SUMMARY:

Business savvy project management, functional and test professional with 9+ years of progressive experience across a broad range of business analysis, functional analysis, quality management, functional and testing capabilities through SDLC end to end. Proven ability to combine vision, creativity, and strong business acumen with well - developed project management and leadership qualities to deliver value and quality on time to client. Areas of expertise include -

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Tools: JIRA, JAMA, JAWS, PL SQL, SOAP UI, SharePoint, Microsoft Office suite, HP ALM, HP UFT/QTP, Microsoft Test Manager, HP Load Runner, SQL, Selenium, COGNOS

Applications: MS Project, MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint

Software Methodology: Water Fall/Linear Sequential, Agile, Prototype, V Model, Top Down,Requirement Validation, Requirement Gap Analysis, Functional and Business Requirement Design, Conducting JADs sessions.

Bottom Up Methodologies: Testing Overview, Approach, Bugzilla Strategy, Scope and Roles for Unit Testing, Equivalence Partitioning, Boundary Value Analysis, Functional Testing, ALM, Integration Testing, Independent Verification & Validation (IV&V) Testing, Regression Testing, System Testing, End - End Testing and Acceptance Testing, Data Conversion, Mobile Testing (iOS and Android), Accessibility Testing, Compliance and Certification Testing.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential,Boston, MA

Experienced Associate

Responsibilities:

• Conducted the Requirement Gap Analysis and conducted the Requirement Validation sessions.
• Responsible to lead a team of BAs to successfully complete the Functional Design documents for the Functional Screens of the application. It included more than 200 screens.
• Co-ordinated with BA team of other tracks to come up with a holistic design.
• Conducting JADs (Joint Activity Sessions) with the client in order to get an understanding and approval of the proposed design.
• Created the Test Plan which includes defining test approach, testing processes for all kinds of testing, Establishing the Entry Exit Criteria.
• Created the Quality Assurance Deliverable which is basically the test completion report submitted to the state.
• Responsible for Test Estimation and laying out the Test Plan and Cycle in JAMA.
• Managing a team on offshore and onshore model consisting of 32 offshore testers (across Mumbai and Bangalore) and 6 onsite testers (Bismarck and Orlando).
• Responsible to bring all the 32 testers up to speed on the domain knowledge and functionality.
• Conducted daily calls with offshore team to track status and discuss on the assignment for each of the testers.
• Conducted the internal triage calls with Development and Functional team to prioritize the defects identified during SIT. And worked with Development Manager to finalize the deployment schedule to the testing environment.
• Successfully managed and completed the Performance Testing for Release 1(ACA) and planned the same for Release 2. It was with 500 concurrent users for Worker Portal and 200 for the online Self Service Portal.
• Successfully managed and delivered the Automation Testing Framework for the Confidential and shared it with the other IE projects within Confidential .
• Successfully completed System Integration Testing for Release 2 (comprising of Non-MAGI Medicaid, SNAP, TANF, Child Care and LIHEAP) and could meet the SIT Exit Criteria for all types of testing. Release 2 accounted for executing over 9000 test cases and SIT team logged over 10000 defects.
• Implemented the Boundary Value Analysis and Equivalence Partitioning method for test cases development.
• Assisted the State UAT team to create their UAT Plan.
• Conducted weekly Testing Work Group meeting with State to discuss about the weekly progress and resolved issues/concerns.
• Conducted triage meetings with Confidential and State to discuss about the defects identified during the UAT and decide on their resolution plan.
• Co-ordinated with Confidential and State UAT team to resolve issues to make UAT successful.
• Reviewing UAT progress to make sure it gets done within specified time.
• Worked with UAT Manager to define the current build process and the frequency of code deployment that needs to be done on the UAT environment.
• Co-ordinated with Third party trading partner Interfaces to conduct end to end System Integration Testing.
• Conducted meeting with Trading Partner Interface to plan for the Testing in coordination with Confidential .
• Conducted defect triage meetings between State, Confidential and Trading Partner to discuss about the defects identified during Trading Partner Testing and their resolution plan.
• Worked with trading partners and state along with federal interfaces team. Co-ordinated with MMIS, Issuance Vendors, Child Support etc.
• Attend Management calls to discuss about the Testing Status, Risks and Concerns
• Discuss about the impact on testing due to change in Scope.
• Discuss about the current and upcoming Change Requests and how we planned to cover as part of testing.
• Tracking of daily activity progress through the Microsoft Project Plan and Confidential Project Management Center tool. Conducted daily status meeting with the Offshore testing team.
• Biweekly project management calls to discuss risks, concerns and upcoming plan for the project.
• Presenting the reports to project leadership and State’s Project Stakeholders.
• Identify risk upfront which includes Project Risk, Scope Risk or People Risk and had conveyed to the project leadership along with the possible mitigation strategies.
• Requirement Validation and Design Review from testing standpoint.
• Responsible for generating Causal Analysis Report for all the defects which were identified in production for Release 1 and made sure to cover the missing areas as part of Release 2 testing.
• Reviewed the design documents for Eligibility, Interfaces and Conversion and made sure to highlight the gaps well before getting implemented. Identified the gap in the Conversion Testing approach during the pre-development stage which resulted in change of design at early stage
• Reviewed the traceability matrix to ensure proper coverage of test scenarios and test cases to requirement and design documents

