At a glance
5 days
AUD $3190 inc GST
NZD $2790 + GST
including in-house delivery.
ISTQB Advanced Test Manager
Become a sought-after ISTQB certified Advanced Test Manager
This advanced course focuses on test estimation, planning, monitoring, and control. It covers the ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Syllabus 2007, focusing on test management and people skills & team composition in particular. After this course you will be able to control your test program.
If you choose to sit the ISTQB Advanced Test Manager exam after attending this course, then this might be of interest to you... Now also receive one month of FREE access to the online version after sitting this instructor-led course.
Created by past ISTQB President Rex Black, co-author of the ISTQB Advanced Syllabus, this accredited course is ideal for Test Managers and Senior Test Professionals preparing for certification.
You will also receive the book Advanced Software Testing Vol. 2 - "Guide to the ISTQB Advanced Certification as an Advanced Test Manager" - written by Rex Black *
* For public participants only
Intended For
Test Managers and other Senior Test Professionals who are looking to develop advanced skills in test estimation, planning, monitoring, and control. This course also prepares you to sit the ISTQB Advanced Test Manager exam and obtain your ISTQB Advanced Test Manager certificate, if that's important to you.
Looking more for a survival guide? In that case, you may also be interested the Managing The Testing Process course.
Prerequisites
- Reading the ISTQB Advanced Syllabus prior to the course would be a great advantage. Click here for the Advanced Syllabus.
- Please click here for more information on the ISTQB Advanced Test Management certification on the ANZTB website
Learning Outcomes
You will:
- learn how to define the overall testing goals and strategy for the systems being tested
- gain hands-on experience in planning, scheduling, and tracking these testing tasks
- be able to describe and organise the necessary testing activities
- return to work able to select, acquire and assign adequate resources for the testing tasks
- know how to form, organise, and lead testing teams
- be able to organise communication between testing team members, and between testing teams and all other stakeholders
- learn how to justify your professional decisions and provide adequate reporting information where applicable.
Content
The course sessions are delivered in alignment with the relevant chapters and sections of the ISTQB Advanced Syllabus:
1. Basic aspects of software testing
2. Testing processes
3. Test management
4. Test techniques
| 5. Tests of software characteristics 6. Reviews
7. Incident management 8. Test process improvement
9. Test tool and automation
10. People skills and team composition
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Method Used
Presentations, interactive discussion, some self-study, case studies, hands-on exercises, plus recommended additional reading material.
The exam
The ANZTB facilitates paper-based exams on a regular basis in the main city centres; for more details go to www.anztb.org. After passing the exam you will receive the ISTQB Advanced Test Manager Certificate in Software Testing. Normally it takes 3 weeks to receive your exam results and certificate.
