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
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