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 Duration 21 hours

Course Outline

Test Process Management

  • Planning, monitoring, control, and closure phases
  • Stakeholder interests and hybrid testing contexts
  • Activities across different levels and test types
  • Adaptive planning methodologies

Risk-Based Testing

  • Risk identification and mitigation strategies
  • Success metrics and evaluation criteria
  • Comparing “heavy” and “light” approaches

Test Strategy and Improvement

  • Project test strategy and approach selection
  • Setting SMART objectives and exit criteria
  • Process improvement using the IDEAL model
  • Analysis techniques and retrospectives for feedback

Test Tools and Automation

  • Lifecycle tools and their applications
  • Selection criteria and evaluation of benefits and risks
  • Automated metrics and reporting mechanisms

Managing the Product

  • Test metrics: examples, progress monitoring, and reporting for decisions
  • Test estimation: key factors, techniques, and context-based selection
  • Defect management: workflow, stakeholders, and hybrid environment challenges
  • Data-driven continuous improvement

Managing the Test Team

  • Essential competencies and skills assessment
  • Team development, motivation, and work hygiene

Stakeholder Engagement and Value of Testing

  • Understanding the cost of quality
  • Cost-benefit analysis in testing
  • Communicating and presenting the value of testing

Summary and Next Steps

Requirements

  • A solid grasp of software testing principles
  • Practical experience with test management tasks
  • Successful completion of the ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) certification

Target Audience

  • Test Managers
  • QA Leads
  • Seasoned testers aspiring to achieve ISTQB Advanced Level certification

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