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Roles / Responsibilities:

Creating, getting approval and maintaining the test strategy and plan:

• risk assessments and defining a test strategy
• creating schedules
• determining procedures, standards and metrics
• Executing the test plan according to schedule and within budget
• implementing the testing tasks and procedures in accordance with the test plan
• daily control of the testing activities: allocating tasks, determining detailed plans, tracking progress and contributing to and participating in project meetings
• internal quality management (periodic risk assessment and internal audit of the progress and quality of the test process)
• Reporting test progress and the quality of the system under test
• reporting progress against the test schedule, quality of the system under test in terms of defects per severity class, identification of trends and provision of metrics

Skills / Experience:

• Comprehensive experience in applying a variety of test methodologies and techniques
• Experience in coordination of support tasks
• General acquaintance with test tools.
• Information Engineering Skills
• Comprehensive knowledge and experience in the field of IT, acquired in a variety of organisations
• Experience in a variety of software development lifecycles
• General acquaintance with hardware, software and data communication facilities
• General
• Experience in the use of planning and progress monitoring tools
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Leadership and motivational abilities
• Specific skills
• Tact, resistance to panic and the ability to absorb criticism
• Proficiency in conflict resolution and negotiation techniques