A software tester is responsible for testing the software, analyzing the defects and submitting the observations to the software development team for rectification.
Some of the important responsibilities of testers are given below:
- In the test planning phase, testers assess the testing requirements and specifications. They are required to read all the documents and understand what needs to be tested.
- Testers develop test cases and test data and prioritize the testing activities.
- In the test execution phase, testers execute the tests, log the problems, evaluate and document the results.
- At the time of reporting the defects, testers have to define the priority and severity of each defect.
- Testers continually monitor the test environment using tools if required. They collect the performance metrics and document the same.
- Whenever changes are made to the software to fix the bugs, testers have to carry out a regression testing on the software every time.
- Another important task of a tester is to review the work (test specifications, test results and defect reports) of fellow testers.
