
Choose one8IGS deployment-domain elective – IGS Deployment Domain badge
Enterprise Applications & Integrations – Engineer practical domain lab
PT-147
Choose one10IGS Enterprise Applications & Integrations domain-readiness evidence
Healthcare and HealthTech
LM-025
Choose one8IGS deployment-domain elective – IGS Deployment Domain badge
Healthcare, Clinical Trials & RPM – Engineer practical domain lab
PT-056
Choose one10IGS Healthcare, Clinical Trials & RPM domain-readiness evidence
Insurance
LM-026
Choose one8IGS deployment-domain elective – IGS Deployment Domain badge
Insurance – Engineer practical domain lab
PT-084
Choose one10IGS Insurance domain-readiness evidence
Manhattan WMS & Omnichannel – Engineer practical domain lab
PT-112
Choose one10IGS Manhattan WMS & Omnichannel domain-readiness evidence
Manufacturing & Industrial – Engineer practical domain lab
PT-133
Choose one10IGS Manufacturing & Industrial domain-readiness evidence
Manufacturing and Industry 4.0
LM-027
Choose one8IGS deployment-domain elective – IGS Deployment Domain badge
OTT, Media & Connected TV – Engineer practical domain lab
PT-070
Choose one10IGS OTT, Media & Connected TV domain-readiness evidence
OTT, media, streaming, adtech and analytics
LM-028
Choose one8IGS deployment-domain elective – IGS Deployment Domain badge
Personas, customer journeys and business rules
LM-035
Mandatory6ISTQB CTAL Test Analyst business-process testing – IGS Domain Foundation badge
Quick Commerce & Last-Mile Delivery – Engineer practical domain lab
PT-140
Choose one10IGS Quick Commerce & Last-Mile Delivery domain-readiness evidence
Retail & E-commerce – Engineer practical domain lab
PT-126
Choose one10IGS Retail & E-commerce domain-readiness evidence
Retail, e-commerce and quick commerce
LM-029
Choose one8IGS deployment-domain elective – IGS Deployment Domain badge
Salesforce Enterprise Cloud – Engineer practical domain lab
PT-098
Choose one10IGS Salesforce Enterprise Cloud domain-readiness evidence
SAP S/4HANA & Enterprise Processes – Engineer practical domain lab
PT-105
Choose one10IGS SAP S/4HANA & Enterprise Processes domain-readiness evidence
Telecom, OSS/BSS and 5G
LM-030
Choose one8IGS deployment-domain elective – IGS Deployment Domain badge
Telecommunications & 5G – Engineer practical domain lab
PT-063
Choose one10IGS Telecommunications & 5G domain-readiness evidence
Workday HCM & Finance – Engineer practical domain lab
PT-119
Choose one10IGS Workday HCM & Finance domain-readiness evidence

Tools & Engineering (39 modules · 576 hrs)

