We are seeking an independent, forward thinking, responsible and dynamicperson for a QA Team Lead. The ideal candidate will be responsible forthe quality assurance of our suite of Web projects and has the abilityto plan, execute and manage all QA activities and lead a team of otherQA Specialists.Skills and Requirements:• University and/or College degree in computer technology or equivalent experience• 5+ years of QA testing experience in a transactional web-based environment.• The ability to define and execute a variety of different types oftests (Unit, Functional, Regression, Interoperability, Integration,System, Configuration, Smoke, UI/Page, Performance, Security etc.)• Team player with great work ethic.• Strong ability to write QA documents - test plans, procedures, testreports. • Strong written and oral communication skills are required.• Advanced working knowledge of JIRA, Rational, RoR. TestTrack is an additional asset.• Understanding of development methodology is considered an asset.• Capable of estimating schedules, determining project scope and driving projects to completion.Responsibilities:• Develop and execute plans, scripts and test scenarios in order tovalidate the practicality, performance, quality and reliability of eachof our Projects.• Oversee and guide deliverables of team of QA Specialists.• Assure that test plans meet design specs, report on testing cyclesand assist in the production of applications that are reasonably freeof defects.• Review project requirement documentation, Partake in design sessionsand provide stakeholders with a risk analysis for each iteration.• Communicates with Developers, Project Managers, and UsabilityEngineers on application issues to certify that the application isfully tested• Work with Technical Operations Lead to help perform root causeanalysis of issues. • Provide Leadership and supervision for theProject/Account QA Team• Develop automation scripts and documentation (as needed on a per case basis).• Review and approve test plans and test cases, Release Notes and User Manuals (as needed)• Monitor QA activity and schedule, escalate of QA issues to ProjectManager (such as missed milestones), and approve release based onquality measurements.• Develop, implement and generate a system and quality control procedures.• Lead optimization of existing standards and procedures; Carrying outthe standard tests during the development cycle and after the close ofproject;• Analyze performance test results and recommend performance improvements plans.Reports to the Director of Technology. Location: Canada-ON-Toronto Telecommute: No (Onsite Position) Contact Name: Michael McCreadie Contact Phone: Contact Email: mmccreadie@hireglyphics.com URL: http://network.hireglyphics.com/profiles/blogs/qa-team-lead-downtown-toronto?xg_source=activity Requirement Based Functional Testing Function (Integration) test is usually the first test phase that a test organization is responsible for during any given release. Requirements based Function Test is one approach to Function (Integration) test - it is a powerful and effective testing approach, which will significantly reduce the number of undetected defects (faults) being released into production. The premise is that a well-formulated set of functional requirements give the Test Designers (see .Testing and The Role of a Test Designer Tester.) a definitive bases for test case design. What is Function Test? "The objective of function test is to measure the quality of the functional (business) components of the system". Tests verify that the system behaves correctly from the user / business perspective and functions according to the requirements, models, storyboards, or any other design paradigm used to specify the application. The function test must determine if each component or business event: performs in accordance to the specifications, responds correctly to all conditions that may be presented by incoming events / data, moves data correctly from one business event to the next (including data stores), and that business events are initiated in the order required to meet the business objectives of the system. Read more on Functional Testing, Mercury QTP, other QA Articles