Editing Software testing (section)

=== Roles ===

In an organization, testers may be in a separate team from the rest of the [[software development]] team or they may be integrated into one team. Software testing can also be performed by non-dedicated software testers.

In the 1980s, the term ''software tester'' started to be used to denote a separate profession.

Notable software testing roles and titles include:<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Gelperin |first1=David |author-link=Dave Gelperin |last2=Hetzel |first2=Bill |author-link2=William C. Hetzel |date=June 1, 1988 |title=The growth of software testing |journal=Communications of the ACM |volume=31 |issue=6 |pages=687–695 |doi=10.1145/62959.62965 |s2cid=14731341|doi-access=free }}</ref> ''test manager'', ''test lead'', ''test analyst'', ''test designer'', ''tester'', ''automation developer'', and ''test administrator''.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Gregory |first1=Janet |title=More Agile Testing |last2=Crispin |first2=Lisa |publisher=Addison-Wesley Professional |year=2014 |isbn=978-0-13-374956-4 |pages=23–39}}</ref>