Context: A good software professional must have technical and non-technical skills, that is,
hard and soft skills, to deal with the diverse challenges they will encounter throughout their …

The agile paradigm for software projects has significantly impacted software development
worldwide. It is currently widely accepted as having advantages in accommodating changes …

Regarding the caliber of newly-graduated professionals, the software industry expresses
discontent. Therefore, software industries spend on training these individuals to improve …

Context The dramatic growth of agile software development (ASD) research has resulted in
a large number of diverse theoretical and empirical publications. The citation relationships …

Large language models (LLMs) have significantly advanced natural language processing,
excelling in areas like text generation, summarization, and question-answering. Despite …

With the rise of agile development notion, software test automation is widely adopted by
software organizations to reduce the testing time and costs during the software development …

Restrictive Scrum assumptions make the effectiveness of this approach debatable in
projects deviating from typical execution conditions. This article delivers a comprehensive …

Context: Software development organizations need testers with high skill levels in a broad
range of technical areas and application domains. Accordingly, we need a better …

This book is aimed at those preparing for the ISTQB® Certified Tester—Foundation Level
exam based on the Foundation Level syllabus (version 4.0) published in 2023. Our goal was …

The development of skills and competencies required by computing professionals plays a
crucial role in ensuring the quality of software products before their implementation. In …