Foreword

The success of our book Software Testing Foundations greatly encouraged us to write a second book, this time building on the foundation level to address the advanced courses and still provide the same mix of theory and practice the first book contained. We, Tilo Linz and Andreas Spillner, were glad to win Thomas Rossner of imbus AG and Mario Winter of the Cologne University of Applied Sciences as coauthors for this book. All four of us hope that we have yet again succeeded in covering the present topics, from both the theoretical and the practical perspective.

The content of this book on test management conforms to the syllabus of the Certification Course “Advanced Level: Test Manager” (Version 1.2, [URL: ISTQB] -Syllabi). In some places, however, we found it expedient to go beyond the scope of that syllabus and provide the reader with additional advice and information. As a result, this book has become rather more comprehensive than the ISTQB syllabus.