SUMMARY:

• 11 years 6 months of global IT experience with expertise in CA Clarity implementation and managing testing projects.
• Over 6 years of experience as a Business Analyst and Technical Lead in the PMO tool CA Clarity implementation.
• Extensive experience in CA Clarity version 12.0 and 13.1 including Resource Management, Project Management, Portfolio Management, Demand Management, Process Management, Financial Management, Studio, Reporting and Security modules.
• Experience in CA Clarity functional and Technical production support
• Experience with XOG.
• Experience in conducting knowledge sharing sessions and mentoring team members by sharing functional, technical and process knowledge.
• Experience in CA clarity modules and functionalities to various staff audiences including peer professionals, product line managers, Business Users.
• Excellent knowledge of the SDLC Life Cycle phases.
• Good knowledge of using various project management tools for planning and tracking the
• Projects like Microsoft project.
• Experience in Requirement Gathering, Analyzing and gap analysis.
• Expertise in creating and maintaining Business requirement document, System Requirement documents. Creating business workflows and processes using Visio.
• Over 5.5 years experience as a Test Manager and QA Lead of various software projects of various domains.
• Experience in managing Quality Assurance and Quality Control.
• Experience in managing onshore - offshore model.
• Have diverse experience in various domains: Banking, Finance, Insurance, HealthCare, Retail, Embedded, ecommerce.
• Expertise in creating test plan, Managing test schedules and milestones.
• Work experience in using Agile Methodology.
• Experience in using test management tools such as Quality Center, QTP, Business Objects, Clear Quest, Defect Management and Tracking tools.

SELECTED SKILLS:

PPM Tool: CA Clarity

Languages: HTML, VB.NET

RDBMS: Oracle, MS SQL Server, MS Access

Operating Systems: Windows9x/NT/2000/XP, UNIX, Sun Solaris

Cisco: LAN Switch, Storage Area Network

Tools: Rational Test Manager, Quality Center, Quick Test Pro, Clear Quest, Toad for Oracle

Domain: Embedded systems, Storage Area Network, Retail, Health Care, Insurance, ecommerce.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Project manager, Resource Manager

Responsibilities:

• Gather requirements from the internal Business users, facilitate and capture requirements
• Conduct analysis of business and user needs in order to develop requirements documentation.
• Elicit requirements, translating and simplifying requirements into practical solutions, requirements management and communication working in conjunction with the business users and development teams.
• Creation and execution of application test scripts, scenarios, and test plans that validate initial business requirements.
• Develop and maintain a set of organizational policies and procedures as relevant to processes and the organization.
• Create Business Requirement Document and Functional Requirement Document, Process work flow Documents, Security Entitlement Document using Visio.
• Implement CA Clarity Resource Management and Time Management modules.
• Create resources, Resource Class, Maintain and create Rate Matrix, Maintain Timesheet periods, Create Security groups, Providing security rights in CA Clarity.
• Create Portlets, Scheduling jobs, Running Reports in CA Clarity.
• Create Objects, Sub-Objects, Custom Objects using Studio in CA Clarity.
• Create prototypes in CA clarity to present to the Business users to give overview of the new implementation.
• Coordinate implementation activities with the Technology team.
• Resolving support tickets.
• Demonstrate the delivered functionalities to the sponsors, stakeholders and Business Users.
• Getting approval from the business users of the implemented requirements.
• Performing UAT testing activities.
• Identifying the key dependencies, risks and issues in time and working towards to mitigate them.
• Verifying and testing the implemented requirements and provide sign off.
• Creating and Updating Functional Requirement Documentation. Assisting in Change Management process, Development and execution of UAT Use Cases.
• Supporting UAT team to understand the requirements implemented in CA clarity.
• Test scripts execution, Performed integration, System, Functionality testing.

Skill used: Project Management, Business Analyst, CA Clarity, Gel Script, NSQL, XML, XOG, SQL Server 2000, Quality Center, UAT, Agile methodology

Confidential

Project manager, Resource Manager

Responsibilities:

