Empower your Test Management career with cutting-edge skills
Take your test management career to the next level with expert-led training and real-world insights.
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Program duration
2 weeks; You can choose morning or afternoon classes, so you can easily combine them with a full-time job
Level
Advanced. Tosca Users
Prior experience required
Format
Online
Coach assisted
Sessions
3 times per week
Language:
English and German, materials in English
Tools:
Tosca Commander, Jira, NextendIT
Price:
Regular: €500
what is it?
A two-week, hands-on deep dive into the latest trends in Test Management
Learn how to support and drive digital transformation in testing with practical insights and strategies:
- Understand the evolving testing landscape: Discover how market demands are transforming testing activities, the challenges this brings, and effective ways to overcome them.
- Tosca in an Agile environment: Master how to leverage Tosca’s capabilities to automate test cases and support iterative, Agile development processes.
- Stay ahead with effective communication: Understand what stakeholders and Agile teams need to know from testing, and identify which communication activities can be streamlined and automated.
- Accelerate time-to-value: Strategies for faster go-to-market release management and reducing your time to deliver value with NextendIT. Orchestrating test execution.
What you’ll learn?
Transforming the Test Management Role in Agile Environment
- Navigate the transition from multifunctional QA teams to dedicated Agile team members
- Understand how the test management role is evolving from manager to quality coach
- Tackle technical, organizational, and skill-based challenges effectively
- Apply proven strategies to eliminate waste and optimize testing processes
Effective Test Planning and Reporting with Tosca
- Set up Tosca for comprehensive test oversight and management
- Transition from basic test coverage to detailed risk coverage
- Leverage Tosca’s reporting capabilities for better visibility and insights
- Scale testing efforts efficiently as project complexity grows
Streamlined Release Management in Iterative Development
- Manage releases in a fast-paced development environment without sacrificing quality
- Learn how to turn testing from a bottleneck into a trusted advisor
- Explore different release strategies, such as releasing after each user story or after every sprint, as well as conducting quarterly releases.
- Coordinate integration and E2E testing activities effectively
- Orchestrate testing workflows with NextendIT for seamless releases
Practical use case for Test Managers
This practical training provides hands-on experience in building a robust testing environment that enables rapid, reliable, and scalable quality assurance aligned with agile delivery models.
- Discover how to create a real-world testing framework by configuring Tosca projects, managing sandboxes for each tester, defining product areas and responsibilities, and establishing review processes.
- Learn how to develop testing processes that minimize maintenance work and support fast-paced development cycles.
- Gain skills in generating detailed reports on sprint and release progress, as well as risk management and all within Tosca.
- Expand your capabilities to handle end-to-end testing activities and orchestrate execution workflows seamlessly using Tosca in combination with NextendIT.
Program Details
Module 1
From bottleneck to trusty advisor
Understanding evolving market demands and what no longer works
New perspectives: Introducing the fundamentals of iterative testing
Transformation strategies and increasing automation through continuous testing
Practice kick-off: Set up your Tesca project and prepare for growth. Define quality gates
Module 2
Transforming Test Management Role
Addressing organizational, technical, and skills challenges
Distributing operational and strategic tasks within testing and QA
Fostering autonomy: transitioning from management to coaching
Keeping eye on the big picture (from testing perspective) with few klicks in Tosca
Module 3
Open Discussion. Challenges, solutions and best practices
To make this master class even more valuable for you, we are planning an open session where you can bring your own challenges, therefore enhancing your experience.
Together, we’ll discuss them as a group and identify the best possible solutions that you can apply directly to your project.
Module 4
Risk is the new market currency
Shifting the perspective from test coverage to risk coverage
Addressing the key question: “Can I go live today?”
Effective communication and reporting to stakeholders
Automating communication and TestOps
How Tosca can support test management activities
Module 5
Sustainable release management
Releases as a parallel activity: why automation is essential?
Parallel execution of various testing cycles, such as regression, integration, performance, and E2E testing
Test orchestration with NextnedIT, extending Tosca’s capabilities
Exit criteria, quality gates, customer acceptance testing, reporting, and post-release activities
Module 6
Workshop release management
Enhance your release process with practical insights and strategies.
Explore how to set up parallel executions. Set up E2E chains with few clicks
Detect point of automation and how to address them
Post-release activities and clean up tasks. Preparation for the next cycle
Who is this program perfect for?
Test Managers and leads new to Agile projects
Those who are just beginning to adopt Agile methodologies and want to understand how automation can support iterative development, fast feedback cycles, and continuous integration. This program will help you grasp how to effectively lead testing efforts within an Agile environment and leverage automation to keep pace with rapid development cycles.
Experienced test specialists who want to jump to the next level
Seasoned testers looking to expand their skill set by incorporating advanced automation tools and techniques. This workshop offers insights into optimizing testing processes, integrating new tools like NextnedIT with Tosca, and implementing parallel testing cycles to increase coverage and reduce testing time.
Anyone responsible for delivering software with high quality to the market
Professionals across roles such as QA managers, release managers, and developers who are committed to ensuring their software products meet high standards. Therefore, this training provides practical strategies to improve testing efficiency, establish effective quality gates, and ensure that releases are both timely and reliable without compromising quality.
What sets us apart?
Gain insights and best practices from seasoned professionals who have extensive experience in automation, release management and QA, ensuring you receive practical, real-world knowledge that you can apply immediately.
This Master Class will help you avoid common pitfalls, accelerate your learning curve, and build confidence in deploying automation strategies that deliver measurable results.
Access practical know-how gained through real-world experience that has been proven to work, along with tribal wisdom you won’t find on YouTube, Udemy, or Coursera.
Our training program is based on Tosca Commander, one of the most prominent tools for test automation worldwide.
In each module we have included quizzes and self-tests, so our coaches check your progress and decide whether to go ahead or work deeper on a certain topic.
Meet your coach
Bogdana Ivanova
CEO of nextpertis GmbH
Bogdana Ivanova is a visionary leader with over 20 years of transformative experience in Quality Assurance, Test Automation, Product Management, and Agile Leadership. Her unparalleled expertise has driven digital transformations across diverse industries such as gambling, sports betting, insurance, banking, telecoms, and utilities, empowering organizations to achieve operational excellence and innovation.
Bogdana’s passion for excellence is reflected in her mastery of cutting-edge automation frameworks like Selenium, Postman and Tosca Commander, combined with a strategic mindset that elevates QA practices to new heights. As a seasoned Scrum Master and architect of scalable QA solutions, she has consistently demonstrated an extraordinary ability to implement best practices that deliver measurable results.
For the past six years, Bogdana has led her own consulting company, dedicated to sharing proven methodologies and inspiring large organizations to navigate complex digital journeys successfully. Her deep understanding of industry challenges and her innovative approach make her an ideal guide for those seeking to redefine the role of test management.
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FAQ
What is a Master Class?
Our Master Class is a hands-on program built on real-world experience. Industry leaders share practical, ready-to-use knowledge that can be applied immediately at work, ensuring you gain valuable skills you can implement right away.
Do I need prior experience to join the program?
Yes, prior experience is required. The Master Class is designed for those with experience as a Delivery Manager, Test Manager, or individuals aiming to advance from QA/testing roles to management positions.
Do you offer group discounts?
Yes, we do! For more details, please contact us directly, and we’ll be happy to discuss group discount options.
Can I get an invoice?
Absolutely. To receive a company invoice, please provide your company’s name, address, and VAT number during the payment process. Select the “business customer” option and fill in the required information. We will email the invoice to you promptly.