At a glance

Cost:
AUD $990 inc GST

A hardcopy of the course materials, the companion book and an exam voucher (foundation only) can be purchased during the booking process, and will be shipped to you anywhere in Australia or New Zealand.
Contact us for any enquiries.
eLearning

Online ISTQB Advanced Test Manager

Become a sought-after ISTQB certified Advanced Test Manager

Software Education introduces the online version of our highly-acclaimed ISTQB Advanced Test Manager course.

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.

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.

Rex Black will be your online instructor. You will get three months of unlimited access, numerous exam preparation questions, a mock exam and support from Software Education's highly experienced team of software testing trainers! 

Intended For

Test Managers and other Senior Test Professionals who wish to advance their skills in test estimation, test planning, test monitoring, and test 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.

This eLearning course is ideal if you:

  • have to fit the training around your work commitments
  • want to study at your own pace, in your own home or office, at a time that suits your busy schedule
  • don't want to attend a course during expensive working hours
  • are looking for a cost-effective alternative, without making any concessions on the instructor-led course content.

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 Manager 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 online course modules are delivered in alignment with the relevant chapters and sections of the ISTQB Advanced Syllabus:

1. Basic aspects of software testing
  • Testing in the software lifecycle
  • Specific systems
  • Metrics and measurement

2. Testing processes

  • Test planning and control
  • Test implementation and execution
  • Evaluating exit criteria and reporting
  • Test closure activities

3. Test management

  • Test management documentation
  • Test plan documentation
  • Test estimation
  • Scheduling test planning
  • Test progress and control
  • Business value of testing
  • Distributed, outsourced and insourced testing
  • Risk-based testing 
  • Failure mode and effects analysis
  • Test management issues

4. Test techniques

5. Tests of software characteristics

6. Reviews

  • The principles of reviews
  • Introducing reviews
  • Success factors for reviews

7. Incident management

8. Test process improvement

  • Standards consideration
  • Improving the test process

9. Test tool and automation

  • Test tool concepts
  • Test tool categories

10. People skills and team composition

  • Individual skills
  • Test team dynamics
  • Fitting testing with an organisation
  • Motivation
  • Communication

 

Method Used

eLearning Demo - Try the first two chapters of our Online ISTQB Software Testing Foundation course, free of charge and without obligation. Click here to access the demo.

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. Normally it takes 3 weeks to receive your exam results and certificate.

Plus - If for some reason you do not pass your exam, then please contact us and we will grant you an additional 45 days access, free of charge.

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