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# I'm a Black Box Test Designer
- URL: https://www.kenst.com/im-a-black-box-test-designer/
- Published: 2013-06-06T20:53:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-06-10T01:00:37.000Z
- Author: Chris Kenst
- Tags: BBST, Portfolio, Test Design, Testing

More accurately I’ve passed the [Association for Software Testing](http://www.associationforsoftwaretesting.org/?ref=kenst.com)‘s (AST) Black Box Software Testing (BBST) Test Design class. Test Design is a survey class, students are introduced to 30+ types of tests but there is only enough time to focus on a few of them: risk-based testing, specification-based testing and domain testing. In December I passed the [Foundations](https://www.kenst.com/im-a-black-box-software-tester/) course and a few days ago I started the Bug Advocacy course (there are 3 courses in the BBST series) which sets me on the path to meet my goal of taking all 3 courses this year. I also signed up for the Instructors course towards the end of the month, wahoo!

I agreed to have my name listed on AST’s [graduates](http://www.associationforsoftwaretesting.org/training/graduates/?ref=kenst.com) website but just for fun here is my certificate of completion:

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/64/2d/642d9fac-06bc-48ce-a22c-14219bd777e6/content/images/wordpress/2013/06/Test-Design-completion.jpg)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/64/2d/642d9fac-06bc-48ce-a22c-14219bd777e6/content/images/wordpress/2013/06/Test-Design-completion.jpg?ref=kenst.com)

The Test Design instructors thought I understood enough of the information to pass me. Test Design was like the Foundations class – a lot of reading, labs and collaboration. In the time between Test Design ending and Bug Advocacy starting I cleaned up some of the labs but I haven’t finished. My goal will be to turn these labs (work products) to build out my testing portfolio. Some day I might even make that portfolio public so others can see what I’ve done and perhaps use it as inspiration to build their own.