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• A quality assurance manager or team member who is attempting to implement defect
prevention, or is responsible for establishing or improving an organization’s software
process
• A consultant hired to improve project management practices, software process, or over-
all software quality in an organization
• A project manager who has been put in charge of a project that has been outsourced

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