Course Overview

Name: ISTQB Advanced Test Manager
Duration: 5 days plus online preparation and exam
The price includes the ISTQB examination fee

ISTQB Advanced Test Manager

The ISTQB Advanced Test Manager training course is based on the ISTQB Advanced level syllabus. It extends the knowledge gained in the ISEB/ISTQB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing and is one of three certificated courses in the overall advanced scheme.

ISTQB Advanced Test Manager is suitable for those who are expecting to be actively involved in the management of any aspect of software testing.

The course is presented by TSG, the Assurance and Testing Specialists.

This five-day, tutor-led course uses a mixture of slide presentations, lectures and practical exercises. The examination is normally scheduled to take place approximately 2 to 4 weeks following the course.

Online preparation for the examination is also provided.

Participant profile

This advanced level qualification for test managers is aimed at all testing professionals who hold the ISEB/ISEB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing and who wish to gain greater knowledge and recognition of test management and its application.

The course is for anyone involved in software testing who will or wishes to become involved in software test management now or in the future, either directly or indirectly, including:

Course objectives

Taking the ISEB/ISTQB Foundation Certificate syllabus in Software Testing as its basis, the certificate and course build directly on key aspects of management:

ISTQB qualifications

This course prepares participants to sit the two-hour, multiple-choice examination examination leading to the Advanced Level certificate in test management offered by the International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB).

Course Content

  1. Basic aspects of software testing
    • Testing in the software lifecycle
    • Testing for specific system types
    • Metrics and measurement
  2. The testing process
    • Test planning and control
    • Test implementation and execution
    • Evaluating exit criteria and reporting
    • Test closure activities
  3. Test management
    • Test management documentation
    • Test plan documentation
    • Test estimation
    • Scheduling test planning
    • Test progress monitoring and control
    • Business value of testing
    • Distributed, outsourced and insourced testing
    • Introduction to risk-based testing
    • Risk management
    • Risk management in the lifecycle
    • Failure mode and effect analysis
    • Test management issues
  4. Reviews
    • The principles of reviews
    • Introducing reviews
    • Success factors for reviews
  5. Incident management
    • Process, evaluate, analyze defect and update defects taxonomy
  6. Standards and test process improvement
    • Improving the test process
    • Different industry models
  7. Test tools and automation
    • Test tool concepts
    • Test tool categories
  8. People skills and team composition
    • Individual skills
    • Test team dynamics
    • Fitting testing within an organisation
    • Motivation
    • Communication
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