The ISTQB ® Certified-Tester course syllabus and examination questions were developed and published in Germany by the German Testing Board e.V. (GTB).

The German Testing Board is a working group of software and system testing specialists. Its members include recognised experts from industry, consultants, trainers, scientists and specialists from other organisations.

The German Testing Board is an independent, neutral commission, which is responsible for the quality of the ISTQB ® Certified-Tester system and the associated examination procedures in Germany. It also supervises the Certified-Tester training courses, monitoring defined criteria and awarding accreditations to the training institutions.

All the members of the Board are unpaid volunteers. The current membership is:

• Anke Löwer (corporate quality consulting GmbH)
• Dr. Armin Metzger (Vice chairman of GTB, sepp.med gmbh)
• Dr. Frank Simon (SQS Software Quality Systems AG)
• Graham Bath (T-Systems GEI)
• Horst Pohlmann (Vice chairman of GTB, Lemförder Electronic GmbH)
• Prof. Dr. Ina Schieferdecker (Freie Universität Berlin, Fraunhofer FOKUS)
• Jörn Münzel (ITinera Consulting GmbH & Co. KG)
• Dr. Matthias Hamburg (Sogeti Deutschland GmbH)
• Monika Boegge
• Prof. Dr. Mario Winter (FH Köln)
• Maud Schlich (IT-PROJECT-SERVICE)
• Sabine Uhde (sepp.med gmbh)
• Dr. Stephan Weißleder
• Stephanie Ulrich
• Tilo Linz (Vorsitzender GTB, imbus AG)
• Timea Illes-Seifert (Universität Heidelberg)
• Dr. Uwe Hehn (Method Park Software AG)
• Werner Lieblang (Díaz & Hilterscheid Unternehmensberatung GmbH)

• Prof. Dr. Andreas Spillner (Hochschule Bremen) GTB honorary member

In the German-speaking area, the GTB cooperates closely with the Austrian Testing Board (ATB) and the Swiss Testing Board (STB).Training providers accredited by the ATB or STB in accordance with ISTQB regulations are published on the GTB homepage as "ATB-accredited" or "STB-accredited" in accordance with the agreements for cross-accreditation applicable between the relevant partners.

At an international level, the German Testing Board is a founder member of the umbrella organisation " International Software Testing Qualifications Board ". This group is responsible for the consistency and comparability of the teaching and testing content in all participating countries.