The purpose of establishing a software test organization is to identify a group of people that is responsible for testing. Since testing in its fullest sense has a great influence on product quality and consists of complex activities that are usually done under tight schedules and high pressure, management realizes that it is necessary to have a well-trained and ded icated group of specialists in charge of this process. Among the respon sibilities of the test group are test planning, test execution and recording, test-related standards, test metrics, the test database, the defectrepository, and, test tracking and evaluation