Advanced Level Test Managers who have passed the Certified Tester Advanced Level Test Management exam should be able to accomplish the following Business Objectives:

• • Manage testing in various software development projects by applying test management processes established for the project team or test organization
• • Identify test stakeholders and software development lifecycle models that are relevant in a given context
• • Organize risk identification and risk assessment sessions within any software development lifecycle and use the results to guide testing to meet the test objectives
• • Define a project test strategy consistent with the organisational test strategy and project context
• • Continuously monitor and control testing to achieve project goals
• • Assess and report test progress to project stakeholders
• • Identify necessary skills and develop those skills within your team
• • Prepare and present a business case for testing in different contexts that outlines the costs and expected benefits
• • Lead test process improvement activities in projects or software development product streams and contribute to organizational test process improvement initiatives
• • Plan the test activities including the required test infrastructure and estimate the effort required to test
• • Create defect reports and a defect workflow suitable for a software development lifecycle.