ISTQB Advanced Level Test Manager live course
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409 500 HUF + VAT (1 065 EUR + VAT)
Course dates and application
First training day: 7 April 2025, Further training days: 8., 9., 10., 11.
409 500 HUF + VAT (1 065 EUR + VAT)
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We recommend the course to those testers who wish to gain advanced expertise in planning the testing process, as well as in managing, monitoring and controlling testing. By completing the course, students will be able to fully define the goals of testing and the appropriate testing strategy.
For software testers working as or wishing to work as managers and for those who wants to take the ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level Test Manager exam.
Successful ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level exam and 18 months of experience in software testing.
This course is also available in e-learning format!
This course provides test managers with advanced skills in test estimation, test planning, test monitoring and test control. Attendees will learn how to define the overall testing goals and strategy for the systems being tested. They will gain hands-on experience in planning, scheduling and tracking these tasks. Attendees will be able to describe and organize the necessary activities. They will return to work able to select, acquire and assign adequate resources for testing tasks.
They will know how to form, organize and lead testing teams. Test manager attendees will be able to organize communication among the members of the testing teams, as well as between the testing teams and all the other stakeholders. Further, they’ll learn how to justify their decisions and provide adequate reporting information where applicable.
By the end of this course, an attendee should be able to:
• Manage a testing project by implementing the mission, goals and testing processes established for the testing organization.
• Organize and lead risk identification and risk analysis sessions and use the results of such sessions for test estimation, planning, monitoring and control.
• Create and implement test plans consistent with organizational policies and test strategies.
• Continuously monitor and control the test activities to achieve project objectives.
• Assess and report relevant and timely test status to project stakeholders.
• Identify skills and resource gaps in their test team and participate in sourcing adequate resources.
• Identify and plan necessary skills development within their test team.
• Propose a business case for test activities which outlines the costs and benefits expected.
• Ensure proper communication within the test team and with other project stakeholders.
• Participate in and lead test process improvement initiatives.
Besides the theoretical background and exercises, attendants acquire detailed information about the ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level Test Manager exam, and we will practice sample exam questions during the course.
CONTENTS:
1. TESTING PROCESS
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Test Planning, Monitoring and Control
1.2.1 Test Planning
1.2.2 Test Monitoring and Control
1.3 Test Analysis
1.4 Test Design
1.5 Test Implementation
1.6 Test Execution
1.7 Evaluating Exit Criteria and Reporting
1.8 Test Closure Activities
2. TEST MANAGEMENT
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Test Management in Context
2.2.1 Understanding Testing Stakeholders
2.2.2 Additional Software Development Life-cycle Activities and Work Products
2.2.3 Alignment of Test Activities and Other Life-cycle Activities
2.2.4 Managing Non-Functional Testing
2.2.5 Managing Experience-Based Testing
2.3 Risk-Based Testing and Other Approaches to Test Prioritization and Effort Allocation
2.3.1 Risk-Based Testing
2.3.2 Risk-Based Testing Techniques
2.3.3 Other Techniques for Test Selection
2.3.4 Test Prioritization and Effort Allocation in the Test Process
2.4 Test Documentation and Other Work Products
2.4.1 Test Policy
2.4.2 Test Strategy
2.4.3 Master Test Plan
2.4.4 Level Test Plan
2.4.5 Project Risk Management
2.4.6 Other Test Work Products
2.5 Test Estimation
2.6 Defining and Using Test Metrics
2.7 Business Value of Testing
2.8 Distributed, Outsourced and Insourced Testing
2.9 Managing the Application of Industry Standards
3. REVIEWS
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Management Reviews and Audits
3.3 Managing Reviews
3.4 Metrics for Reviews
3.5 Managing Formal Reviews
4. DEFECT MANAGEMENT
4.1 Introduction
4.2 The Defect Life-cycle and the Software Development Life-cycle
4.2.1 Defect Workflow and States
4.2.2 Managing Invalid and Duplicate Defect Reports
4.2.3 Cross-Functional Defect Management
4.3 Defect Report Information
4.4 Assessing Process Capability with Defect Report Information
5. IMPROVING THE TEST PROCESS
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Test Improvement Process
5.2.1 Introduction to Process Improvement
5.2.2 Types of Process Improvement
5.3 Improving the Testing Process
5.4 Improving the Testing Process with TMMi
5.5 Improving the Testing Process with TPI Next
5.6 Improving the Testing Process with CTP
5.7 Improving the Testing Process with STEP
6. TEST TOOLS AND AUTOMATION
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Tool Selection
6.2.1 Open-Source Tools
6.2.2 Custom Tools
6.2.3 Return on Investment (ROI)
6.2.4 Selection Process
6.3 Tool Life-cycle
6.4 Tool Metrics
7. PEOPLE SKILLS - TEAM COMPOSITION
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Individual Skills
7.3 Test Team Dynamics
7.4 Fitting Testing Within an Organization
7.5 Motivation
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FOUNDATION TRAININGS FOR THIS COURSE
Don't have enough knowledge to complete this training yet? Then get the basics you need with these courses.
ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level live course
Software Testing Workshop
ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level e-learning
WOULD YOU IMPROVE YOUR SKILLS IN THIS TOPIC?
If you wish to get a deeper knowledge of this field, you can choose from these additional courses.
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