Required skills
The course is intensive, and there is a lot to remember.
- There are no prerequisites for participating in the course without taking
the exam. However, if you want to take an ISTQB® Advanced Level certificate
(or a Foundation Level extension certificate, you must already hold the ISTQB®
or BCS Foundation Level certificate.
- We have prepared a lot of practical exercises based on realistic case
studies that will help you confirm that you have understood and absorbed the
information in the course. We also provide sample questions to help you
prepare for the exam. Some of these exercises will be required to be prepared
as homework on all except the final day.
- The course requires the commitment of all delegates. If you are expected
to go back to your normal work after the day’s training has finished, or if
you miss any part of the training, you will seriously jeopardise your chances
of certification.
- We strongly suggest that you revise your Foundation Level training
materials before you take the course, especially if you did Foundation Level
more than 1 year ago.
- If your foundation level training was not in English, then we suggest you
to study the English version of the syllabus and its associated Glossary terms
thoroughly before the course begins.
Teaching methods
Professional explanation with practical samples and examples.
Teaching materials
In English from Grove Software Testing company (grove.co.uk)
Course outline
This five-day course follows the ISTQB® Advanced Level Test Manager syllabus
(which can be downloaded free of charge from the ISTQB® website).
All courses
start at 9:00 and finish at 18:00, except for the last day which will finish at
15:00. T here will be a 1-hour lunch break, and short breaks for refreshment at
regular intervals.
1st day (9:00 – 18:00)
- Testing Process (Test Planning, Monitoring and Control; Test Analysis
& Design; Test Implementation & Execution; Evaluating Exit Criteria
& Reporting, and Test Closure Activities)
- Test Management in Context (Understanding Testing Stakeholders; Lifecycle
Activities and Work Products; Alignment of Test Activities with Other
Lifecycle Activities; Managing Non-Functional Testing; Managing
Experience-Based Testing)
2nd day (9:00 – 18:00)
- Risk-Based Testing and Other Approaches (Risk-Based Testing Techniques;
Other Techniques for Test Selection; Test Prioritization and Effort Allocation
in the Test Process)
- Test Documentation and Other Work Products (Test Policy; Test Strategy;
Master Test Plan; Level Test Plan; Project Risk Management)
- Test Estimation
3rd day (9:00 – 18:00)
- Defining and Using Test Metrics
- Business Value of Testing
- Distributed, Outsourced and Insourced Testing
- Managing the Application of Industry Standards
- Management of Reviews and Audits
4th day (9:00 – 18:00)
- Defect Management (the Defect Lifecycle and the Software Development
Lifecycle; Defect Report Information; Assessing Process Capability with Defect
Reporting Information; revision
period)
- Improving the Testing Process (the general Test Improvement Process;
Improving the Testing Process with TMMi; Improving the Testing Process with
TPI Next; Improving the Testing Process with CTP; Improving the Testing
Process with STEP)
- Test Tools and Automation (Tool Selection; Tool Lifecycle; Tool
Metrics)
5th day (9:00 – 15:00)
- People Skills - Team Composition (Individual Skills; Test Team Dynamics;
Fitting Testing Within an Organisation; Motivation;
Communication)a