Software Developers, Quality Assurance Analysts, and Testers

Software Developers, Quality Assurance Analysts, and Testers typically perform the following tasks: • Analyze user needs and software requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints. • Develop or direct software system testing or validation procedures, programming, or documentation. • Confer with systems analysts, engineers, programmers and others to design systems and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces. • Modify existing software to correct errors, adapt it to new hardware, or upgrade interfaces and improve performance. • Prepare reports or correspondence concerning project specifications, activities, or status. • Analyze information to determine, recommend, and plan installation of a new system or modification of an existing system. • Store, retrieve, and manipulate data for analysis of system capabilities and requirements. • Design, develop and modify software systems, using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcomes and consequences of design. • Determine system performance standards. • Consult with customers or other departments on project status, proposals, or technical issues, such as software system design or maintenance. • Confer with data processing or project managers to obtain information on limitations or capabilities for data processing projects. • Monitor functioning of equipment to ensure system operates in conformance with specifications. • Coordinate installation of software system. • Supervise the work of programmers, technologists and technicians and other engineering and scientific personnel. • Supervise and assign work to programmers, designers, technologists, technicians, or other engineering or scientific personnel. • Obtain and evaluate information on factors such as reporting formats required, costs, or security needs to determine hardware configuration. • Train users to use new or modified equipment.