ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level Test Manager (CTAL-TM)

Cui îi este dedicat cursul?

The Advanced Level Test Manager certification is aimed at people who have already achieved an advanced point in their careers in software testing and wish to develop further their expertise in test management.

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Prezentarea cursului

The ISTQB Advanced Level Test Manager (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.

Ce subiecte abordează cursul

1. Testing Process
   • Test Planning, Monitoring and Control
   • Test Design
   • Test Implementation
   • Test Execution
   • Evaluating Exit Criteria and Reporting
   • Test Closure Activities
2. Test Management
   • Test Management in Context
   • Risk-Based Testing and Other Approaches for Test Prioritization and Effort Allocation
   • Test Documentation and Other Work Products
   • Test Estimation
   • Defining and Using Test Metrics
   • Business Value of Testing
   • Distributed, Outsourced, and Insourced Testing
   • Managing the Application of Industry Standards
3. Reviews
   • Management Reviews and Audits
   • Managing Reviews
   • Metrics for Reviews
   • Managing Formal Reviews
4. Defect Management
   • The Defect Lifecycle and the SDLC
   • Defect Report Information
   • Assessing Process Capability with Defect Report Information
5. Improving the Testing Process
   • Test Improvement Process
   • Improving the Test Process
   • Improving the Test process with TMMi
   • Improving the Test Process with TPI Next
   • Improving the Test process with CTP
   • Improving the Test process with STEP
6. Test Tools and Automation
   • Tool Selection
   • Tool Lifecycle
   • Tool Metrics
7. People Skills - Team Composition
   • Individual Skills
   • Test Team Dynamics
   • Fitting Testing Within an Organization
   • Motivation
   • Communication

Ce abilități se dobândesc în urmă cursului

• Manage a testing project by implementing the mission, goals and testing processes established for the testing organization
• Organize and lead risk identification and risk analysis sessions and use the results of such sessions for test estimation, planning, monitoring and control
• Create and implement test plans consistent with organizational 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