Sunday, January 13, 2008

Responsibilities of Quality Assurance Roles:

Responsibilities of Quality Assurance Roles:
· Junior Tester
Executes test cases, ad-hoc tests, reports bugs and status. Understands high-tech terminology, basic testing skills. Ideally, they have a wide perspective of software development, strong communication skills, good judgment skills and domain knowledge.

· Tester
Executes test cases, ad-hoc tests, reports bugs and status, designs and writes test cases. 3+ years of testing experience, a wide perspective of software development, strong communication skills, good judgment and knowledge of business.
· Test Lead / Manager
Plans, assigns, prioritizes, follows up, negotiates, executes the plan, identifies potential problems, solutions, recommendations, interviews, hires, evaluates, fires. (Leads usually don't hire/fire). Strong business, judgment, and communication skills

· Junior Tester
Executes test cases, ad-hoc tests, reports bugs and status. Understands high-tech terminology, basic testing skills. Ideally, they have a wide perspective of software development, strong communication skills, good judgment skills and domain knowledge.

· Tester
Executes test cases, ad-hoc tests, reports bugs and status, designs and writes test cases. 3+ years of testing experience, a wide perspective of software development, strong communication skills, good judgment and knowledge of business.
· Test Lead / Manager
Plans, assigns, prioritizes, follows up, negotiates, executes the plan, identifies potential problems, solutions, recommendations, interviews, hires, evaluates, fires. (Leads usually don't hire/fire). Strong business, judgment, and communication skills

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