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Advanced Test Manager (ISTQB Accredited)

Become a sought-after ISTQB certified Advanced Test Manager

This advanced course focuses on test estimation, test planning, test monitoring, and test control. It covers the ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Syllabus 2007 Chapters entitled 'Test Management' and 'People Skills & Team Composition' in significant detail. After this course you will be able to control your test programme.

Created by ISTQB President Rex Black, one of the authors of the ISTQB Advanced Syllabus, this course is ideal for Test Managers and Senior Test Professionals preparing for certification. This course is ISTQB accredited.

The courses starting on the 9th and 16th of March 2009 will be personally delivered by Rex Black.

Exam dates are now available at www.anztb.org/calendar.

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 Senior Test Professionals who wish to enrich their skills in test estimation, test planning, test monitoring, and test control. This course also prepares to successfully obtain the internationally recognised ISTQB Advanced Level Certificate 'Advanced Test Manager'.

Looking more for a survival guide? In that case, you may also be interested the Managing The Testing Process course.

Prerequisites

• Ideally participants have at least one year of test lead experience.
• Reading the ISTQB Advanced Syllabus prior to attending the course will be a great advantage. Click here for the Advanced Syllabus >

Note: A prerequisite for sitting any of the ISTQB Advanced Syllabus exams is to have first passed the ISTQB Foundation exam. For specific requirements on the ISTQB Advanced Test Management certification, please refer to www.anztb.org/certification/advanced/.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this advanced 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 the other stakeholders.
• Justify the decisions and provide adequate reporting information where applicable.

Content

The course sessions are delivered in direct relation to the relevant chapters and sections of the ISTQB Advanced Syllabus:

Method Used

Presentations, interactive discussion, some self-study, case studies, hands-on exercises, plus recommended additional reading material.