Quality at DevOps Speed
ISTQB Quality in DevOps Training
Build the skills to integrate quality, testing and automation throughout the DevOps lifecycle with ISTQB Quality in DevOps (CT-QDO) training.
Learn how quality engineering works across the entire DevOps value stream—from continuous discovery and integration to delivery, deployment and production—while developing practical skills in continuous testing, CI/CD, test automation, monitoring and quality-focused DevOps practices.
Designed for testing, quality and technology professionals working in modern DevOps environments.
Training Designed Around You
Build Quality Into Every Stage of DevOps
DevOps enables organisations to deliver software faster, but speed without quality creates risk.
The ISTQB Quality in DevOps training course develops the knowledge and practical skills needed to make quality an integral part of the DevOps lifecycle rather than a final checkpoint before release.
You’ll explore how quality assurance and testing contribute across the entire value stream, how continuous testing supports faster feedback, and how automation, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring and effective team practices help organisations deliver reliable software at speed.
The course combines DevOps principles with practical quality engineering and testing practices, helping you understand not only what DevOps is, but how to contribute to better quality within a DevOps environment.
Attend live virtual training across Africa or join us for classroom training in South Africa.
The official certification is designed for professionals involved in quality and testing within DevOps environments and emphasises quality engineering throughout the software development lifecycle.
About the course
What Is ISTQB Quality in DevOps?
The ISTQB Certified Tester Quality in DevOps (CT-QDO) certification is a specialist certification focused on applying quality assurance, quality engineering and testing practices within DevOps.
It helps professionals understand how quality contributes to modern software delivery environments where teams build, test, deploy, operate and continuously improve software together.
Unlike traditional approaches where testing may be concentrated around specific development stages, DevOps encourages quality activities throughout the value stream. This includes continuous discovery, integration, testing, delivery, deployment, monitoring and feedback.
The certification builds on the knowledge established in ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) and expands it into the DevOps environment.
120+
Countries recognise this certification
#1
Software testing qualification globally
4
Syllabus chapters covered over 3 days
65%
Pass mark required on the certification exam
syllabus
What Does the ISTQB Quality in DevOps Course Cover?
The ISTQB Quality in DevOps (CT-QDO) course develops practical knowledge across the four core areas that shape quality in modern DevOps environments: DevOps foundations, continuous quality engineering, automated and manual testing, and the tools and practices that support reliable software delivery.
Fundamentals of DevOps
Build a clear understanding of how DevOps changes the way software teams work, deliver and take responsibility for quality.
You’ll learn how DevOps culture, collaboration, DORA metrics, CALMS, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and cross-functional team structures influence software quality, delivery speed and operational reliability. The focus is on understanding where testing and quality engineering fit within modern DevOps teams and why quality is a shared responsibility across development and operations.
Quality Assurance & Testing in DevOps
Learn how to build quality into the software delivery lifecycle instead of relying on testing at the end.
This chapter explores how continuous testing, early feedback, pull requests, quality gates and CI/CD pipelines support faster and more reliable software delivery. You’ll also understand how testing contributes across continuous discovery, integration, delivery, deployment and release on demand, helping teams identify problems earlier and make quality part of every stage of the DevOps value stream.
Automated & Manual Testing in DevOps
Understand how automation and human testing work together in high-speed DevOps environments.
You’ll learn how test automation, regression testing, API testing, test data management, automated environments and quality reporting support continuous delivery, while also understanding where exploratory testing, crowd testing and other manual approaches still add value. The chapter helps you build a balanced testing approach that delivers fast feedback without losing the insight that only human testing can provide.
Tools & Practices for Quality in DevOps
Explore the technologies and engineering practices that help DevOps teams deliver software quickly, safely and consistently.
You’ll develop an understanding of DevOps toolchains, Infrastructure as Code, release strategies, feature toggles, branching strategies, containerisation, observability, telemetry, chaos engineering and Software Bills of Materials (SBOM). The focus is on how these practices support better testing, faster feedback, stronger reliability and greater confidence when releasing software into production.