• Gather requirements from the Business users.
• Create Business Requirement Document and Functional Requirement Document, Process work flow Documents, Security Entitlement Document using Visio.
• Create resources, Security groups, Providing security rights in CA Clarity.
• Create Portlets, Scheduling jobs, Running Reports in CA Clarity.
• Create Objects, Sub-Objects, Custom Objects using Studio in CA Clarity.
• Create prototypes in CA clarity to present to the Business users to give overview of the new implementation
• Develop and document the phase business requirements in a specification document that the technology team will be able to leverage during implementation.
• Coordinate implementation activities with the Technology team. Demonstrating how the proposed solution design will meet specific business requirements in CA Clarity and how the user will be leveraging the tool.
• Demonstrate the delivered functionalities to the sponsors, stakeholders and Business Users.
• Perform Business code review of the requirements delivered in each iteration from the technology team.
• Getting approval from the business users of the implemented requirements.
• Preparing the sign off meeting document from business in each iteration. Performing UAT testing activities.
• Identifying the key dependencies, risks and issues in time and working towards to mitigate them.
• Verifying and testing the implemented requirements and provide sign off.
• Track the Requirement progress, Report to the client and stakeholders.
• Creating and Updating Functional Requirement Documentation. Assisting in Change
• Management process, Development and execution of UAT Use Cases.
• Supporting UAT team to understand the requirements implemented in CA clarity in each phase.
• Supporting UAT Lead in successful execution of test cases, change management, use case
• Documentation and relationship management with key clients throughout the PPM Initiative.
• Assisting in administrative tasks as needed to facilitate testing. Develop and review the
• Requirements, conducting business code reviews.
• Test scripts execution, Performed integration, System, Functionality testing.

Skill used: Project Management, Business Analyst, CA Clarity, Gel Script, NSQL, XML, XOG, SQL Server 2000, Quality Center, UAT, Agile methodology

Confidential

Project manager, Resource Manager

Responsibilities:

• Gather requirements from the Business users.
• Create Business Requirement Document and Functional Requirement Document, Process work flow Documents, Security Entitlement Document using Visio.
• Create resources, Security groups, Providing security rights in CA Clarity.
• Create Portlets, Scheduling jobs, Running Reports in CA Clarity.
• Create Objects, Sub-Objects, Custom Objects using Studio in CA Clarity.
• Create prototypes in CA clarity to present to the Business users to give overview of the new implementation
• Develop and document the phase business requirements in a specification document that the technology team will be able to leverage during implementation.
• Coordinate implementation activities with the Technology team. Demonstrating how the proposed solution design will meet specific business requirements in CA Clarity and how the user will be leveraging the tool.
• Demonstrate the delivered functionalities to the sponsors, stakeholders and Business Users.
• Perform Business code review of the requirements delivered in each iteration from the technology team.
• Getting approval from the business users of the implemented requirements.
• Preparing the sign off meeting document from business in each iteration. Performing UAT testing activities.
• Identifying the key dependencies, risks and issues in time and working towards to mitigate them.
• Verifying and testing the implemented requirements and provide sign off.
• Track the Requirement progress, Report to the client and stakeholders.
• Creating and Updating Functional Requirement Documentation. Assisting in Change
• Management process, Development and execution of UAT Use Cases.
• Supporting UAT team to understand the requirements implemented in CA clarity in each phase.
• Supporting UAT Lead in successful execution of test cases, change management, use case
• Documentation and relationship management with key clients throughout the PPM Initiative.
• Assisting in administrative tasks as needed to facilitate testing. Develop and review the
• Requirements, conducting business code reviews.
• Test scripts execution, Performed integration, System, Functionality testing.

Skill used: Project Management, Business Analyst, CA Clarity, Gel Script, NSQL, XML, XOG, SQL Server 2000, Quality Center.

Confidential

Program manager

Responsibilities:

• Gather requirements from the Business users.
• Create Business Requirement Document and Functional Requirement Document, Process work flow Documents, Security Entitlement Document using Visio.
• Create resources, Security groups, Providing security rights in CA Clarity.
• Create Portlets, Scheduling jobs, Running Reports in CA Clarity.
• Create Objects, Sub-Objects, Custom Objects using Studio in CA Clarity.
• Create prototypes in CA clarity to present to the Business users to give overview of the new implementation
• Develop and document the phase business requirements in a specification document that the technology team will be able to leverage during implementation.
• Coordinate implementation activities with the Technology team. Demonstrating how the proposed solution design will meet specific business requirements in CA Clarity and how the user will be leveraging the tool.
• Demonstrate the delivered functionalities to the sponsors, stakeholders and Business Users.
• Perform Business code review of the requirements delivered in each iteration from the technology team.
• Getting approval from the business users of the implemented requirements.
• Preparing the sign off meeting document from business in each iteration. Performing UAT testing activities.
• Identifying the key dependencies, risks and issues in time and working towards to mitigatethem.
• Verifying and testing the implemented requirements and provide sign off.
• Track the Requirement progress, Report to the client and stakeholders.
• Creating and Updating Functional Requirement Documentation. Assisting in Change
• Management process, Development and execution of UAT Use Cases.
• Supporting UAT team to understand the requirements implemented in CA clarity in each phase.
• Supporting UAT Lead in successful execution of test cases, change management, use case
• Documentation and relationship management with key clients throughout the PPM Initiative.
• Assisting in administrative tasks as needed to facilitate testing. Develop and review the Requirements, conducting business code reviews.
• Test scripts execution, Performed integration, System, Functionality testing.

