Lab management
tasks are often performed by people in the roles
of lab manager and tester. This topic describes work activities that
are associated
with these roles and the features in the lab management tool that
they use.
The role that your lab manager administrator associates
with your account
determines the options that are available in test lab management and
the functions
that you can access in the lab manager editors.
The following
types of tasks are typically associated with these test lab
roles.
User role |
Tasks |
Lab manager |
- Manages lab resources in test labs.
The lab can include physical machines,
virtual machines, and virtual images.
- Works with team managers
to allocate lab resources across the products
under tests.
- Installs, sets up, and maintains software applications
for the entire
lab.
- Collaborates with deployment engineers who deploy builds
to test environments.
- Ensures that the lab resources are set
up in the necessary topologies
with the required operating systems and middleware.
|
Software tester |
Tests software that is under development. Runs tests
on lab resources. |