ModuleRequirementHoursStandard / expectationLearning
Accessibility testing with axe, Lighthouse and screen-reader workflow
PT-049
Deployment-specific14WCAG 2.2 – EN 301 549
API libraries: Playwright APIRequest, WebdriverIO services and REST Assured
PT-024
Recommended16IGS API-code standard
Appium mobile automation
LM-067
Deployment-specific16ISTQB Mobile Application Testing / TAE – IGS technical evidence
Appium: Android/iOS setup, inspector, capabilities, gestures, waits and device execution
PT-012
Deployment-specific24IGS mobile automation standard
BrowserStack: browser/device matrix, local testing, debugging, accessibility and CI
PT-015
Choose one8IGS compatibility standard
CI/CD quality gates and developer feedback
LM-097
Mandatory14ISTQB CTAL TAE, DevOps – IGS technical evidence
Confluence for QE: find product knowledge, create requirement notes, decisions and evidence pages
PT-001
Mandatory4IGS project-knowledge standard
Cypress stack
LM-068
Deployment-specific14ISTQB CTAL TAE – IGS technical evidence
GenRocket: domains, attributes, generators, receivers, scenarios and automation integration
PT-018
Deployment-specific16IGS synthetic TDM standard
Git and pull-request workflow for QE: branch, commit, merge, review, resolve and tag evidence
PT-043
Mandatory8IGS source-control standard
Git and source-control basics
LM-118
Mandatory6Modern QE engineering practice – IGS technical evidence
Integrated learning module – 2 related topics
MOD-LM-137-LM-156
Mandatory36ISTQB CTAL TAE v2 – IGS technical evidence – ISTQB CTAL TAE – IGS technical evidence
Integrated learning module – 2 related topics
MOD-LM-139-LM-140
Mandatory34ISTQB CTAL Test Automation Engineering – IGS technical evidence – ISTQB CTAL TAE – IGS technical evidence
Jenkins and GitHub Actions: pipeline-as-code, test gates, artefacts, secrets and notifications
PT-044
Recommended16IGS CI quality-gate standard
Jira defects: create, classify, evidence, link, triage, retest and close
PT-003
Mandatory5ISTQB defect management – IGS defect standard
Jira for QE: stories, tasks, workflow, comments, evidence, filters and dashboards
PT-002
Mandatory5IGS Jira usage standard
Katalon Studio automation
LM-071
Deployment-specific14Vendor practice, ISTQB TAE principles – IGS technical evidence
Katalon Studio/True Platform: objects, tests, suites, data, API/mobile, TestOps and CI
PT-013
Choose one20Katalon Practitioner pathway
Newman: command-line collection runs, data, reporters, environments and CI
PT-020
Mandatory6IGS API CI standard
Playwright with TypeScript: locators, fixtures, assertions, API checks, projects, traces and CI
PT-008
Choose one24ISTQB CTAL-TAE – IGS code standard
Postman Interceptor, Charles Proxy and Fiddler: capture, replay and diagnose HTTP traffic
PT-022
Recommended10IGS diagnostic evidence standard
Postman: requests, auth, variables, scripts, data, collections and documentation
PT-019
Mandatory12IGS API evidence standard
qTest Manager: requirements, test cases, cycles, execution, defects and dashboards
PT-007
Deployment-specific10Tricentis qTest practitioner evidence
QualiZen practitioner: ambiguity, risk, test design, automation recommendation and quality insights
PT-038
Mandatory12IGS QualiZen Practitioner badge
REST Assured API automation
LM-072
Deployment-specific14ISTQB API / TAE practices – IGS technical evidence
Robot Framework: keyword design, SeleniumLibrary/RequestsLibrary, data and reports
PT-011
Choose one20IGS keyword-driven standard
Salesforce test automation with Provar/Copado and Apex test awareness
PT-054
Deployment-specific20Salesforce QA practitioner evidence
Selenium WebDriver stack
LM-073
Deployment-specific16ISTQB CTAL TAE – IGS technical evidence
Selenium WebDriver: locators, waits, page objects, TestNG/PyTest, Grid and CI
PT-010
Choose one24ISTQB CTAL-TAE – IGS code standard
Suitest for OTT/connected devices: element recognition, scenarios, devices and results
PT-017
Deployment-specific12IGS OTT assurance standard
Tricentis Tosca model-based automation
LM-075
Deployment-specific16Vendor practice, ISTQB TAE principles – IGS technical evidence
Tricentis Tosca: modules, test cases, data, execution lists, recovery and reporting
PT-014
Choose one24Tosca certification pathway
Unit, component and service-level test engineering
LM-157
Mandatory14ISTQB TAE / TTA – IGS technical evidence
WebdriverIO stack
LM-076
Deployment-specific14ISTQB CTAL TAE – IGS technical evidence
WebdriverIO with JavaScript/TypeScript: page objects, services, API/mobile, parallel runs and CI
PT-009
Choose one24ISTQB CTAL-TAE – IGS JS standard
WireMock, MockServer and Hoverfly: programmable service virtualization, faults and latency
PT-048
Deployment-specific16IGS service-virtualization standard
Zephyr RTM: requirement-to-scenario-to-test-to-defect traceability and coverage reporting
PT-006
Mandatory5ISTQB traceability – TMMi monitoring
Zephyr: create a test cycle, assign tests, execute, attach evidence, link defects and retest
PT-005
Mandatory6ISTQB implementation/execution
Zephyr: create folders, scenarios, test cases, preconditions, steps, data and expected results
PT-004
Mandatory7ISTQB test analysis/design

AI Enablement (8 modules · 57 hrs)

ModuleRequirementHoursStandard / expectationLearning
AI for test automation and SDET engineering – Quality Engineer
AI-SPEC-02-QUALITYENGINEER
Mandatory7IGS Automation & SDET output, assessment and human-verification standard
AI-assisted accessibility and inclusive quality testing – Quality Engineer
AI-EXT-08-QUALITYENGINEER
Mandatory7IGS Quality Engineering AI, privacy, evidence, traceability, security and human-verification standard
AI-assisted execution, failure clustering and RCA
AI-ROLE-QUALITYENGINEER-2
Mandatory7IGS Quality Engineering AI, privacy, evidence, traceability and human-verification standard
AI-assisted mobile automation with Playwright, Appium and WebdriverIO – Quality Engineer
AI-EXT-05-QUALITYENGINEER
Mandatory8IGS Quality Engineering AI, privacy, evidence, traceability, security and human-verification standard
AI-assisted requirement analysis and test design
AI-ROLE-QUALITYENGINEER-1
Mandatory8IGS Quality Engineering AI, privacy, evidence, traceability and human-verification standard
Atlassian Rovo for Jira and Zephyr-supported QE workflows
AI-ROVO
Deployment-specific8IGS Responsible AI, Atlassian permissions and human verification standard
Human review of AI-generated testware
AI-ROLE-QUALITYENGINEER-3
Mandatory5IGS Quality Engineering AI, privacy, evidence, traceability and human-verification standard
Visual AI and intelligent regression testing – Quality Engineer
AI-EXT-06-QUALITYENGINEER
Mandatory7IGS Quality Engineering AI, privacy, evidence, traceability, security and human-verification standard

Communication, Leadership & Culture (5 modules · 28 hrs)

ModuleRequirementHoursStandard / expectationLearning
Client communication and expectation management
LM-003
Mandatory6IGS client-engagement standard – IGS Client Communication badge
Concise written communication: status, risk, decision and defect
LM-005
Mandatory4IGS communication standard – IGS Professional Communication badge
Cross-cultural collaboration in global teams and clients
LM-008
Mandatory6IGS global culture standard – IGS Global Collaboration badge
Integrated learning module – 2 related topics
MOD-LM-001-LM-019
Mandatory8IGS communication standard – IGS Professional Communication badge – IGS culture and North-Star behaviours – IGS Collaboration badge
Spoken communication in stand-ups, reviews and technical discussions
LM-017
Mandatory4IGS communication standard – IGS Professional Communication badge