Confidential,Helena, Montana

Test Lead

• Assisted in creation of the Test Plan Document deliverable.
• Worked with the Test Manager to define the overall test plan including approach and strategy for the State of Montana Project.
• Managing a team on offshore and onshore model consisting of 25 offshore testers (in Mumbai) and 2 onsite testers (Helena, Montana).
• Established standard processes for Test Case Development, Review, Execution, Defect Reporting standard etc.
• Create test case scenarios to test functionalities like Eligibility, correspondence, interfaces and integration among others.
• Identify and design regression scenarios focused towards each build based on defect analysis of defects scheduled for the respective build to test the sanity of the system after the code changes.
• Conducted daily calls with offshore team to track status and discuss on the assignment for each of the testers.
• Conducted the internal triage calls with Development and Functional team to prioritize the defects identified during SIT. And worked with Development Manager to finalize the deployment schedule to the testing environment.
• Successfully managed and delivered the Affordable Care Act Go Live in Montana within the 8 months.
• Constantly delivered successful builds containing Enhancements and Change Requests to Production. Considered as one of the most stable Integrated Eligibility project in Confidential .
• Assisted the State UAT team to create their UAT Plan.
• Conducted triage meetings with Confidential and State to discuss about the defects identified during the UAT and decide on their resolution plan.
• Co-ordinated with Confidential and State UAT team to resolve issues to make UAT successful.
• Co-ordinated with Third party trading partner Interfaces to conduct end to end System Integration Testing.
• Conducted defect triage meetings between State, Confidential and Trading Partner to discuss about the defects identified during Trading Partner Testing and their resolution plan.
• Worked with trading partners and state along with federal interfaces team. Co-ordinated with MMIS, Issuance Vendors, Child Support etc.
• Attend Management calls to discuss about the Testing Status, Risks and Concerns
• Discuss about the impact on testing due to change in Scope.
• Discuss about the current and upcoming Change Requests and how we planned to cover as part of testing.
• Tracking of daily activity progress through the Microsoft Project Plan and Confidential Project Management Center tool. Conducted daily status meeting with the Offshore testing team.
• Biweekly project management calls to discuss risks, concerns and upcoming plan for the project.
• Reviewed the traceability matrix to ensure proper coverage of test scenarios and test cases to requirement and design documents
• Identify and design regression scenarios focused towards each build based on defect analysis of defects scheduled for the respective build to test the sanity of the system after the code changes.
• Reviewed the design documents for Eligibility, Interfaces and Conversion and made sure to highlight the gaps well before getting implemented. Identified the gap in the Conversion Testing approach during the pre-development stage which resulted in change of design at early stage.
• Assisted state with PERM Audit.

Confidential

Software Tester

• Executing the test cases.
• Detecting bugs & classifying them based on the severity.
• Creating the Test Data (Promotions, Coupons etc.) using the BCC tool for the test cases.
• Conducted Mobile testing using the Android SDK Stimulators and MITE.
• Given Walkthrough to the team regarding the new functionality in the project.

Confidential

Software Tester

• Interacting with Clients and acting as a liaison between the client and the offshore team.
• Responsible for efficient requirement gathering and elucidating the requirements to the development and testing team
• Was involved in the scoping of the project and for working on majority of the functionalities in the e-Prescribe Portal, which involved researching and sifting through a lot of content and understanding the functionalities in the e-Prescribe Portal for leveraging.
• Created Use Case documents as per System Requirement Specifications
• Created business scenarios for functional testing and verified the test case implementation of various business rules
• Responsible for overseeing all aspects of software development life cycle starting with initial requirement analysis, coordination with Onsite Business Consultants and the offshore team, set a proper channel of communication with the project team, coordination with the development team, and driving the functional testing
• Involved in Sure script certification testing, which help to certify the product.
• Functional and User Acceptance Testing
• Responsible for creating sanity and functional testing scripts in QTP.
• Created automation framework using QTP.
• Involved in Test Case Development and Test Case Reviews
• Conducting Test Case Work Product Review meetings
• Understanding the functional requirements and finding gaps in requirement
• Pointing out improvement in requirements and finalizing the scope
• Assisting development team for any functional queries
• Managing test management activities in HP ALM
• Creating gold data for test automation and to be reused in various environment

Confidential

Software Tester

• Interacting with Clients and acting as a liaison between the client and the offshore team.
• Responsible for efficient requirement gathering and elucidating the requirements to the development and testing team
• Was involved in the scoping of the project and for working on majority of the functionalities in the e-Prescribe Portal, which involved researching and sifting through a lot of content and understanding the functionalities in the e-Prescribe Portal for leveraging.
• Created Use Case documents as per System Requirement Specifications
• Created business scenarios for functional testing and verified the test case implementation of various business rules
• Responsible for overseeing all aspects of software development life cycle starting with initial requirement analysis, coordination with Onsite Business Consultants and the offshore team, set a proper channel of communication with the project team, coordination with the development team, and driving the functional testing
• Involved in Sure script certification testing, which help to certify the product.
• Functional and User Acceptance Testing
• Responsible for creating sanity and functional testing scripts in QTP.
• Created automation framework using QTP.
• Involved in Test Case Development and Test Case Reviews
• Conducting Test Case Work Product Review meetings
• Understanding the functional requirements and finding gaps in requirement
• Pointing out improvement in requirements and finalizing the scope
• Assisting development team for any functional queries
• Managing test management activities in HP ALM
• Creating gold data for test automation and to be reused in various environment