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- ↑ "ISEB Business Analysis Essentials is now BCS Business Analysis Practice" . Retrieved 2013-05-02.
- ↑ https://europeangaming.eu/portal/latest-news/2019/08/07/52162/approval-of-foundation-level-gambling-industry-tester-specialist-syllabus-by-istqb/
- ↑ https://www.istqb.org/istqb-where-you-are/your-local-member-board.html