Main Activities of a Software Quality Control Leader

• Coordinate the test strategy and plan with the Project managers, team leader and Bussines Analyst.

• Write and review the test strategy for the project

• Plan the tests - considering the context and understanding the test objectives and risks, including selecting test approaches, estimating the time, effort and cost of testing, acquiring resources, defining test levels, cycles, and planning incident management

• Initiate the specification, preparation, implementation and execution of tests, monitor the test results and check the exit criteria

• Adapt planning based on test results and progress (sometimes documented in status reports) and take any action necessary to compensate for problems

• Set up adequate configuration management of testware for traceability

• Introduce suitable metrics for measuring test progress and evaluating the quality of the testing and the product

• Decide what should be automated, to what degree, and how to select tools to support testing and organize any training in tool use for testers

• Write test summary reports based on the information gathered during testing