Local chapter name: Belgium and Netherlands Testing Qualifications Board
Acronym: BNTQB
Countries: Belgium and The Netherlands
Chapter's official website: www.bntqb.org
Address: Alverbergstraat 16, 3500 Hasselt, Belgium
Phone: +31-615839194
Email: info@bntqb.org
Contact person: Gilbert Smulders
Title: TMMi Contact
Email: Gilbert.Smulders@bntqb.org
"In addition to supporting testers on their way to certification and helping training providers with accreditation, BNTQB as TMMi Local Chapter will also promote software quality and test process improvement through the Test Maturity Model integration (TMMi)"
Winner "TMMi Rising Star of the Year” award 2023
In the BNTQB region, several organizations are now doing TMMi. In 2023 the first 2 training providers started, and they achieved strong TMMi Professional numbers. The first 3 assessors also started in 2023, and informal assessments have been done. During the TMMi Local Chapter Meeting on Tuesday 30th April 2024, the TMMi Foundation announced that a TMMi “Rising Star of the Year” Award 2023 goes to BNTQB.
Gilbert Smulders (TMMi local chapter lead at BNTQB): “We are more than proud on winning the TMMi Rising Star Award 2023. This is an endorsement we are progressing very well in making test process improvement according TMMi recognized in Belgium and The Netherlands. It gives us even more energy to promote the TMMi model and to improve testing and software development in our region. We would like to thank the TMMi board for this recognition. Of course, also a big thanks for our partners because we could not do this without! And last, but not least, we would like to thank all the organizations and professionals learning and improving with TMMi. Keep up the good work!”
