ISTQB Advanced - Test Manager

People who have experience in software testing and want to certify to a higher level. This includes test managers, test analysts, test engineers, but also project managers, quality managers and development managers.

Successful completion of the ISTQB Foundation Certificate is a pre-requisite to taking the ISTQB Advanced Certificate examination.

This course provides an understanding of software test management that goes beyond the ISTQB Foundation level. Test managers acquire a good level of knowledge enabling analysis of situations in order to present practical solutions. The information gained during this course offers a framework for test managers to build upon within their organisations. Spreadsheets, templates and utilities will be provided enabling managers to be more efficient and effective within their organisations.

Following the ISTQB Foundation Certificate, the Advanced Test Manager Certificate provides the next level of knowledge and practical expertise in the ISTQB Advanced Certification scheme. It is one of three certified courses at Advanced level (the other two being Advanced Test Analyst and Advanced Technical Test Analyst).

Upon completion of this course you will be able to:

• Define the overall testing goals and strategy for the systems being tested
• Plan, schedule and track the tasks
• Describe and organise the necessary activities
• Select, acquire and assign the adequate resources to the tasks
• Select, organise and lead testing teams
• Organise the communication between the members of the testing teams, and between the testing teams and all other stakeholders.
• Justify the decisions and provide adequate reporting information where applicable.