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Advanced Software Testing - Vol. 2: Guide to the Istqb Advanced Certification as an Advanced Test Manager

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Are you a test manager? If you are, then this book is for you! Author Rex Black has done an outstanding job of writing the second volume of a book with a focus on the material and learning objectives for the advanced test manager.

Black, begins with an overview of contextual and background material that influences some of the basic aspects of software testing. Next, the author discusses the process of testing and the activities that occur within that process. Then, he discusses test management activities from the start to the end of the text process and introduces the considerations of risk for testing. He continues by focusing on test analysts and technical test analysts. Next, the author discusses the tests of software characteristics based on the taxonomy of quality characteristics described in the ISO 9126 standard. Then, he introduces you to reviews and covers strategies for effective and successful reviews. The author continues by using the IEEE 1044 standard to focus on incident lifecycles and the information testers should gather for incident reports. Next, he focuses on introducing a number of international, national, and domain-specific standards. He continues by providing a solid conceptual background for test tools and automation. Next, the author discusses the skills of the individual tester; as well as, the internal and external test team dynamics. Finally, the author shows you what you need to know in order to prepare for the ISTQB Advanced Test Manager exam.

This most excellent book follows the International Software Testing Qualifications Board's (ISTQB's) Advanced Level syllabus, with a focus on the material and learning objectives for the advanced test manager. More importantly, it can help you prepare for the ISTQB Advanced Test Manager exam.

This is a nice and easy book to read; it covers some of the necessaries skills needed to become an effective Test Manager. The combination of certain topics along with the study cases and the exercises made the chapters easy to read and follow. I would recommend this book as a good informational book (I am not sure about preparing you for the test).

This book can serve as adequate study guide for the ISTQB Advanced Level Test Manager certification. As Editor and one of the authors of the ISTQB Advanced Level syllabus, I can confirm that this book fits the bill.

Of course it is not enough, one book or one vision is never enough to be "Advanced", but it is a very good starting point.

I strongly suggest it to readers, as one book to have on one's shelf of testing reference books.

Bernard Homès

This book is an easy read and took what could have been a very heavy load of information and placed it in an easy to read format. The way Rex chose to combine certain topics also made sense. The sample questions at the end of the chapters gave an excellent taste of the exam questions. Be warned, this exam is not easy but this book does help.Advanced Software Testing - Vol. 2: Guide to the ISTQB Advanced Certification as an Advanced Test Manager

Book is not good enough to pass certificate but good enough to learn something about testing.

I'm the author of the two books in the Advanced Software Testing series. I wrote it primarily for ISTQB Advanced Test Manager and Advanced Test Analyst candidates, using RBCS' accredited Advanced Test Manager and Advanced Test Analyst courses as the basis. As such, it has some features I included especially for such exam candidates:

- Extensive sample exam questions, written according to ISTQB exam question style guides and based on the same learning objectives that serve as the basis for all ISTQB Advanced exams

- A running project, HELLOCARMS, that serves as the basis of realistic exercises (with fully worked-out solutions), just like those required for accredited live and e-learning training courses

- Chapters and sections that exactly follow the breakdown of the Advanced syllabus for Advanced Test Manager and Advanced Test Analyst topics (rather than forcing the reader to use a complex traceability matrix to map back to the syllabus for exam preparation).

Whether you use these books for exam preparation, or just as an advanced book on test analysis and/or management, you should expect to invest a lot of time in the sample exam questions and especially the exercises. If you are looking for a casual read on entry-level testing topics, this book is definitely not for you.

I hope you find the book a useful study guide and/or reference.

Regards,

Rex Black

President, RBCS