Skill used: Project Management, Business Analyst, CA Clarity, Gel Script, NSQL, XML, XOG, SQL Server 2000, Quality Center.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Gather requirements from the Business users.
• Create Business Requirement Document and Functional Requirement Document, Process work flow Documents, Security Entitlement Document using Visio.
• Create resources, Security groups, Providing security rights in CA Clarity.
• Create Portlets, Scheduling jobs, Running Reports in CA Clarity.
• Create Objects, Sub-Objects, Custom Objects using Studio in CA Clarity.
• Create prototypes in CA clarity to present to the Business users to give overview of the new implementation
• Develop and document the phase business requirements in a specification document that the technology team will be able to leverage during implementation.
• Coordinate implementation activities with the Technology team.
• Demonstrating how the proposed solution design will meet specific business requirements in CA Clarity and how the user will be leveraging the tool.
• Demonstrate the delivered functionalities to the sponsors, stakeholders and Business Users.
• Perform Business code review of the requirements delivered in each iteration from the technology team.
• Getting approval from the business users of the implemented requirements.
• Preparing the sign off meeting document from business in each iteration. Performing UAT testing activities.
• Identifying the key dependencies, risks and issues in time and working towards to mitigate them.
• Verifying and testing the implemented requirements and provide sign off.
• Track the Requirement progress, Report to the client and stakeholders.
• Creating and Updating Functional Requirement Documentation. Assisting in Change
• Management process, Development and execution of UAT Use Cases.
• Supporting UAT team to understand the requirements implemented in CA clarity in each phase.
• Supporting UAT Lead in successful execution of test cases, change management, use case Documentation and relationship management with key clients throughout the PPM Initiative.
• Assisting in administrative tasks as needed to facilitate testing. Develop and review the
• Requirements, conducting business code reviews.
• Test scripts execution, Performed integration, System, Functionality testing.

Skill used: Project Management, Business Analyst, CA Clarity, Gel Script, NSQL, XOG, XMLSQL server 2000, Quality Center.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Project Delivery, Maintaining and monitoring project schedules, Getting approvals from the client management, Demonstrating the implementation to stakeholders and sponsors.
• Identifying the key dependencies, risks and issues in time and working towards to mitigate them.
• Create Project Plan, Budget, Create Schedules and milestones.
• Track the team progress, Report to the client and stakeholders.
• Client interaction, Project management, Resource Management.
• Developing and documenting the phase business requirements in a specification document that the technology team will be able to leverage during implementation.
• Demonstrating the tool implementation to stakeholders and sponsors, Requirement gathering and analyzing requirements.
• Creating Business and Functional Requirement documents, Process documents using Visio.
• Educating and stakeholders, sponsors and business users of new implementation.
• Provide leadership in migrating multiple around 36 applications from Windows XP to Windows Vista.
• Resource planning, Monitoring project schedules, project health tracking, gathered all application information from the client, Understand the functionalities and risk involved in migrating the applications, coordinating with client and offshore team.
• Develop and review Test design and Test plan for various applications.
• Test case creation and User Acceptance Testing.
• Creation of Initial planning in identifying the application to be migrated for the year 2009 and 2010.
• Project Planning, Captured test effort, provided test estimation, Monitor project health, project schedules, project status reporting and team coordination.
• Manage Offshore testing Team from client location.
• Create Test Plan, Test Scripts. Escalate defects to the concerned members.
• Attend status meeting.
• Manage Testing team to deliver the product successfully.
• Execute Test scripts, Perform integration, System, Functionality, Compatibility testing.

