- Test planning, monitoring and control
- Test analysis
- Test design
- Test implementation
- Test execution
- Evaluating exit criteria and reporting
- Test closure activities
Test Management:
- Test management in context
- Risk-based testing, approaches for test prioritization and effort allocation
- Test documentation and other work products
- Project risk management
- Other test work products
- Test estimation
- Defining and using test metrics
- Business value of testing
- Distributed, outsourced, and insourced testing
- Managing the application of industry standards
Reviews:
- Management reviews and Audits
- Managing reviews
- Metrics for reviews
- Managing formal reviews
Defect Management:
- the defect lifecycle and the software development lifecycle
- Cross-functional defect management
- Defect report information
- Assessing process capability with defect report information
Improving the Testing Process:
- Introduction
- Test improvement process
- Improving the testing process (TMMI, TPI Next, CTP, STEP)
- Comparison of several maturity models
Test Tools and Automation:
- Concepts
- Tool categories
- Tool selection criteria for the most reasonable tool
- Return on investment (ROI)
- Tool lifecycle
- Tool metrics
People Skills - Team Composition:
- Individual skills
- Test team dynamics
- Fitting testing within an organization
- Motivation and communication being a task of test managers
MethodeLecture, discussion, exercises, case studies.
HinweisDaily follow up of the course day is highly recommended for the exam preparation.
During the course additional documents may be sent by the trainer, therefore the access to an internetreliable device (with access to your e-mail) could be helpful.
In addition to the course material all participants will get the book Advanced Software Testing - Vol. 2, Rex Black (2014). With the help of these additional material the participants will get an optimal preparation for the ISTQB Foundation Level certification exam.
The examination fee for the certification exam, which is supervised by an independent and authorized certification institute, is not included in the course fee.