There are various roles on projects, some people may play more than one role. You should always check with your organizations testing methodology on what your role(s) are. Below is a breakdown of quality assurance roles and responsibilities:
Phase: All
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Test Lead
- Oversees all testing staff and activities for all assigned applications
- Ensures all testing standards are being met
- Serves as an escalation point for issues involving testing
- Serves as a resource and communication point for decisions about test schedule changes
- Provides weekly status report that includes testing metrics
- Follows testing standards
- Provide Test Lead with input for weekly status report
- Follows testing standards
- Provide Test Lead with input for weekly status report
Test Analyst
Performance Analyst
Phase: Planning
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Test Lead
- Review Project Artifacts
- Works with project team to define and create overall strategy and ensures that it is being achieved
- Communicates the test strategy to the Project Manager and Development Team
- Define test process including required test activities and deliverables
- Identifies test resources, estimates test effort and defines test schedule and milestones
- Ensures technical resources are organized for effective support of testing
- Conducts walk-through of Test Strategy
- Collaborate with Test Lead on creation of Test Strategy
- Collaborates with Test Lead on estimating testing effort
- Participates in walk-through of Test Strategy
- Establishes and maintains performance testing guidelines for both manual and automated testing.
- Determine application architecture, configuration, and performance requirements
- Develop and manage the project schedule
- Provide direction and assign responsibil-ities when needed.
- Manage Change Control process
- Act as resource to Test Lead for information to create Test Strategy
- Participate in Test Strategy walk-through
- Approve Test Strategy
- Act as resource to Test Lead for information to create Test Strategy
- Participate in Test Strategy walk-through
- Approve Test Strategy
- Act as resource to Test Lead for information to create Test Strategy
- Participate in Test Strategy walk-through
- Approve Test Strategy
Test Analyst
Performance Analyst
Project Manager
Business Analyst
Development
Phase: Construction
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Test Lead
- Review Requirements
- Review Logical and Physical designs
- Create Test Plan
- Create UAT Test plan for End Users
- Conduct walk-through of Test Plan
- Ensures traceability of test cases back to project requirements
- Be available as resource to Test Analyst in creation of test cases
- Participate in walkthrough of test cases
- Approve test cases
- Assess progress, escalate issues, and manage technical decisions
- Review Requirements
- Review Logical and Physical Designs
- Collaborate with Test Lead to create Test Plan
- Participate in walk-through of Test Plan
- Approve Test Plan
- Create Test Cases (manual and automated, if applicable) and Requirements matrix
- Conduct walk-through of test cases
- Approve Test Cases
- Develops and maintains automated performance test scripts.
- Be available as resource for test team in regards to questions that arise with Requirements and Design documents
- Participate in walk-through and provide approval of Test Plan
- Create Requirements Documentation
- Be available as resource for test team in regards to questions that arise with Requirements and test case creation
- Act as resource to Test Lead for information to create Test Plan
- Participate in walk-through and provide approval of Test Plan
- Participate in walk-through of test cases
- Create Logical and Physical Design Documents
- Review requirements and other and other project documentation
- Be available as resource for test team in regards to questions that arise with Requirements and test case creation
- Participate in walk-through and provide approval of Test Plan
- Participate in walk-through of test cases
- Be available as resource for test team in regards to questions that arise with Requirements and Design documents
- With assistance from test team, create UAT test cases
Test Analyst
Performance Analyst
Project Manager
Business Analyst
Development
End User (SME)
Phase: Execution
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Test Lead
- Conduct Test Readiness Assessment
- Execute manual test cases automated test scripts, if applicable
- Log and review issues and defects identified by testers
- Collect testing sign-off from all testing participants
- Ensures that all aspects of testing, such as : manual execution, regression, automation, and performance are completed
- Create Test Completion Report for promotion recommendation.
- Conduct Test Readiness Assessment
- Execute manual test cases automated test scripts, if applicable
- Participate in defect reviews
- Collaborate with Test Lead in creating Test Completion Report for promotion recommendation
- Performs load, stress, and performance testing and analyzes results
- Provides performance and usage reports
- Participate in defect reviews
- Consult with Test Lead on review and creation of Test Completion report
- Approve Test Completion Report.
- Participate in defect reviews
- Approve Test Completion Report.
- Coordinate and conduct Unit Testing
- Participate in defect reviews
- Collaborate with test team when conducting Test Readiness Assessment
- Investigate and resolve defects/issues
- Update defect/issues log with state and resolution.
- Participate in UAT test execution, reporting defects and test findings to the Test Lead
- Notify Test Lead of any issues impeding progress of testing.
- Provide approval of promotion recommend-ation contained in Test Completion Report
Test Analyst
Performance Analyst
Project Manager
Business Analyst
Development
End User (SME)
Phase: Closure
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Test Lead
- Provide final Test Completion report for entire project
- Finalize and archive all Test Deliverables
- Participate in project closure activities
- Support the project warranty period, if applicable
- Finalize and archive all test deliverables
- Participate in project closure activities
- Support the project warranty period , if applicable
- Provides final Performance Findings Report
- Performs project closure procedures
- Provide support to team during project warranty period
- Provide support during project warranty period
- Provide support during project warranty period
- Be available as resource during project warranty period
Test Analyst
Performance Analyst
Project Manager
Business Analyst
Development
End User (SME)
Phase: Maintenance
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Test Lead
- Provide testing deliverables and test execution as needed if test team is responsible for on-going maintenance
- Provide testing deliverables and test execution as needed if test team is responsible for on-going maintenance
- Rerun Performance tests, if needed
- Provide project deliverables and support to project team, if project team is responsible for on-going maintenance
- Provide On-going support to project team, if applicable
- Provide on-going development support, if applicable
- Be available as resource during on-going maintenance activities, if applicable
Test Analyst
Performance Analyst
Project Manager
Business Analyst
Development
End User (SME)
What role(s) have you played on your projects?
