Rex Black

From April 2005 to April 2009, Black served as president of the International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB),[http://stpcollaborative.com/knowledge/272-were-all-part-of-the-story “We’re all part of the story”] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831182649/http://stpcollaborative.com/knowledge/272-were-all-part-of-the-story |date=2009-08-31 }}, Software Test & Performance, by David Strom, [http://www.astqb.org/press-room/black_profile.php "Get to Know Your ASTQB Board"] (6-11-2012), Retrieved 6-11-2012.[http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.3061 Interview with Rex Black], British Computer Society (BCS), by Youssef Bouguerra, January 2009. an international group of 40 international boards responsible for the international qualification scheme called "ISTQB Certified Tester."[http://www.tassq.org/quarterly/docs/tassq_magazine-0609.pdf "Quality Software and Testing, Good and Practical Ideas for Testers"] Black also co-authored the ISTQB Advanced Syllabus (released in July 2007),[http://www.istqb.org/downloads/syllabi/CTAL_Syllabus_V_2007.pdf Certified Tester Advanced Level Syllabus], ISTQB, 10-12-2007. and is vice chair of the Working Party Foundation Level ISTQB Syllabus.[http://www.istqb.org/Working_Party_Foundation_Level.htm Working Party Foundation Level], ISTQB, Last updated 4-7-2009, Retrieved 8-18-2009.

From January 2005 to January 2008, Black was president of the American Software Testing Qualifications Board (ASTQB), a branch of the International Software Testing Qualification Board. He currently sits on the ASTQB Board of Directors.[http://www.astqb.org/press-room/board.php Board of Directors], American Software Testing Qualifications Board, Inc., Retrieved 8-18-2009.

Black served on the Program Committee and as a Session Chair for the Third World Congress on Software Quality in Munich in September 2005.[http://www.juse.or.jp/software/pdf/18SPCT/3wcsq_program_2005_low.pdf Third World Congress on Software Quality Program], Sept. 26-30, 2005, Retrieved 8-18-2009. He’s also presented at the 2008 World Congress on Software Quality in Maryland and the 2009-2013, Software Testing Conference (Softec09 and SoftecAsia13) in Kuala Lumpur.[http://www.asq.org/conferences/wcsq/pdf/2008-brochure.pdf 2008 World Congress for Software Quality brochure], Sept. 15-18, 2008, Retrieved 8-18-2009.[http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=F9D0C51F-17A4-0F78-31F2405294BF4369 "Malaysia to become regional software testing hub: SOFTEC09"], Computer World, 11-3-2009.{{Cite web|url=http://www.qportal.com.my/Softec/SoftecAsia2013/SitePages/viewallspeakers.aspx|title=Softec Asia 2013}}

• {{Cite book | last=Black | first=Rex | date=April 2009 | title=Managing the Testing Process: Practical Tools and Techniques for Managing Hardware and Software Testing, 3e | publisher=Hoboken, NJ: Wiley | isbn=978-0-470-40415-7 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/managingtestingp00rexb }}
• {{Cite book| last=Black | first=Rex | date=July 2011 | title=Advanced Software Testing: Volume 3 | publisher=Santa Barbara: Rocky Nook Publisher | isbn=978-1-933952-39-0}}
• {{Cite book| last=Black | first=Rex | date=December 2008 | title=Advanced Software Testing: Volume 2 | publisher=Santa Barbara: Rocky Nook Publisher | isbn=978-1-933952-36-9}}
• {{Cite book| last=Black | first=Rex | date=October 2008 | title=Advanced Software Testing: Volume 1 | publisher=Santa Barbara: Rocky Nook | isbn=978-1-933952-19-2}}
• {{Cite book| last=Black | first=Rex | date=January 2008 | title=Foundations of Software Testing | publisher=Salt Lake City: Thomson | isbn=978-1-84480-989-9}}
• {{Cite book| last=Black | first=Rex | date=February 2007 | title=Pragmatic Software Testing: Becoming an Effective and Efficient Test Professional | publisher=New York: Wiley | isbn=978-0-470-12790-2}}
• {{Cite book| last=Black | first=Rex | date=August 2003 | title=Critical Testing Processes: Plan, Prepare, Perform, Perfect | publisher=London: Addison-Wesley | isbn=0-201-74868-1}} (Includes Indian, Chinese, Russian, and Japanese editions.)
• {{Cite book | last=Black | first=Rex | date=July 2002 | title=Managing the Testing Process: Practical Tools and Techniques for Managing Hardware and Software Testing, 2e | publisher=Hoboken, NJ: Wiley | isbn=0-471-22398-0 | url=https://archive.org/details/managingtestingp00rexb }}
• {{Cite book | last=Black | first=Rex | date=June 1999 | title=Managing the Testing Process, 1e, "Best Practices" series | publisher=New York: Microsoft Press | isbn=0-7356-0584-X | url=https://archive.org/details/managingtestingp00blac }}

• {{cite web | first = Rex | last = Black

|url = http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/How-to-Develop-Effective-Application-Test-Teams/ |publisher=eWeek | accessdate = 2012-06-11

|title = How to Develop Effective Application Test Teams

| date = 2010-01-27}}

• {{cite web | first = Rex | last = Black

|url = http://blog.utest.com/testing-the-limits-with-rex-black-part-i/2010/11/ |publisher=uTest | accessdate = 2012-06-11

|title = Testing the Limits With Rex Black – Part I

| date = 2010-11-16}}

• {{cite web | first = Rex | last = Black

|url = http://www.stickyminds.com/sitewide.asp?ObjectId=5992&Function=edetail&ObjectType=ART |publisher=StickyMinds | accessdate = 2012-06-11

|title = Factors that Influence Test Estimation

| date = 2010-11-16}}

• {{cite web | first = Rex | last = Black

|url = http://www.rbcs-us.com/documents/Measuring-Confidence-Along-the-Dimensions-of-Test-Coverage.pdf |publisher=RBCS | accessdate = 2012-06-11 |title = Measuring Confidence along the Dimensions of Test Coverage

| date = 2007-05-31}}

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• [http://www.rbcs-us.com Official RBCS, Inc. homepage]
• [http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/3381 O’Reilly Media author biography]
• [https://www.villanovau.com/programs/faculty-staff/business-analysis-faculty/rex-black,-ctflctal/ Villanova Faculty Profile]

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