COURSE INFORMATION
ISTQB Quality in DevOps Training at a Glance
Training Duration
3-days
Training Delivery
Live Virtual | Classroom | Corporate
Accreditation
ISTQB & SASTQB Accredited
Exam Infomration
Prepare for the ISTQB CT-QDO Exam With Confidence
The certification exam is administered under SASTQB, the official ISTQB body for Southern Africa. Your exam voucher is included in the course price — no separate booking needed.
40 Questions
Multiple choice format
60 Minutes
+25% extra time for non-native speakers
65% Pass Mark
30 out of 45 marks required
Prerequisite
ISTQB Foundation Level (CTFL) Certificate
WHY CT-QDO
Why Get ISTQB Quality in DevOps Certified?
DevOps has changed how software is built and released, and it has changed the role of testing with it.
CT-QDO helps you develop the specialist skills needed to contribute to quality in environments where development, testing, deployment and operations happen continuously.
Move From Testing to Quality Engineering
Understand how your role extends beyond executing tests and how you can contribute to quality throughout the entire DevOps value stream.
Build Continuous Testing Skills
Learn how continuous testing and fast feedback support CI/CD and help teams identify quality problems earlier without slowing delivery.
Understand CI/CD From a Testing Perspective
Develop a clearer understanding of continuous integration, delivery and deployment, and where testing, automation and quality controls fit into the pipeline.
Strengthen Your Test Automation Knowledge
Understand where automation creates value across testing, environments, test data, reporting and software delivery.
Work More Effectively in DevOps Teams
Learn how testers, developers and operations professionals collaborate and share responsibility for delivering quality software.
Develop Skills for Modern Testing Roles
Build knowledge in areas increasingly associated with modern QA and quality engineering roles, including DevOps testing, CI/CD, automation, SRE, observability and continuous quality.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Who Is ISTQB Quality in DevOps Training For?
CT-QDO is designed for professionals who want to understand how software testing and quality engineering work within modern DevOps environments.
Already Working in Testing or QA?
If your organisation is adopting DevOps, CI/CD or continuous delivery, this course helps you understand how your testing role needs to evolve.
You’ll develop knowledge beyond traditional test execution and explore continuous testing, automation, pipelines, monitoring and quality engineering across the software lifecycle.
Moving Into DevOps or Quality Engineering?
If you’re moving towards a Quality Engineer, DevOps Tester, Automation Engineer or modern QA role, CT-QDO provides a structured way to develop the DevOps knowledge that increasingly sits alongside core software testing skills.
The course is particularly relevant for:
Why Impimpi Technologies
Learn DevOps From a Software Quality Perspective
There are plenty of DevOps courses that focus on infrastructure, cloud platforms and tools. This isn’t one of them.
ISTQB Quality in DevOps looks at DevOps through the lens of software testing and quality engineering—and that’s exactly where Impimpi Technologies specialises.
Accredited ISTQB Training
We’re software testing specialists. Our training is grounded in a deep understanding of testing, quality engineering and the challenges testing professionals face in practice.
Practitioner-Led Training
Our approach connects internationally recognised testing principles with an understanding of how testing works in real software environments.
Software Testing Specialists
We’re not a general technology training company. Software testing is our speciality.
Our work spans training, consulting and specialist recruitment, giving us a broader understanding of the skills testing professionals and organisations need.
More Than Exam Preparation
Certification matters, but so does understanding how to apply what you’ve learned.
Our goal is to help you understand the concepts, not simply memorise them for an exam.
AFTER ISTQB CT-QDO
Where Can ISTQB Quality in DevOps Take You Next?
CT-QDO gives you a strong foundation for developing further expertise across Agile testing, technical testing, test automation and modern quality engineering.
Depending on your role and career direction, your next certification could include:
Develop deeper technical testing knowledge across white-box testing, static and dynamic analysis, performance, security and other technical quality characteristics.
Build advanced skills in designing, implementing, deploying and continuously improving test automation solutions.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
ISTQB Quality in DevOps Training FAQs
Build Quality Into Every Release
DevOps is about delivering faster.
Quality in DevOps is about delivering faster without losing confidence in what you’re releasing.
Develop practical skills in continuous testing, quality engineering, CI/CD, automation and DevOps testing while preparing for your ISTQB Certified Tester Quality in DevOps (CT-QDO) certification with Impimpi Technologies.
Build quality in. Test continuously. Deliver with confidence.