OUR STORY

OUR STORY

OUR STORY

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History

2010
2011

2010

COMTEST.PT was born

On March 10th 2010, COMTEST.PT - PORTUGUESE SOFTWARE TESTING ASSOCIATION was born

Founding Members:

Filipe Carlos
Patrícia Alves
Filipe Plácido
Paulo Sargaço
Fernando Esteves Costa
Luís Amaral
Ana Paiva
Joel Oliveira

First Testing Portugal Conference

On November 9th 2010, in partnership with IDC, the first national meeting of the testing community was held. It was attended by 167 people in a total of 211 registered participants. With the sponsorship of 7 companies, besides IDC itself, and with the support of Semana Informática, this event was considered the first Testing Portugal Conference.

COMTEST.PT Recognized by ISTQB®

On October 15th 2010, COMTEST.PT was recognized by the International Software Testing Qualifications Board®.

2011

Association Name is Changed

On February 28th 2011, the name of the Association was changed from COMTEST.PT to PSTQB - Associação Portuguesa de Testes de Software (Portuguese Software Testing Qualifications Board)

First ISTQB® General Assembly

On March 11th 2011, PSTQB was represented for the first time at an ISTQB® General Assembly. The meeting was held in Prague, Czech Republic.

First "Test Our Coffee

On March 29th 2011, the first Test Our Coffee: The theme was "Test Automation" and the speaker Fernando Esteves Costa, a CGD's employee and one of the founding members of PSTQB.

ISTQB® First Exams

In the first quarter of 2011 the first exams are held under the canopy of the PSTQB in partnership with iSQI. There were 6 exams: 2 Foundation and 4 Advanced Level exams.

2013

First ISTQB® Certification Issued in Portuguese

On March 7th 2013, PSTQB held its first ISTQB® CT Foundation Level, in Portuguese.

2014

PSTQB & ISTQB® MEMBERS

In March 2014, Patricia Alves was appointed Vice-Chair of the Examination Working Group of ISTQB®.

In May 2014, Filipe Carlos was appointed Vice-Chair of the Audit Working Group of ISTQB®.

2019

10th Edition of the Testing Portugal Conference

Held on November 19th 2019, the 10th edition of the largest Software Testing conference in Portugal took place in Lisbon at the Altis Grand Hotel.

PSTQB & ISTQB® MEMBERS

Patricia Alves was appointed Governance Officer of ISTQB® in August 2019.

Filipe Carlos co-authored the first ISTQB® White Paper, released in March 2019, under the theme "The Vision on the Future of Software Testing".

2022

PSTQB & ISTQB® MEMBERS

In May 2022, Filipe Carlos was appointed Chair of the Process Management & Compliance Working Group of the ISTQB®.