Official QA definition

Hello pear-qa, I'm in the process of investigating QA world. Here is an adopted definition of QA from MySQL http://www.mysql.com/company/jobs/quality_assurance_engineer.html Please, outline the points what PEAR QA will do and what it won't in this text -------- Quality is very important at PEAR. We detest bugs.!!! We are building a network of skilled PEAR QA professionals around the world to improve the quality of our products. We are searching for the best, most qualified and dedicated people around. You may work from anywhere in the world as long as you have the necessary skills and technical facilities to communicate across the Internet. Job Definition You will be responsible for defining, creating, documenting, verifying and assessing quality. You will define, implement, execute and document test plan, test cases and test scripts for multiple projects. Develop and execute functional test in PHP Develop and execute load, stress, volume and reliability test plans and scripts Document and communicate test results, including issues found and their resolution; participate in root cause analysis Develop and maintain automated testing methodology, standards, templates, etc. Qualifications Strong background in scripting, test automation, populating and executing test cases using PHPUnit and ... Minimum 2+ years hands-on Software Quality Assurance and testing experience. Experience in developing and maintaining automated test scripts Excellent verbal / written communications skills in English. Ability to define, create, document and verify testing methods and results Extensive background in QA methodologies and experience developing and executing comprehensive test suites for PEAR Strong knowledge of computer systems and operating systems (Win, Linux, UNIX) with in-depth experience testing software on Microsoft and Linux operating systems Strong knowledge in PEAR concepts and tools Proven experience in PHP You are familiar and support the Open Source model of working and like sharing work both internally and externally. Ability to work independently and remotely (most of us work from home) with limited supervision. You can work independently and know where/how to look up information to solve a given tasks. -------- t --