The Course
Effective Test Management is based on the Test Management module from the Practitioner. A three day course, it provides the attendee with the advanced test and team management skills that are increasingly required in today's testing environment.
The Benefit
To the individual:
Whether you are a newly appointed or experienced test manager, you will know that the successful management of the test process is a complex matter. This course aims to break down those complexities, providing you with solutions to everyday management issues. Amongst other things you will learn how to monitor the progress of each testing project more closely resulting in more useful reporting information being available to you.
To the company:
Test projects are notoriously difficult to manage. Increasingly, the ability to consistently deliver fully functioning software on time is what gives a company its competitive edge. The Effective Test Management course provides your test managers and team leaders with the knowledge and skills to meet their deadlines whilst giving you the comfort that testing has been carried out in a thorough, controlled and consistent manner.
The Content
The course contains the following modules:-
Management Documentation
Objectives, policies and strategies.
Test Planning
Project test planning, phase test planning, documentation and scheduling of test planning.
Test Estimation
Introduction, estimating methods and considerations for estimation.
Test Progress, Monitoring and Control
Monitoring and S-curves, other monitoring techniques, control and measuring the value of testing.
Testing and Risk
Introduction to testing and risk, risk identification, risk analysis and risk mitigation.
People Skills
Individual skills, test team dynamics (including a team role analysis using E-Interplace ©, the team role advice software from Belbin Associates), fitting testing within an organisation and motivation.
Test Process Improvement
Process improvement and the lifecycle, CMM and SPICE models, Test Maturity Model (TMM), Stepwise improvement using TPI ®.
