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Project
Role/Title System Test Lead
Role Definition The system test lead coordinates the overall system testing effort. The system test
lead is responsible for developing strategies and detailed work plans, monitoring
progress, and resolving issues.
Responsibilities • Manage system test schedule, resources, budget, issues, and expectations.
• Develop and maintain test approach.
• Plan and conduct kick-off information meeting for entire project team regarding
testing phase.
• Coordinate test planning activities.
• Manage test effort.
• Manage issues.
• Coordinate testing-related change control process.
• Coordinate internal or external dependencies.
• Coordinate sign-off activities with users.
• Conduct status and planning meetings with team members.
• Coordinate adjustments to test approach with appropriate personnel.
• Measure and monitor progress to ensure testing and validation are completed on
time and within budget and meet project and quality standards.
• Ensure results meet entry and exit criteria.
• Provide expertise and leadership to the system test team.
Skills • Excellent project management skills.
• Excellent negotiating and communication skills.
• Solid understanding of technical processes and relevant business processes.
• Knowledge of all aspects of the system development life cycle.
• Strong leadership skills.
• Issue resolution skills. Ability to obtain resolution by team consensus when
differences in business processes are discussed.
• Solid system test experience in large-scale systems implementations.
• Thorough understanding of the business organization.
• ERP implementation experience preferred.
Reports To Project manager(s)

Project
Role/Title Module Team Members
Role Definition Module team members are responsible for analyzing requirements and converting
them into solutions. Module team members provide direction and application
knowledge with respect to business process design, configuration, testing, training,
and implementation. Module team members are composed of the functional and
technical resources from the project and campuses and report to the module leads.