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		<description><![CDATA[Typical duties of a test manager include defining and clarifying project objectives, planning and estimating, assigning people to tasks, monitoring progress, and providing feedback and reporting to people who want it. On an Agile project, while many of these activities are still required, the parties involved are often radically different. For example, defining and clarifying [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brianheys.com&amp;blog=882878&amp;post=4706&amp;subd=brianheys&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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