This tutorial covers area 3 of the Certified Software Test Professional requirements. This tutorial also counts as an elective towards the requirements of the Certified Test Manager (CTM) certification.

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Risk management is a key component of doing business in any industry. If a business manager to neglect risk management when running an amusement park, the results could be catastrophic. Similarly, financial managers must be keenly aware of the risks to financial assets and must take steps to minimize the downside. But what about testing managers? What risks are associated with managing the test portion of a software development project, and how can they be minimized?

This course addresses risk management approach tailored for testing managers and test leads. It provides the necessary approaches, techniques and tools for test manager to manage the testing project to ensure that risks with the potential to derail your project are known and effective mitigation strategies are in place to address the harmful events.

• Standard definition and approaches for risk
• Utilize testing-specific checklists designed to assess risks relative to testing projects
• Utilize methods for analyzing and managing risks
• Methods for taking the output of a test project risk assessment and utilizing an effective approach to manage the testing project
• Effective measurement and reporting techniques to provide relevant test project status

• Risk and Software Test Management
  • Issues facing test management
  • Testing in the real world
  • Risk definition and perception
  • Risk and Software Projects
• Risk Management Process
  • Risk Management Planning
  • Risk Identification
  • Risk Analysis
    • Qualitative
    • Quantitative
  • Risk Response planning
  • Risk Monitoring and Control
• Managing Testing form Risk Perspective
  • Managing Test Process
  • Incident Management
  • Test Execution
  • Reporting and Measurement