ISTQB® Advanced Test Manager

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goals:

This course aims to prepare trainees for the ISTQB® Advanced Test Manager exam, by providing them with the skills to :

Define overall test objectives and strategy for the systems to be tested
Organize and manage the testing process in the various development life cycles
Plan, monitor tasks and organize reporting and communication
Select, acquire and assign appropriate resources to tasks
Organize communication between test team members
Justify decisions and provide reporting information

profile targeted:

Project Manager
Experienced practitioner of the testing business

mandatory requirements:

ISTQB® Foundation Certified Tester certification
Experience in testing or project management

introduction:

1. Testing process

Planning, monitoring and control of tests
Test design, implementation, execution & analysis
Evaluation of exit criteria and reporting
Test closure activities

2. Test management

Test management in practice
Risk-based testing / test prioritization
Documentation of tests and other deliverables
Test estimation
Definition and use of test metrics
Financial value of the test
Distributed, outsourced and in-house testing
Manage the application of industry standards

3. Reviews

Management reviews and audits
Manage reviews
Metrics for reviews
Manage formal reviews

4. Anomaly Management

Anomaly life cycle and software development
Data from an anomaly report
Evaluate the effectiveness of a process with anomaly report information

5. Improve the testing process

Test improvement process
Improve the test process with TMMi, TPI Next, CTP, STEP

6. Testing tools & automation

Selecting a tool
Life cycle of a tool
Metrics on tools

7. Team composition (skills)

Individual skills
Dynamics of the Test Team
Introducing the Test into an organization
Motivation
Communication

8. Revisions

Various questions & clarifications
Revision of the CFTL Syllabus and Glossary
Group response to the training questionnaire

9. Examen ISTQB® Advanced Test Manager

Teaching methods:

Theory
Case studies
Feedback
Mock exam

terms of evaluation:

1-hour Multiplice-Choice Questionnaire exam

Next sessions

18/05/2026 - 22/05/2026 · Format hybride Paris x Teams
19/10/2026 - 23/10/2026 · Format hybride Paris x Teams

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5 days (35h of training)

[Inter] €2,350 excl. tax/person - 3 registrants min.

Available in FR or EN

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18/05/2026 - 22/05/2026 · Format hybride Paris x Teams
19/10/2026 - 23/10/2026 · Format hybride Paris x Teams

ISTQB® Advanced Test Manager

general information

goals:

profile targeted:

mandatory requirements:

introduction:

Teaching methods:

terms of evaluation:

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ISTQB Advanced Test Manager

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