Hello Readers,

As we know that software ‘Test Manager’ is a high level person in the testing team. Test manager have a lots of roles and responsibilities in the team. Every Test manager play his/her role and responsibility throughout the development of any software product or application.

Here i am describing few roles and responsibilities of a 'Test Manager' as below :-

• Comprehend the testing endeavors by evaluating the requirements of the project.
• Evaluate and acquire the management sustain for the duration, resources and the economy which is essential for the testing activities.
• Specify the testing approaches which will be used in project.
• Conducting the kick-off meeting, related with the testing activities.  
• Prepare a smart testing team of experts with the relevant abilities, approaches, skills and encouragement.
• Originate the test plan for all chores, subordinations and associates needed to reduce the risks to product quality and also acquire the sustain of stakeholder for this testing plan.
• Distinguish training prerequisites or proposals and forward this to the PM (Project Manager).
• Organize the all types of software and hardware demands for the testing setup.
• Allot the chores to all associates of testing team and assure that all of them have adequate task in the project.
• Verify and review all documents related with the test cases.
• Make sure for content and framework for all testing records are documented and retained.
• Maintain, the flow of all new requirements or if any new change in the requirement of the project.
• If necessary then communicate with the client and clarify for the requirements.  
• If team faces any problem about the requirements like- hardware, software, resource etc then update to the project manager or concern person.
• Conduct the daily status meetings with the team members and send this status report to the client.
• Assure that all the milestones of related task and work should be released timely.
• Study all the reports or records which are created by the test engineers.
• Assure that the requirement traceability matrix should be updated.