Roles and Responsibilities

Stable Tester
Identify Test Cases based on User Stories and Bugs

Author Test Cases

Link Test Cases to User Stories and Bugs

Execute Test Cases and track Results

Track Bugs

Track Exploratory Testing

Submit Test Cases to Inventory

Create Implementation Test Plans

Stable Developer
Unit Testing

Stable Project Manager
Assign User Stories to Releases

Ensure Story Exit Criteria is completed (Tests Written/Passing)

Monitor Implementation Test Plan Progress

Enterprise Test
Create Release Testing Plans

Execute Release Tests

Track bugs found in Release Testing

Analyze Quality Metrics and identify/implement process improvements

Review Test Cases for inclusion in Inventory

Maintain quality standards for Test Cases in inventory

Quality Reviews

Bug Triage

Release Manager
Ensure all Exit Criteria on User Stories (being released) is met

Ensure Release Exit Criteria is met (Release Testing)

Create Release Work Items

Triage Bugs found during Release Testing

Test Automation Author
Create Test Automation

Review Nightly Test Run Results

Create Automated Test Work Items with links back to Manual Test WI

Help Desk
Submit Production Bugs to TFS