Certified Tester Expert Level Test Management Managing the Test Team (CTEL-TM-MTT)

The syllabus specifies that in addition to general entry criteria, candidates must hold the ISTQB Advanced Level certificate for Test Manager or a qualifying ISEB Practitioner/Test Management Practitioner certificate ^[1][2]. Not any ISEB certificate qualifies ^[2]. The exam tests the ISTQB Certified Tester Expert Level Test Management syllabus (2011 version); this Expert Level Test Management module has since been retired/superseded, with test management topics now covered by the ISTQB Advanced Level Test Management syllabus (Advanced Test Manager, e.g., v3.0 released 2021).

The allocated minutes give both the relative proportion of time and an approximate minimum teaching time, and providers may spend more ^[2]. The heading minutes indicate teaching time, e.g., Chapter 2 shows 555 minutes ^[1]. The exam tests the ISTQB Certified Tester Expert Level Test Management syllabus (2011 version); this Expert Level Test Management module has since been retired/superseded, with test management topics now covered by the ISTQB Advanced Level Test Management syllabus (Advanced Test Manager, e.g., v3.0 released 2021).