ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level – Test Manager (CTAL-TM) Training Course

Test Process Management

• Planning, monitoring, controlling, and closing
• Addressing stakeholder interests and hybrid testing contexts
• Activities categorized by levels and test types
• Adaptive planning methodologies

Risk-Based Testing

• Techniques for identifying and mitigating risks
• Success metrics and evaluation criteria
• Comparing "heavy" and "light" approaches

Test Strategy and Improvement

• Defining project test strategies and selecting approaches
• 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
• Criteria for selecting and evaluating benefits and risks of tools
• Automated metrics and reporting

Managing the Product

• Test metrics: examples, progress monitoring, and reporting for decision-making
• 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

• Assessing required competencies and skills
• Team development, motivation, and work hygiene

Stakeholder Engagement and Value of Testing

• Understanding the cost of quality
• Conducting cost-benefit analysis in testing
• Presentation and communication of testing value

Summary and Next Steps