The CTAP Consortium

The Certified Test Automation Professional (CTAP) Consortium is a non-profit organization that brings together a diverse group of stakeholders, including industry experts, consultancy firms, end users, trainers, and academics. This collaboration aims to standardize best practices in test automation, emphasizing that effective testing methodologies transcend individual professional backgrounds, tools, and industries.

The consortium provides a platform for sharing knowledge, developing standardized practices, and promoting the importance of test automation across various sectors. By fostering a collaborative environment, the CTAP Consortium seeks to advance the understanding and implementation of test automation, ensuring that all professionals adhere to fundamental principles and methodologies. This approach helps in maintaining consistency, improving the quality of automated testing, and ultimately enhancing software quality across the board.

In addition to advocating for common approaches, the CTAP Consortium also offers certification programs, training resources, and networking opportunities. These initiatives are designed to equip professionals with the necessary skills and knowledge to excel in test automation. The consortium’s efforts contribute to a more standardized and efficient testing landscape, benefiting organizations and professionals alike by ensuring reliable and high-quality software products.

Promoting Test Automation

Promoting the adoption of test automation in public and private organizations. 

Facilitate with CTAP learning materials and certification

Facilitating access to test automation learning materials and certification for individuals who want to increase their employability. 

Ensure Quality Training Delivery

Auditing the supported Test Automation Certification and trainer accreditation program. 

About the certification

The Certified Test Automation Professional (CTAP) consortium is a non-for-profit collaboration of industry experts, consultancy organizations, end users, trainers and academics. 

All these participants believe that the automation of testing involves common approaches that should always be followed, regardless of a professional’s background, type of tooling used and industry. 

About the CTAP consortium

The CTAP consortium is a non-for-profit collaboration of industry experts, consultancy organizations, end users, trainers and academics. All these participants believe that the automation of testing involves common approaches that should always be followed, regardless of a professional’s background, type of tooling used and industry. 

CTAP stands for Certified Test Automation Professional. The shared ambition of the consortium members and its founders is to ensure that professionals who are active within the testing domain have been certified in CTAP, and therefore can benefit from a common understanding of best practice in test automation. The aim is to also ensure a proper execution, enabling higher quality software and reusability of test automation. The Foundation level is the first level which is completed. Applying the CTAP accreditation will guarantee an assured quality level of test automation engineers. 

The Certification Council is an independent panel of test automation and certification experts, each representing different industries and interests. Council members are selected from member organizations of the CTAP consortium based on their experience, network and contributions to test automation. 

The Council provides advice on content-related matters and is responsible for auditing the Test Automation Certification based on market standards.  

The Certification Council

Expert pannel

The Certification Council is an independent panel of experts representing different industries and interests.

Marcel Mersie, Co-initiator.

The ambition of the CTAP consortium is to “Create a common understanding of the level of expertise required for managing test automation.”

Jos Van Rooyen, Co-initiator.

The ambition of the CTAP consortium is to:

“Create a common understanding of the level of expertise required for managing test automation.”

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