Skills used: Project Management, Business Analyst, VB.Net, Clear Quest, Testing, Quality Center.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Handled multiple projects at client location in Personal Lines. Managed testing team both in client location and offshore.
• Delivery, Maintaining and monitoring testing schedules, Getting approvals from the client management, Demonstrating the implementation to stakeholders and sponsors.
• Client interaction, Project management, Resource Management.
• Developing and documenting the phase business requirements in a specification document that the technology team will be able to leverage during implementation.
• Demonstrating the tool implementation to stakeholders and sponsors, Requirement gathering and analyzing requirements.
• Identifying the key dependencies, risks & issues in time & working towards to mitigate them.
• Create Test Plan, Budget, Create Schedules and milestones.
• Track the team progress, Report to the client and stakeholders.
• Creating Business and Functional Requirement documents, Process documents using Visio.
• Educating and stakeholders, sponsors and business users of new implementation.
• Managed the project PWS (Product Work Station) which is a migration of underwriting rules to latest version, Execution and verification of underwriting rules and PLIC Next Generation which is new insurance policy released to all US states and various change controls.
• Worked on various change controls.
• Requirement analysis, use case preparation.
• Involved in all stages of testing process - Test estimation, test design, develop and review test plan, test cases, test execution.
• Executed SQL Queries using TOAD, deployment activities. Set up the entire environment for the and other in-house development purposes.
• Developed test cases in Development, test, and Production environment.
• Monitoring testing effort, test status, Defect metrics, Traceability matrix, project schedules and coordination, Resource planning, Monitoring project schedules, project health tracking.
• Coordination with various test teams includes client, vendor and offshore
• Scheduled Review meetings, Test plan walk through. Verification of defects, Escalating defects to the concerned members, communicating with Business Analyst and developers for clarification if any. Attending status meeting, defect configuration meeting.
• Automated test scripts using QTP.

Skill Used: Test Management, Business Analyst, TOAD, QTP, MS SQL, Clear Quest, Quality Assurance, Quality Center.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Delivery, Maintaining and monitoring testing schedules, Getting approvals from the client management,
• Demonstrating the implementation to stakeholders and sponsors.
• Client interaction, Project management, Resource Management.
• Demonstrating the tool implementation to stakeholders and sponsors, Requirement gathering and analyzing requirements.
• Creating Business and Functional Requirement documents, Process documents using Visio.
• Educating and stakeholders, sponsors and business users of new implementation.
• Setting up Testing Lab in offshore.
• Develop and review Test Plan and Test Cases.
• Coordination with onsite team and client.
• Test strategy preparation for test, stage and production environment setup, monitoring and ensuring the product is successfully delivered as per plan.
• Performed Test Execution, Captured Test effort,
• Project tracking, project status reporting and team coordination.
• Executed Build sanity tests, Release sanity tests in Windows, Linux and Solaris platform.
• Create defects, Characterize defects. Involved in QC activities.

Skills used: Test Manager, Linux, Sun Solaris, Windows 2003 Server, LAN Switches (Cisco, Brocade etc) SANTesting, Quality Center.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Project Delivery, Maintaining and monitoring testing schedules, Getting approvals from the client management, Demonstrating the implementation to stakeholders and sponsors.
• Client interaction, Project management, Resource Management.
• Resource planning, Monitoring project schedules, project health tracking, project plan review.
• Preparing signoff documents and getting approval from the stakeholders and sponsors.
• Educating and the stakeholders and business users.
• Preparing the sign off meeting document from business in each iteration.
• Performing UAT Testing activities.
• Identifying the key dependencies, risks and issues in time and working towards to mitigate them.
• Create Test Plan, Budget, Create Schedules and milestones.
• Track the team progress, Report to the client and stakeholders.
• Created Test Designs of CLI Commands, Prepared test cases using UNIX Shell Script.
• Created traceability matrix, monitoring test execution, defect tracking and analysis.
• Developed use cases, requirement gap analysis. Scripts execution, Defects verification.
• Performed Veritas Net backup stability testing.
• Prepared test cases, test plans and executing test cases during product assurance testing phase.
• Documenting and escalating issues. Setting up test bed.
• Automated test scripts using Rational Test Manager.
• Managed GUI Testing team. Created GUI Test Plan, Prepared GUI Test designs.
• Created test cases, test design and test plan for the Gap Areas.
• Scheduled review meetings for the new identified tests, test plan and test design with the client and team.
• Designed test plan and test cases template.
• Importing the tests into Quality center.
• Performed Integration tests, System Tests, Failover/Recovery Test, PA Acceptance manual tests at onsite.
• Capturing Test effort, project tracking, project status reporting and team coordination.

Skill used: Test Management, Linux, Rational Test Manager, Quality center, SAN testing, Quality Assurance, Quality Center.