Foundation of COMTEST.PT - Portuguese Association for Software Testing, by the hands of: Filipe Carlos; Patrícia Alves; Filipe Plácido; Paulo Sargaço; Fernando Esteves Costa; Luís Amaral; Ana Paiva; Joel Oliveira.
1st Edition | Testing Portugal
In partnership with IDC, the first national meeting of the testing community was held. 167 people were present in a total of 211 registered. With the sponsorship of 7 companies, besides IDC itself, and with the support of Semana Informática.
Recognition
ComTest.PT is officially recognized by the International Software Testing Qualifications Board®.
2011
New Identity
The association's name is changed from ComTest.PT to PSTQB - Associação Portuguesa de Testes de Software(Portuguese Software Testing Qualifications Board)
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, PSTQBheld 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®.