ISTQB® Certified Tester Advanced Level - Test Management 3.0 (4 days)

content & syllabus

The content corresponds to the curriculum published by the ISTQB®. Furthermore, our trainers practice with you as many hands-on scenarios as possible to help you apply the previously learned.

Syllabus:

I. Managing the Test Activities

• Test Process: Test Planning Activities, Test Monitoring and Control Activities, Test Completion Activities 
• The Context of Testing: Importance of Test Stakeholders' Knowledge, Test Management in a Hybrid Software Development Model and Test Management Activities for Various Software Development Lifecycle Models, Test Management Activities at Various Test Levels and for Different Test Types as well as Test Management Activities to Plan, Monitor and Control
• Risk-Based Testing: Testing as Risk Mitigation Activity, Identification of Quality Risks, Quality Risk Assessment, Quality Risk Mitigation Through Appropriate Testing, Techniques for Risk-Based Testing, Success Metrics and Difficulties Associated with Risk-Based Testing
• Project Test Strategy: Choosing a Test Approach, Analyzing the Organizational Test Strategy and Project Context, Definition of Test Objects 
• Improving the Test Process: The Test Improvement Process (IDEAL), Model-Based Test Process Improvement, Analytical-Based Test Process Improvement, Retrospectives
• Test Tools: Good Practices for Tool Introduction, Technical and Business Aspects for Tool Decisions, Selection Process Considerations and Return on Investment Evaluation, Tool Lifecycle, Tool Metrics

II. Managing the Product

• Test Metrics: for Test Management Activities, Monitoring, Control and Completion, Test Reporting
• Test Estimation: Estimating What Activities Testing Will Involve, Factors Which May Influence Test Effort, Selection of Test Estimation Techniques
• Defect Management: Defect Lifecycle, Cross-functional Defect Management, Specifics of Defect Management in Agile Teams, Defect Management Challenges in Hybrid Software Development, Defect Report Information, Defining Process Improvement Actions Using Defect Report Information

III. Managing the Team

• The Test Team: Typical Skills within Four Areas of Competence, Analyze Required Test Team Member Skills, Assessing Test Team Member Skills, Developing Test Team Member Skills, Management Skills Required to Manage a Test Team, Motivating or Demotivating Factors for a Test Team in Certain Situations
• Stakeholder Relationships: Cost of Quality, Cost-benefit Relationship of Testing

After completing the ISTQB Certified Test Manager (CTAL-TM) course, you will be able to:

• lead testing in various software development projects and implement the test processes necessary for the test organisation
• identify test participants and software development lifecycle models in a context-sensitive way
• Identify and assess risks and use the results to plan, estimate costs, monitor and control test activities in such a way that the test objectives are achieved
• Define a project test strategy that contributes to the organisational test strategy and the project context
• Continuously monitor and control test activities to achieve project objectives, evaluate the relevant test status and report to project stakeholders in a timely manner
• Lead activities to improve the test process and support and accompany organisational initiatives to improve the test process
• Plan test activities, provide the necessary test infrastructure and estimate the test effort
• Provide economic arguments for test activities and predict which costs and benefits can be expected
• Create defect reports and document a defect workflow that is suitable for the software development lifecycle
• Ensure respectful and appropriate communication between members of the test team and between the test team and other project participants, and moderate as necessary
• Identify the necessary skills and develop them within your team or assist in procuring additional resources

Since 2005 trendig is an accredited partner of the German ISTQB® representatives GTB (German Testing Board) und ATB (Austrian Testing Board).

target group

The course "ISTQB® Certified Tester Advanced Level - Test Management" (CTAL-TM) is based on the basic course (CTFL) and is aimed at advanced participants, who already have several years of practical experience in testing. The course is suitable, on the one hand, to reinforce one's own knowledge with more in-depth theoretical knowledge and, on the other hand, to gain deeper insight into test practice. Those who will benefit the most from the training are:

• Software Developers
• Requirements Engineers
• Testers
• Test Managers
• Test Analysts
• Test Engineers
• Test Consultants
• User Acceptance Testers
• Quality Managers
• Project Managers
• Environments & Data Specialists

prerequisites

Prerequisites
For the participation in the training, concrete software knowledge and practical experience in IT projects are essential for a deeper understanding. To obtain the certification as "ISTQB® Certified Tester Advanced Level - Test Management", the basic certificate "ISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level" requires at least 18 months of practical experience in software testing in addition to the successful final examination.

exam & certification

The participation in the exam is optional. We assume that you take the exam after the training course. However, please inform us during the course booking if you wish NOT to attend the exam.

The exam lasts 120 minutes and takes place on the last day of the training course. We help you organising your participation in the exam. The independent certification body charges 260,00 Euro plus VAT for the examination, which we invoice together with the training course fee.

With online training, you can choose the day and time of the exam. You can take the exam in a Pearson Vue test center or online on the Pearson Vue exam platform. For this purpose, you will receive an exam voucher from us, which is used in the payment process when booking.

Non-native speakers are eligible for additional exam time

Our trainers optimally prepare you for the „ISTQB® Certified Tester Advanced Level – Test Management" exam.  For years, the number of our attendees passing the exam is above average.

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If you pass, you will become a member of the global community of more than 1,000,000 certified testers from over 130 countries. The certificate is independent proof of your expertise, which is already expected in the professional field by some clients and employers.

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