Lead I - Software Testing

Ensuring adherence to test practices and process to improve test coverage

Outcomes:

1. Create Test Estimates and Schedules
2. Identify business processes conduct risk analysis and ensure test coverage
3. Ensure adherence of processes and standards
4. Produce test results defect reports test logs and reports for evidence of testing
5. Publish RCA reports and preventive measures
6. Report progress of testing
7. Contribute for Revenue savings for client by suggesting alternate method
8. Quality of Deliverables

Measures of Outcomes:

1. Test Script Creation and Execution Productivity
2. Defect Leakage Metrics (% of defect leaked % of UAT defects and % of Production defects)
3. % of Test case reuse
4. Test execution Coverage
5. Defect Acceptance Ratio
6. Test Review efficiency

Outputs Expected:

Test Design
Development
Execution:

1. Participate in review
   walkthrough
   demo and obtain sign off by stakeholder for Test Design
2. Prepare Test summary report for modules/features

Requirements Management:

1. Analyse
   Prioritize
   Identify Gaps and create workflow diagrams based on Requirements/User stories

Manage Project:

1. Participate in Test management

Domain relevance:

1. Identify business processes
   conduct risk analysis and ensure test coverage

Estimate:

1. Prepare Estimate
   Schedule
   Identify dependencies

Knowledge Management:

1. Consume
   Contribute
   Review (Best Practices
   Lesson learned
   Retrospective)

Test Design
Execution:

1. Test Plan preparation
   Test Case/Script Creation
   Test Execution

Test & Defect Management:

1. Conduct root cause and trend analysis of the defects

Test Planning:

1. Identify the test scenarios with understanding of systems
   interfaces and application
2. Identify end-to-end business critical scenarios with minimal support
3. Create/Review the test scenarios and prepare RTM

Skill Examples:

1. Ability to create and manage a test plan
2. Ability to prepare schedules based on estimates
3. Ability to track and report progress
4. Ability to identify test scenarios and prepare RTM
5. Ability to analyse requirement/user stories and prioritize testing
6. Ability to carry out RCA
7. Ability to capture and report metrics

Knowledge Examples:

Knowledge of Estimation techniques

1. Knowledge of Testing standards
2. Knowledge of identifying the scope of testing
3. Knowledge of RCA Techniques
4. Knowledge of Test design techniques
5. Knowledge of Test methodologies