QA Roles and Responsibilities

QA Lead

The following information is intended to help QA Leads stay on top of important aspects of their day-to-day responsibilities.

What	Why	When	Where
Crashkill	Discuss critical stability issues	Monday @ 10:00 Pacific	Vidyo: Stability, IRC: #crashkill
Iteration Planning	Discuss development work selection	Tuesday @ 12:30 Pacific	Vidyo: Firefox, IRC: ?
Release Coordination	Discuss issues which should be escalated and tracked	Tuesday/Thursday @ 10:00 Pacific	Vidyo: Release Coordination, IRC: #planning
Engineering	Cross-team status of Firefox development	Tuesday @ 11:00 Pacific	Vidyo: Engineering
Product Coordination	Cross-team status of Firefox product	Wednesday @ 11:00 Pacific	Vidyo: Product Coordination

Setting up the overall test plan
Ensuring iteration developed bugs are tagged and tested in a timely manner
Ensuring unassigned feature work gets assigned
Ensuring critical bugs are assigned, investigated, and remain on-track
Escalating critical issues to Engineering and/or Release Management when needed
Ensuring all key metrics (bugs, features, etc) are signed off before uplift or release
Attending meetings, effectively communicating status, and raising quality concerns/blockers