ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level Test Management Training in South Africa

  • Learn via: Classroom
  • Duration: 4 Days
  • Level: Expert
  • Price: From €3,092+VAT

The CTALTM v3.0 certification equips participants to manage software testing across the development lifecycle. It covers strategic test planning, riskbased testing, team management, test tools, and process improvement.

We can organize this training at your preferred date and location. Contact Us!

Prerequisites

Participants should have:

  • ISTQB Foundation Level certificate (v4.0 or earlier)
  • Recommended minimum six months’ experience in software testing or development

Target Audience

This course is designed for:

  • Test managers
  • Test leads
  • QA managers
  • Project and product owners
  • Scrum masters
  • Senior testers

What You Will Learn

By the end of this course, learners will be able to:

  • Manage testing across lifecycle models
  • Define riskbased test strategies aligned with organisational goals
  • Plan, monitor, control, and complete testing through clear metrics and controls
  • Estimate effort using metric and expertbased techniques
  • Design defect workflows and manage defect resolution effectively
  • Build and lead skilled test teams, managing roles, competencies, and motivation
  • Communicate stakeholder value through business cases, test metrics, and reporting
  • Drive process improvement, leverage test tools across contexts

Training Outline

Chapter 1: Managing the Test Activities

  • The test process: planning, monitoring, controlling, completion
  • Context of testing in waterfall, agile, hybrid models
  • Test stakeholders and their roles
  • Riskbased testing: identification, assessment, mitigation, metrics
  • Project test strategy: objectives, approach aligned to organisation
  • Improving the test process: retrospectives & continuous lessons learned
  • Test tools: tool introduction, selection, organisation

Chapter 2: Managing the Product

  • Test metrics: define, collect, interpret for control and reporting
  • Test estimation: metricbased and expertbased techniques
  • Defect management: workflows and statistics for process improvement

Chapter 3: Managing the Team

  • The test team: competency mapping, roles, performance development
  • Stakeholder relationships: costbenefit analysis, business case for testing
  • Motivational factors: leadership, team dynamics, hygiene and motivators

Exams and Assessments

  • Format: 50 multiple-choice questions.
  • Duration: 120 minutes (+ extra time for non-native English speakers).
  • Passing Score: 65% required to pass.
  • Certification: ISTQB Advanced Level Test Management certification

Hands-On Learning

  • Risk identification workshops, test planning scenarios
  • Metric design and dashboard exercises
  • Defect lifecycle mapping and data-driven improvement
  • Team skills assessment, roles, and motivational strategy exercises
  • Tool evaluation and retrospective simulations



Contact us for more detail about our trainings and for all other enquiries!

Avaible Training Dates

Join our public courses in our South Africa facilities. Private class trainings will be organized at the location of your preference, according to your schedule.

We can organize this training at your preferred date and location.
15 September 2025 (4 Days)
Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg
Classroom / Virtual Classroom
€3,092 +VAT
17 September 2025 (4 Days)
Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg
Classroom / Virtual Classroom
€3,092 +VAT
17 September 2025 (4 Days)
Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg
Classroom / Virtual Classroom
€3,092 +VAT
13 October 2025 (4 Days)
Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg
Classroom / Virtual Classroom
€3,092 +VAT
23 October 2025 (4 Days)
Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg
Classroom / Virtual Classroom
€3,092 +VAT
09 November 2025 (4 Days)
Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg
Classroom / Virtual Classroom
€3,092 +VAT
20 November 2025 (4 Days)
Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg
Classroom / Virtual Classroom
€3,092 +VAT
26 November 2025 (4 Days)
Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg
Classroom / Virtual Classroom
€3,092 +VAT
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