ISTQB Advanced Test Management

Build your test management skills to move into a more senior role as a testing professional.

Develop your career as an accredited test manager!

Wanting to formalise your test management skills? In this ISTQB® Advanced Test Management course, you’ll learn the practical application of risk-based testing and test management tasks, including planning and estimation. You’ll also learn how to manage stakeholders, form test teams with the relevant competencies, and skills to ensure effective resourcing and undertake test process improvement initiatives.

Recognised around the world as a best practice qualification, the ISTQB Advanced Test Management certification is well suited for experienced testing professionals looking to move into a test management role.

Course Overview

Test Process
The Context of Testing
Risk-based Testing
Project Test Strategy
Improving the Test Process
Test Tools
Test Metrics
Test Estimation
Defect Management
The Test Team
Stakeholder Relationship

Target Audience

Test Leads and Test Managers wanting to improve their test management skills.
Experienced Testers wishing to progress into a test management role.
Test Managers looking to accredit their skills for recognition among employers, clients and peers.

Course Pre-requisites

Candidates wishing to participate in the ISTQB Advanced Test Management course must possess the ISTQB Foundation Certificate.

Learning Outcomes

Manage testing in various software development projects by applying test management processes established for the project team or test organisation
Identify test stakeholders and software development lifecycle models that are relevant in a given context
Organise risk identification and risk assessment sessions within any software development lifecycle and use the results to guide testing to meet the test objectives
Define a project test strategy consistent with the organisational test strategy and project context
Continuously monitor and control testing to achieve project goals
Assess and report test progress to project stakeholders
Identify necessary skills and develop those skills within your team
Prepare and present a business case for testing in different contexts that outlines the costs and expected benefits
Lead test process improvement activities in projects or software development product streams and contribute to organisational test process improvement initiatives
Plan the test activities including the required test infrastructure and estimate the effort required to test
Create defect reports and a defect workflow suitable for a software development lifecycle

What is included with this course?

Inclusion	Instructor Led Training	Online Self-Study
4 Days’ Training			4 days of live online training with a certified industry professional.
Course Manual			Comprehensive course manual.
Revision Questions			End of each module revision questions.
Practice Exam			Full mock exam.
Skills Development			Course content that is designed to grow competencies and support career development through interactive and engaging learning.
eLearning Content			12 months access to the online self-study course, providing 30 hours of study, practical activities and quizzes to complete at your own pace.

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