Develop your career as an accredited test manager!

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.

Course Overview

• Test Process
• The Context of Testing
• Risk-based Testing
• Project Test Strategy
• Improving the Test Process
• Test Tools
• Test Metrics
• Test Estimation
• Defect Management
• The Test Team
• Stakeholder Relationship

Target Audience

• Test Leads and Test Managers wanting to improve their test management skills.
• Experienced Testers wishing to progress into a test management role.
• Test Managers looking to accredit their 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.

Learning Outcomes

• Manage testing in various software development projects by applying test management processes established for the project team or test organisation
• Identify test stakeholders and software development lifecycle models that are relevant in a given context
• Organise 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 organisational test strategy and project context
• Continuously monitor and control testing to achieve project goals
• Assess and report test progress to project stakeholders
• 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
• Lead test process improvement activities in projects or software development product streams and contribute to organisational 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

What is included with this course?

Revision Questions - End of each module revision questions.

Practice Exam - Full mock exam.

If you need further assistance in choosing the right course, feel free to send us an email to training@planittesting.com and our friendly team will be in touch to assist.