Advanced Software Testing V 2. 2e - Rex Black - Bog

This book teaches test managers advanced skills in test estimation, test planning, test monitoring, and test control. Readers will learn how to define the overall testing goals and strategies for the systems being tested.This hands-on, exercise-rich book provides experience with planning, scheduling, and tracking these tasks. You'll learn to describe and organize necessary activities, as well as to select, acquire, and assign adequate resources for testing tasks, and how to form, organize, and lead testing teams. You'll master the organization of communication among team members and between the testing teams, and other stakeholders. Additionally, you'll learn how to justify decisions and provide adequate reporting information where applicable.With over 30 years of software and systems engineering experience, author Rex Black is President of RBCS, a leader in software, hardware, and systems testing. Rex is the most prolific author practicing in the field of software testing today. He has published a dozen books on testing that have sold tens of thousands of copies worldwide. He is past president of the International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) and a director of the American Software Testing Qualifications Board (ASTQB).This second edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect the new ISTQB Advanced Test Manager 2012 Syllabus, and the latest ISTQB Glossary. Rex Black is one of the main participants in the ISTQB Advanced Level Working Group, and his edition reflects his unique insights into these changes. This book will help you prepare for the ISTQB Advanced Test Manager exam. Included are sample exam questions, at the appropriate level of difficulty, for most of the learning objectives covered by the ISTQB Advanced Level Syllabus. The ISTQB certification program is the leading software tester certification program in the world. With about 350,000 certificate holders and a global presence in over 50 countries, you can be confident in the value and international stature that the Advanced Test Manager certificate can offer you.