Question

Case 6: Project Resource Management
Several people working on the Healthy You Intranet Project are confused about their responsibilities for the testing portion of the project. Recall that the team members include you, a programmer/analyst and junior/assistant project manager; Ivan, a network specialist; Helen, a business analyst; and Bonnie, another programmer/analyst. Paul Sparks is the project manager, and he has been working closely with managers in other departments to make sure everyone knows what’s going on with the project.
The main tasks for testing include writing a test plan, unit testing and integration testing for each of the main system modules (registration, tracking, and incentives), system testing, and user acceptance testing.
In addition to the project team members, a team of user representatives is available to help with testing, and Paul has also hired an outside consulting firm ABC Digital to help as needed.
One of the issues Paul identified is the ability to work effectively with the user group during testing. According to MBTI classifications, Paul knows that several of his project team members are very introverted and strong thinking types, while several members of the user group are very extroverted and strong feeling types.

Prepare a responsibility assignment matrix (RAM) based on the information from this case.
3. Prepare a RACI chart (use the template) to help clarify roles and responsibilities for these testing tasks. Document key assumptions you make in preparing the chart.

Answer 1

Hi,

Identify the main testing tasks.

RACI stands for

• R - RESPONSIBLE
• A - ACCOUNTABLE
• C - CONSULT
• I - INFORM

RACI chart is a chart made to assign the responsibilities to roles and teams.

Identify the main testing work tasks:

• Test plan
• Unit-testing
• Integration Testing for each module
• System testing,
• User acceptance testing.

Identify key resources.

• Project Team
• Programmer/analyst
• User representatives
• Outside consulting
• Project Manager

Chart

Below is the chart prepared in the excel sheet.

Assumptions :

The roles are merged into a single entity called Project team or Testing Team.

• Network Specialist
• Business Analyst

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Hope this helps.