ADVANCED CTAL ISTQB® Advanced Level Test Manager Vertical Technology Type Certification -led Sub-Category Software Testing
ADVANCED CTAL
ISTQB® Advanced Level Test Manager
Vertical Technology
Type Certification -led
Sub-Category Software Testing
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Course Information
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Course Overview Five day CTAL course. This course is aimed at Test
Managers wishing to attain a higher qualification in
software testing leading on from the ISTQB® Foundation
Certificate.
This course builds upon the Foundation syllabus and
provides essential skills for every Test Manager.
Curriculum Day 01 Testing Process
Introduction; Test Planning, Monitoring and Control;
Exercise: Test Process – Planning, Monitoring and Control;
Test Analysis; Test Design; Exercise : Test Process –
Analysis and Design; Learning Game; Test
Implementation; Test Execution; Exercise : Test Process –
Implementation and Test Execution; Evaluating Exit
Criteria and Reporting; Test Closure; Exercise : Test
Process – Test Closure; Learning Game.
Day 02 Test Management
Test Management in Context 1; Exercise : Lifecycle
Models; Test Management in Context 2; Exercise :
Tailoring Test Activities; Risk Based Testing 1; Exercise :
Risk; Risk Based Testing 2; Learning Game; Test
Documentation : Policies; Exercise : Policy; Test
Documentation : Strategies; Exercise : Strategy; Test
Documentation : Plans; Exercise : Create Test Plans and
Identify Project Risks; Test Estimation 1; Learning Game.
Day 03 Test Management and Reviews
Test Estimation : Techniques; Exercise : Test Estimation;
Test Estimation : Considerations; Defining and Using
Metrics; Exercise : Defining and Using Metrics; Defining
and Using Metrics Considerations; Business value of
Testing; Exercise : Measuring the Value of Testing;
Distributed, Outsourced and Insourced Testing; Managing
the Use of Standards; Management Reviews and Audits;
Managing Reviews; Metrics for Reviews; Managing Formal
Reviews.
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Day 04 Reviews, Defect
Management, Improving
the Testing Process and Test
Tools and Automation
Exercise : Reviews; The Defect
and Development Lifecycles;
Defect Report Information;
Assessing Process Capability;
Exercise : Defect
Management; The Test
Improvement Process;
Improving the Test Process;
Exercise : Improving the Test
Process with IDEAL; Improving
the Test Process with TMMi;
Improving the Test Process
with TPI Next®; Improving
the Test Process with CTP;
Improving the Test Process
with STEP; Learning Game;
Test Tools Introduction; Tool
Selection; Tool Lifecycle; Tool
Metrics; Learning Game.
Day 05 People Skills – Team
Composition
Introduction; Individual Skills;
Exercise : Skills Assessment;
Test Team Dynamics; Fitting
Testing within an
Organisation; Motivation;
Exercise : Motivation;
Communication; Exercise :
ISTQB® Sample Paper;
Revision.
Exam Info
Examination Details
(Consists of 65 multiple
choice questions; exam
duration 3 hours; questions
split roughly in line with the
Learning Objectives; each
question answered correctly
scores between 1 – 3 points,
reflecting the difficulty; pass
mark 65%).
Exam mode (can be taken
online at Pearson VUE)
The qualification (To get an
ISTQB® Certified Tester
Advanced Level Certificate,
you must successfully pass
the Advanced Exam. On
completion, you will be issued
with an ISTQB® Advanced
Level Certificate which is
internationally recognised. If
you possess an ISTQB®
Advanced Level Certificate,
you may use the Certified
Tester Advanced Level
acronym (CTAL- TM).The
Advance Level Certificate has
lifelong validity).
Exam fees are not included in
the registration fees quoted
and are to be purchased
separately.
Locations
Geographies covered :
Middle East | Asia Pacific |
Africa
Complete and updated list of
all cities and dates are
available on
www.verticaldistinct.com
Important Note
1. This course is brought to you
in partnership with Polteq.
2. Terms and conditions apply.
Please visit Vertical Distinct for
the full terms.
Accreditation
Certification by : ISTQB®
International Software
Testing Qualifications Board
ISTQB® International Software Testing Qualifications Board is a not for profit association which defined the ISTQB® scheme that has become the worldwide leader in the certification of competences in software testing.
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Faculty
Rowena Morais
Programme
Director
rmorais@vertical
distinct.com Erik started in testing in 1996. He was employed at an ERP development company and he gained worldwide testing experience. He became one of the first ISEB Foundation certified testers in his company and became a trainer, coach and teacher in 1998. Erik is an accredited trainer for all ISEB and ISTQB Certificate training courses. He has successfully trained several hundreds of students and has achieved high pass rates.
Erik is a frequently asked trainer for other testing courses, like TMap (Next) (including certification training), Agile approaches, Cloud-testing, Process Improvement, Outsourcing. He combines his training work with assignments as a Test Manager or Test Consultant.
Erik Runhaar
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Faculty
Rowena Morais
Programme
Director
rmorais@vertical
distinct.com
Hans is an experienced IT consultant with a long history in software development. His knowledge and experience over the last 15 years lie mainly in the fields of test and quality management. He has led and supported test teams with testers and end users in functional and acceptance tests in different organisations, both commercial and governmental. He has been involved in development projects and package implementations; recently, many of these project follow an Agile approach.
As co-author and general editor, he has written two books on software testing. In the past, he has been president and secretary of TestNet, the Dutch SigiST. Hans is accredited to teach for both ISTQB® and TMap at both foundation and advanced levels. Also, he developed an IREB (requirements) Foundation course and is accredited to provide it.
Hans van Loenhoud
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Additional Info Prerequisites
You must hold the ISTQB®
Foundation Certificate in
Software Testing in order to
sit this exam.
Learning Objectives Competencies gained
(Manage a testing project by
implementing the mission,
goals and testing processes
established for the testing
organisation; Organise and
lead risk identification and risk
analysis sessions and use the
results of such sessions for test
estimation, planning,
monitoring and control. They
will learn specific risk
mitigation activities to
determine residual risk and can
report them to project
stakeholders so that informed
decisions can be made; Create
and implement test plans
consistent with the
organisational policies and test
strategies; Estimate test effort
and resource usage for
projects using a variety of
estimation techniques;
Continuously monitor and
control the test activities to
achieve project objectives;
Assess and report relevant and
timely test status to project
stakeholders; Identify skills and
resource gaps in their test
team and participate in
sourcing adequate resources;
Identify and plan necessary
skills development within their
test team;
Process a business case for
test activities, which outlines
the cost and benefits
expected; Ensure proper
communication within the
test team and with other
project stakeholders;
Participate in and lead test
process improvement
initiatives; Plan and
implement the selection of
different types of tools,
including open-source and
custom-built tools, such that
risks, costs, benefits and
opportunities are adequately
considered).
Target audience The advanced level
qualification is intended for
people who have achieved an
advanced point in their careers
in software testing
This includes testers, test
analysts, test engineers, test
consultants, test managers,
user acceptance testers,
software developers.
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Testimonials
Rowena Morais
Programme Director
Hans is a great person to work with: he is very enthousiastic and professional in his work, has an enormous IT experience, ranging from Test management to Service- and Quality management, and he really gets things done. I would recommend Hans as your prime resource for improving your IT processes.
Adriaan Eelkema, Senior Project Manager at Vopak Global Information Services BV
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