ISTQB® Advanced Level Test Manager

This Advanced Level course builds on the knowledge and skills acquired at the Foundation Level.

Set up

In this course, you will learn how to manage a testing project by implementing the mission, goals, and testing processes established for your organization

Learning Objectives

Major skills acquired through this course are:

● Organize and lead risk identification and risk analysis sessions and use the results of these sessions for test estimation, planning, monitoring, and control.

● Propose a business case, outlining the costs and benefits expected, for test activities.

● Create and implement test plans consistent with your organization’s test policies and test strategies

● Ensure proper communication within the test team and with other project stakeholders and to participate in and lead test process improvement initiatives.

● Identify skills and resource gaps in your test team, be able to participate in sourcing adequate resources and identify and plan skills development within your team.

Program

The training days run from 9:00 to 17:00, including break.

Course Outline

Testing Process
- Test Planning, Monitoring, and Control
- Test Planning
- Test Monitoring and Control
- Test Analysis
- Test Design
- Test Implementation
- Test Execution
- Evaluating Exit Criteria and Reporting
- Test Closure Activities

Test Management in Context
- Understanding Testing Stakeholders
- Lifecycle Activities and Work Products
- Alignment of Test Activities with Other Lifecycle Activities
- Managing Non-Functional Testing
- Managing Experience-Based Testing

Risk-Based Testing and Other Approaches
- Risk-Based Testing
- Risk-Based Testing Techniques
- Other Techniques for Test Selection
- Test Prioritisation and Effort Allocation in the Test Process

 Test Documentation and Other Work Products
- Test Policy
- Test Strategy
- Master Test Plan
- Level Test Plan
- Project Risk Management
- Other Test Work Products

Test Estimation
- Test Estimation

Defining and Using Test Metrics
- Defining and Using Test Metrics

Business Value of Testing
- Business Value of Testing

Distributed, Outsourced, and Insourced Testing
- Distributed, Outsourced, and Insourced Testing

Managing the Application of Industry Standards
- Managing the Application of Industry Standards

Reviews
- Management Reviews and Audits
- Managing Reviews
- Metrics for Reviews
- Managing Formal Reviews

Defect Management
- The Defect Lifecycle and the Software Development Lifecycle
- Defect Report Information
- Assessing Process Capability with Defect Reporting Information

Improving the Testing Process
- Test Improvement Process
- Improving the Testing Process
- Improving the Testing Process with TMMi
- Improving the Testing Process with TPI Next
- Improving the Testing Process with CTP
- Improving the Testing Process with STEP

Test Tools and Automation
- Tool Selection
- Tool Lifecycle
- Tool Metrics

People Skills - Team Composition
- Individual Skills
- Test Team Dynamics
- Fitting Testing Within an Organisation
- Motivation
- Communication

Target Audience

Software Developers and Analysts

Exam

Prerequisites for taking this exam:

● Hold the ISTQB Software Testing Foundation Certificate

● Satisfy the board which examines them that they have sufficient practical experience to be considered Advanced Level qualified.