Coordinate all activities and testers during each testing phase of a project or program.
Cooperate with clients, users, and senior staff to agree on testing strategies for development projects.
Maintain awareness of testing alternatives, analyze them, and select and agree on the most effective testing strategy.
Use testing knowledge and experience to assess and advise on the practicality of testing process alternatives.
Identify process improvements and assist with their implementation.
Ensure risks associated with the agreed test strategy and system test plan are documented and communicated to clients, users, and colleagues.
Manage testing risks and take preventative action when risks become unacceptable.
Provide authoritative advice and guidance to colleagues on testing, including training testers and other developers where appropriate.
Plan, arrange, and control meetings, workshops, and relations with client and user staff during test planning and subsequent development and testing activities.
Take high-level responsibility for client and user relations.
Take responsibility for all testing phases and management of testing activities within a development project.
Plan or oversee planning of system and acceptance tests and coordinate execution of the plans.
Take responsibility for early life-cycle validation and verification.
Take responsibility for producing and approving testing deliverables and achieving testing milestones during a project.
Fulfil the role of Testing Coordinator for a development project or program of projects.
Job Description
1. Coordinates all activities and all testers during each testing phase of a project or program 2. Co-operates with clients/users and senior staff as required to agree the testing strategy to be employed for development projects. 3. Maintains awareness of testing alternatives at a level where they can be analyzed and the most effective testing strategy selected and agreed 4. Utilizes testing knowledge and experience to assess and advise on the practicality of testing process alternatives. 5. Identifies improvements to the process and assists in their implementation. 6. Ensures that any risks associated with the agreed test strategy and the system test plan are clearly documented and described to the clients/users and colleagues. 7. Manages all risks associated with the testing and takes preventative action when any risks become unacceptable. 8. Provides authoritative advice and guidance to colleagues on any aspect of testing, including training for testers and other developers where appropriate. 9. Plans, arranges and controls meetings, workshops and relations with client/user staff during test planning and throughout subsequent development and testing activities. 10. Takes responsibility at a high level for the proper conduct of such relations. 11. Takes responsibility for all phases of testing and the management of the testing activities within a development project. 12. Plans or oversees the planning of the system and acceptance tests and coordinates the execution of these plans. 13. Takes responsibility for early life-cycle validation and verification. 14. Takes responsibility for the production and approval of all testing deliverables and achievement of testing milestones during a project. 15. Fulfils the role of Testing Co-ordinator for a development project or program of projects.