ISTQB Test Manager/Management Advanced Level Certification

Build your career with ISTQB Test Manager/Management Advanced Level Certification through ASTQB.

ISTQB Test Management Advanced Level (formerly named ISTQB Test Manager Advanced Level) can take your career to a higher level because:

• It shows you have a strong commitment to the testing profession, self-improvement, and leadership.
• It demonstrates you have advanced software testing skills and are ready to lead others.
• It proves you have the desire – and knowledge – to move higher in your career and your organization in test management.

Here are some of the great new updates in ISTQB Test Management Advanced Level v3:

• In this new version, the syllabus structure is more concise and updated for current industry needs. It supports projects using Agile approaches and/or sequential methods.
• To better reflect the current practices in software development, it has been renamed from Test Manager to Test Management.
• Finally, the new exam is 120 minutes instead of 180 minutes (the additional 25% time is available for non-native speakers as usual).

ISTQB Test Manager Advanced Level v2 (2012) can be taken through May 30, 2025. ISTQB Test Management Advanced Level v3 is available now and can be taken at any time. When you purchase your ISTQB Test Management Advanced Level exam voucher through our official ISTQB exam provider AT*SQA, you can choose either version.

When you pass this ISTQB exam through ASTQB and AT*SQA, you earn points toward your Testing Tiers® software tester ranking, and you can appear on the Official U.S. List of Certified and Credentialed Software Testers™, the AT*Work™ List of Testers for Hire, and the ISTQB successful candidate register. 

Register now for your ISTQB Test Manager / Management Exam through ISTQB exam provider AT*SQA

Important: American companies check with us, ASTQB (ISTQB in the U.S.) and our official ISTQB exam provider AT*SQA, to see if you are on the Official U.S. List of Certified Software Testers™ so you must register directly through our official ISTQB exam provider AT*SQA for your ISTQB exam to appear on that list. We will also add you to the ISTQB Successful Candidate Register.

Preparation Resources

Here are the steps to your ISTQB Test Manager Certification:

1. Download the free syllabus above.
2. Download the free sample exam questions and answers, also above.
3. Get training via an ASTQB-accredited software training course. Training is optional, but others who have taken advanced level certification exams highly recommend it. Only ASTQB lets you retake this ISTQB exam for free (see the details) when you meet the criteria!
4. Register for the exam only through our official ISTQB exam provider AT*SQA so you can appear in the lists that American employers check: the Official U.S. List of Certified Software Testers™ and the AT*Work™ List of Testers for Hire. (Another important reason to only take the ASTQB versions of the ISTQB exams: We monitor them for fairness, and ensure there are no trick questions.)
5. Pass the exam. Congratulations! You can now appear in the official ISTQB/ASTQB certification list that U.S. employers check for employees and outsourced testing.

If you don’t yet have advanced level certifications like ISTQB Test Manager, here is great advice from a testing professional who had earned every Foundation and Advanced certification ASTQB offers!

In addition, this free podcast on Advanced certification will inspire you. Hear a veteran tester describe:

1. Why you shouldn’t fear the Advanced Level exam. As the tester said in hindsight, “Why did I wait so long to take my first Advanced exam? I realized it really wasn’t that scary – it wasn’t that bad. And so then I got my next one, and my next one.”
2. How to prepare for the exam, including two very important tips. After taking the Advanced exams, he concluded, “The exams are just made to try to determine, ‘Have you learned the material?’ Well if you learn the material, you’re going to pass the exam. Then you’re going to look back and go, ‘Well it wasn’t that tough.’” Learn his two tips, plus his thoughts on taking a training class.
3. Why it’s important for your career – and your company – that you become Advanced Level certified. As a tester noted about his own career, “When I first came here, I was hired to be a test lead for our web enterprise and e-commerce side. But as I developed and got more certifications, they thought, ‘Well, maybe he could do this, too.’ And so I took on more responsibilities and worked my way up, so that now I’m managing the test efforts for five major enterprise level areas that are critical areas.”

This is a podcast that will inspire you!

See the ISTQB Advanced Level Test Management syllabus and sample exam questions and answers above. We recommend that you utilize an accredited training provider to prepare for this advanced certification.