Background of testing improvement
- The history of the TMMi model.
- The need to improve testing activities.
- Typical costs and benefits of improving test processes.
- The other improvement models.
Exercise
Why does your testing organization need to improve?
Introduction to the TMMi model
- Positioning in relation to the CMMI model.
- Characteristics of stepped and continuous representations.
- Gelperin and Hetzel's evolutionary testing model.
- Scope of the TMMi model.
- Exact interpretation of the model.
Exercise
Define the links between the CMMI and TMMi process areas.
Structure of the TMMi model
- The components of the model.
- Required, expected and informative components.
- Generic objectives.
Exercise
Define your improvement objectives.
Specific objectives and practices at different levels
- Level 2: Managed - Specific process areas, objectives and practices.
- Level 3: Defined - Specific process areas, objectives and practices.
- Level 4: Measured - Specific process areas, objectives and practices.
- Level 5: Optimization - Specific process areas, objectives and practices.
Exercise
Link specific practices to specific objectives. Multiple-choice questions to prepare for the test.
Conducting TMMi assessments
- Becoming an accredited assessor.
- The characteristics of an assessment method: TAMAR.
- Different types of assessments.
- The steps involved in planning and conducting an assessment.
- Scoring the results of the interviews.
- The report expected by the TMMi Foundation: DSR.
Role-playing
Workshop to assess your organization compared to TMMi level 2.
Implementing the TMMi model with IDEAL
- The different stages of the IDEAL model.
- Critical success factors to understand.
- The risks of failure of a TMMi approach.
Exercise
Reconstruct the IDEAL model. Multiple-choice questions: Complete mock exam.
TMMi Certified Professional Examination
- 40-question MCQ. 60-minute duration.
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- 21h00 
