Appendix A - Terms of Reference for Testing Staff

Summary

Introduction

This appendix provides recommendations for the terms of reference (TORs) for the following staff involved in software testing:

• Testing manager

• Test team leader

• Test analyst

• Tester

• Independent test observer.

For each TOR, the following information is documented:

• Responsibilities

• Reporting and liaison

• Typical characteristics

• Appropriate references for further information.

Each TOR appears in the following pages of this appendix.

This appendix also describes the role of a typical testing programme board (see Chapter 4) for those organizations interested in introducing such an entity into their testing programme.

Individual TORs can be provided to the appropriate staff on testing projects, either as photocopies or electronically, as memory aids.