Course

Examined Test Manager

Examined Test Manager is a course that gives you the knowledge and skills necessary to fulfil your role as a Test Manager.

Learning objectives

You will gain a practical approach to test management theory, as well as the following other benefits:

You can plan and lead your testing project
You can prioritise testing efforts
You are trained in supervision, reporting, follow-up, and corrective activities
Understand the value of ongoing process improvement
Knowledge of testing in agile projects
You will participate in risk analysis

Target audience

You are responsible for conducting larger or smaller testing cycles. Typically, you have a role like test co-ordinator, test manager, project manager with testing responsibilities, or something similar. You are expected to have some experience with testing and IT projects, such that you understand basic concepts and terms. As a minimum, you should have taken the Foundations of Structured Testing course or hold an ISTQB Foundation certification. If you want to be equipped to fulfil your role optimally, this course is for you. This course is also good as preparation for the ISTQB Advanced Test Manager certification.

Course format & exam format

The course involves active involvement of participants with many tasks, discussions, exchange of experiences, and training in both methods and tools. There will be pair, group, and plenary tasks. The course is characterized by dialogue and debate based on the experiences of participants and the instructor. Participants should expect a couple of hours of preparatory reading before the course. A preparation email with articles, etc., will be sent approximately 1 week before the course.

In-House training?

If you are more than 5 people from same organisation, it can be beneficial to consider the course as in-house training. We conduct the course exclusively for your employees, either as standard as described or tailored to your needs.