Why take this course?

After completing the course, you will be able to:

• Organize and lead risk identification and risk analysis sessions and use the results of these sessions for test estimation, planning, monitoring, and control
• Propose a business case, outlining the costs and benefits expected, for test activities.
• Create and implement test plans consistent with your organization’s test policies and test strategies
• Ensure proper communication within the test team and with other project stakeholders and to participate in and lead test process improvement initiatives
• Identify skills and resource gaps in your test team, be able to participate in sourcing adequate resources and identify and plan skills development within your team
• Use traceability to check completeness and consistency of defined test conditions with respect to the test objectives, test strategy, and test plan.

This Advanced Level course builds on the knowledge and skills acquired at the Foundation Level. In this course, you will learn how to manage a testing project by implementing the mission, goals, and testing processes established for your organization.

Holding the ISTQB® Advanced Level Test Manager Certificate entitles you to use the Certified Tester Advanced Level acronym CTAL-TM and to go on to a subset of the higher Expert-Level software testing certifications.

Who should attend?

Experienced sofware developers, analysts, and testers.

Any prerequisistes?

Have experience in software development and testing.

Those who wish to take the Advanced Test Manager exam must:

• hold the ISTQB® Software Testing Foundation Certificate
• have three (3) years of verifiable full-time work experience in software or systems testing, development, quality assurance, engineering or a related field.