Critical Control Points During the Software Testing Process

Team	Examples of Who	Tasks	Vendor, State, or Combination
Project Management	Project Manager Technical Manager Functional Manager	Manage project: - communications - planning - resources - budget - timeline - issue resolution - risk analysis & control - daily tasking	Functional Manager normally is State. Others may be either vendor or State.
Configuration Management	Technical and Functional staff	Manage configuration items: - version control - environment control - change control - release management - test documentation - issue tracking - meeting minutes	Combination
Change Management or Change Control Board (Under Configuration Management Umbrella	Technical and Functional staff	Review and control system change requests: - defect or new request? - impact on project if approved/not approved - authorize/reject request	Combination
Release Management (Under Configuration Management Umbrella)	Technical and functional staff	Control code releases as they move through system environments from test region to test region and to production. - version control - verify code compatibility with existing programming - prepare build/release - verify implementation plan and management approval of code moves	Combination
Technical Team	Developers Database Admin Network Admin System Analysts	Develop system: - general design - detailed design - program specifications - code - unit testing - tech support - operations support	Combination
Technical Test Team	Technical staff	Integration testing System testing	Combination
Acceptance Test Team	Functional staff	Acceptance testing and possible assistance with System Testing.	Usually State, but could be combination
System Administration	Technical staff	Move code executable builds from one system environment to another.	Either or combination