Course Category: Software Testing
Course Duration: 4 Days
Hours: 35 Contact Hours
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Course Objectives
The ISTQB® Advanced Level Test Management (CTAL-TM) certification provides the knowledge and competencies to take responsibility for managing all the testing activities across the software development lifecycle. It covers everything from how to design a suitable test approach for the project based on the organizational test strategy to building a test team or testing competencies to complete the necessary testing.
Audience
This Advanced Level qualification is aimed at anyone involved in the management of software testing. This includes people in roles such as testers, test consultants, test managers, user acceptance testers, scrum masters, project managers or product owners.
This Advanced Level Test Management qualification is also appropriate for anyone who wants an advanced understanding of software testing such as project managers, quality managers, software development managers, business analysts, IT directors and management consultants.
Holders of the Advanced Level Test Management Certificate will be able to go on to the ISTQB® Expert Level software testing qualifications. The ISTQB® Certified Tester Advanced Level – Test Manager or Test Management certificate is valid for life and does not require renewal. The certificate is recognized internationally and demonstrates the candidates’ professional competence and credibility in test management.
Skills Gained
A candidate who has achieved the Certified Tester Advanced Level Test Management certification should be able to:
- Manage testing in various software development projects by applying test management processes established for the project team or test organization
- Identify test stakeholders and software development lifecycle models that are relevant in a given context
- Organize 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 organizational test strategy and project context
- Continuously monitor and control testing to achieve project goals
- Assess and report test progress to project stakeholder
- 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
- Ensure proper communication within the software testing team and with other project stakeholders.
- Lead test process improvement activities in projects or software development product streams and contribute to organizational 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
Pre-Requisites
To gain this certification, candidates must hold the Certified Tester Foundation Level v4.0 or previous versions of the Foundation Level certificate and have sufficient practical experience. Please contact an ISTQB® Member Board or Exam Provider to determine the specific practical experience criteria.
Training and Exam Duration
Training: 4 days.
The course material shall be issued on the first day of the course during registration.
The ISTQB Advanced Test Management Certificate is awarded to those who pass the 2-hour multiple choice exam. Candidates must score 65% or greater to pass the exam.
Course Content
Managing the Test Activities
Explains how to define Test Management tasks according to the context of a project and how to adjust the test activities to the software lifecycle in use and the different test levels and test types. Risk-based testing for test prioritization and effort allocation is discussed with emphasis on product risk management. We will learn about choosing the appropriate test strategy to align with various aspects of the projects.
Participants will learn the generic steps for conducting a standard test process improvement initiative and how to create a test improvement plan, using software test process improvement models such as TMMi, TPI Next.
This chapter ends with learning how to utilize test tools to make testing more efficient, including good practices for introducing a tool, how to choose a tool and how to benefit from a tool through collecting metrics.
Managing the Product
Here the focus is on the ways testing is contributing to the product.
Participants learn how define metrics and use them to monitor, control and report the test progress and the product’s quality status. Test estimation activities and techniques are explained. Defect management is explained from the perspective of test management, defect management in different software development life cycles, and ways to use defects information to improve the processes.
Managing the Team
Discusses how to assess the range of skills required for a software testing team and define a growth plan for skill development. Includes team motivation and communication skills.
Course Outline
Managing the Test Activities
- The Test Process
- The context of Testing
- Risk Based Testing
- The project Test Strategy
- Improving the Test Process
- Test Tools
Managing the Product
- Test Metrics
- Test Estimation
- Defect Management
Managing the Team
- The Test Team
- Stakeholder Relationship
