TEST PLAN: ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

When a Big project comes, it’s the Test Manager who writes the test plan.If there are 3 small projects, then Test Manager allocates each project to each Test lead. The Test lead writes the test plan for the project which he is allocated.

1) Test Manager

Ø  Writes or reviews test plan

Ø  Interacts with customer, development team and management

Ø  Sign off release note

Ø  Handle issues and escalations

2) Test Lead

Ø  Writes or reviews test plan

Ø  Interacts with development team and customers

Ø  Allocates work to test engineers and ensure that they are completing the work within the schedule

Ø  Consolidate reports sent by Test Engineers and communicate it to development team, customers(if it is a time&material project) and management

3) Senior Test Engineer

Ø  Review test plan

Ø  Write test cases for trend analysis

Ø  Asset survey

Ø  Write traceability matrix

Ø  Review test cases written for sales and purchase modules

Ø  Execute test cases written for trend analysis, asset survey, registration (old module developed in previous release. Adding trend analysis and asset survey has affected. Old module has been affected. So do regression testing)

Ø  Perform compatibility testing using Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome in Windows XP and Windows Vista

Ø  Prepare test execution report and communicate it to Test lead.

4) Junior Test Engineer

Ø  Set up and install the product

Ø  Identify test cases to be automated

Ø  Automate identified test cases using QTP

Ø  Execute and maintain automation scripts