ISTQB Advanced Level Test Manager
Build your test management skills to move into a more senior role as a testing professional. Exam is included in the course price.
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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.
Audience:
The ISTQB Advanced Test Management course is suggested for candidates that have at least 3 years testing experience, ideally in a lead role. It is designed for:
- Test Team Leads and Test Managers wanting to improve their test management skills.
- Experienced Testers wanting to progress into a test management role.
- Test Managers wanting to accredit their test management skills for recognition among employers, clients and peers
Course Pre-requisites:
Candidates wishing to participate in the ISTQB Advanced Test Manager course must possess the ISTQB Foundation Certificate.
About Sue Atkins
As a self-confessed bug-magnet, quality advocate and risk nut, Sue Atkins has been active in the world of software testing and process improvement for over thirty years.
She has experience of software development from both the waterfall and Agile perspectives across a diverse range of sectors – from banking and telecoms to healthcare and retail.
Sue has a passion for training and loves to help others grow their skills in all dimensions of testing, quality and process improvement. She has spoken at a number of conferences, is co-chair of the Scottish Testing Group and was a member of the programme committee for EuroSTAR 2022 – Europe’s largest Testing Conference.
- Manage a testing project by implementing the mission, goals and testing processes
- Organise and lead risk identification and risk analysis sessions and use the results of such sessions
- Create and implement test plans consistent with organisational policies and test strategies
- Continuously monitor and control the test activities to achieve project objectives
- Assess and report relevant and timely test status to project stakeholders
- Identify skills and resource gaps in their test team and participate in sourcing adequate resources
- Identify and plan necessary skills development within their test team
- Propose a business case for test activities which outlines the costs and benefits expected
- Ensure proper communication within the test team and with other project stakeholders
- Participate in and lead test process improvement initiatives
- Test Management
- Test Planning, Monitoring and Control
- Testing in the Software Lifecycle
- Risk-based Testing
- Team Composition
- Estimation
- Reviews
- Test Documentation
- Test Tools & Automation
- Analysis and Design
- Implementing and Execution
- Defect Management
- Evaluating Exit Criteria and Reporting
- Test Improvement Process
The exam is not included in the training. To book exam time please contact our test center.
Exam price for ISTQB Advanced Level Test Manager test is NOK 3250,- + mva
About the exam:
The Foundation Level exam comprises 65 multiple-choice questions, with a scoring of 1 point for each correct answer, a pass mark of at least 65% and a duration of 180 minutes (or 225 minutes for candidates taking exams that are not in their native language).
Please note you need to hold the ISTQB Level Foundation Exam to take this test.
This course is conducted and delivered by our partner Planit.
