ISTQB Certified Tester Acceptance Testing (CT-AcT)

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What is ISTQB Certified Tester Acceptance Testing (CT-AcT)?

The ISTQB Certified Tester Acceptance Testing (CT-AcT) certification is designed for software testing professionals who want to develop expertise in acceptance testing and ensure software meets business requirements, user expectations, and stakeholder needs. The course covers the principles, planning, design, execution, and evaluation of acceptance testing, enabling professionals to validate software readiness for release while improving collaboration with business stakeholders and delivering high-quality, business-focused software solutions.

Whom should certify

  • Product Owners
  • Business Analysts
  • Test Analysts
  • QA Professionals

What You will Learn

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

Learn how to plan and execute user acceptance testing to ensure software meets end-user expectations and business needs.

Understand how to verify that software fulfills functional and business requirements before deployment.

Develop the skills to validate business workflows and ensure software supports real-world operational processes.

Learn effective communication and collaboration techniques to work with business stakeholders, product owners, and end users throughout the acceptance testing process.

Exam Format

Exam type

Multiple choice

Questions

40 Questions

Duration

60 minutes

Passing score

65% Pass mark

Course Fees

  • Ideal for professionals starting their Agile testing journey
  • Flexible schedule: just 4 hours per week
  • Structured learning for practical understanding
  • Course Fees - 24,999,34,999
Get Certified
  • Master Agile Testing with 20 Hours of Guided Learning
  • Flexible schedule: just 4 hours per week
  • 10 Mock Tests covering real exam scenarios (10 hours)
  • Dedicated Q&A sessions for doubt clearing (10 hours)
  • Course Fees - ₹27,999, 37,999
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  • Complete Agile testing preparation with practical guidance
  • Flexible schedule: just 4 hours per week
  • 10 Mock Tests for exam readiness (10 hours)
  • In-depth Theory sessions + interactive Q&A (10 hours)
  • Course Fees - ₹34,999, 44,999

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CT-AcT is an ISTQB certification focused on the concepts, methods, and practices of collaboration between product owners/business analysts and testers in acceptance testing. It covers user acceptance testing (UAT), contractual and regulatory acceptance testing, as well as alpha and beta testing — giving both business-side and testing-side professionals a shared framework for confirming a system is genuinely ready for its users.

This certification is built for Product Owners, Business Analysts, User Acceptance Testers, and QA Professionals who are involved in confirming that a product meets business and user needs before release. It's especially useful for people who sit at the intersection of the business side and the testing side, since acceptance testing depends on close collaboration between both.

UAT confirms that real users or business stakeholders agree the system meets their needs in practice. Contractual acceptance testing checks the system against acceptance criteria written into a contract or agreement. Regulatory acceptance testing verifies compliance with laws, standards, or regulations relevant to the industry (for example, healthcare or finance). CT-AcT covers all three, since acceptance testing can involve any combination depending on the project.

Alpha testing happens internally, typically by staff or a controlled group, before a product is released more widely. Beta testing releases the product to a limited set of real external users to surface issues under real-world conditions before general release. CT-AcT covers
both as recognized acceptance testing approaches, alongside UAT and contractual/regulatory testing.

The syllabus covers the purpose and place of acceptance testing within the overall testing process, collaboration models between Product Owners/Business Analysts and testers, how to write and evaluate acceptance criteria, and the distinct approaches used for UAT, contractual, regulatory, alpha, and beta testing.

For Product Owners and Business Analysts, CT-AcT formalizes a skill they're often expected to have informally — writing clear, testable acceptance criteria and working effectively with QA. For testers and QA professionals, it strengthens the business-facing side of the role, which is valuable if you're aiming toward roles like Business Analyst, Product Owner, or QA Lead where cross-functional collaboration is central.

Yes. As an ISTQB certification, CT-AcT is recognized through ISTQB's national board network across 100+ countries, making it a portable credential whether you're working locally in India or Italy, or collaborating with distributed product and QA teams.

CT-AcT is a complementary, role-crossing certification rather than part of the core Agile testing progression (CTFL-AT CTAL-TTA / CTAL-TAA CT-ATLaS) or the CT-GenAI track. Many Product Owners pair CT-AcT with PSPO I (Professional Scrum Product Owner), and many testers pair it with CTFL-AT, since acceptance testing sits at the handoff point between product/business requirements and Agile team delivery.

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