Indroduction:

Most of the projects now a days move on agility and uncertainty of “what we require exactly “, The three days workshop focuses on test management by understanding the risk, analyzing and then design the solution based on risk impact understood by the management. Second day shows the key understanding to build and manage an effective test team to ensure that testing or quality control solution is delivered on time and achieve high performance. Third day shows the effective 10 steps to ensure a test manager is able to fulfill the responsibility and build confidence to management and team .

 

 

Take Away

•  Understanding and evaluating Risks in testing & Related management to control the end to end test activities

•  Developing a proactive plan and management towards building an organization based testing team which is inline with the interest of business.

•  Identifying and working on top priority areas as a test manager to ensure that the success of the position “manager” is achieved.

•  Solving their organizational problems

Target Audience:

Test Engineers, Senior Test engineers, Test Lead, Test manager, Project manager, requirement analyst, QA engineers

 

Duration

3 days

 

Course Contents

Day 1-Risk-Based Test Management

• Understanding Risk and it's perceptions
• Understanding management
• Risk and Software Management
• Common Software Risks
• Risk and Software Projects
• Risk Identification
• Categorizing Risks
• Elements of Risk Statement
• Analyzing Identified Risks
• Hazard analysis
• Risk Mitigation
• Potential Mitigation Solutions
• Risk Based Test Management
• Managing to Risk Plan
• Risk measurement, Monitoring and Control
• Risk Log
• Implementing Risk Paradigm
• Reporting and Measurement

Day 2-Building and Managing a Test Team

• Introduction of Testing and role in business
• The Definition of a Test team
• Third party - Unambiguous - Neutral
• Characteristics of an Effective Test Team
• What is test center of excellence
• The kick off point
• Test Manager's Role and Responsibilities
• Planning and Budgeting
• Hiring and Training
• Defining Responsibilities and Expectations
• Defining the Work
• Managing the Test Team
• Effective Management Techniques
• Management vs. Leadership
• Motivation, Teamwork, and Productivity
• Reviews and Performance Evaluations
• Retention and Turnovers
• Terminations and Layoffs
• Managing the expectation
• Prepare for future
• Solving organizational problem, Q & A

Day 3-Ten steps to become successful Test manager

• Testing Process and Basic Role of a test Manager
• The ten steps to make him effective
• Clarify, Negotiate and Commit to your Role
• Understand your Expected result
• Know your piece of the business
• Build a Effective and efficient test team
• Choose employee wisely
• Define and model group excellence for testing
• Plan the work and work the plan - create some flexibility
• Obliterate barriers
• Proactively adopt and manage changes
• Create a legacy to produce result
• Discussion of practical problems