Quality Assurance Testing

SHAZIA HUSSAIN

EMAIL: *********@*******.***

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Experience Summary

. Quality Assurance Analyst with more than 4 years of IT experience in the

areas of SQA/Software Testing, client-server applications.

. Experience in the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies

like the requirement analysis, design, development, testing and

deployment to ensure Quality Assurance Control.

. Experience in the Quality Assurance Life cycle (QALC) starting from

creating Test Plans, Test Cases to performing different types of testing

and validation.

. Experience in Review and Decompose Business / Functional Requirements.

. Experience in simulating multiple Virtual users in performance and stress

testing for wide range of protocols such as Corba and SQL applications

for system analysis using Load Runner.

. Data validation - Experience in writing of SQL-queries/procedures for

database and backend testing.

. Experience with various Defect tracking tools

. Experience in writing PL/SQL (Stored Procedures, Triggers, Cursors, and

Functions) and SQL statements in databases such as Oracle, MySQL and SQL

Server.

. Experience in Manual Testing, Black Box Testing, Grey Box Testing, Web

Testing, Sanity Testing, Integration Testing, Usability Testing, Alpha

Testing, Beta Testing and User Acceptance Testing

. End-to-End, Stress, System, Beta Testing & Performance Testing.

. Experience in writing Test case, Test scripts and Test plan formulation.

. Excellent team spirit and leadership qualities with good communication

and interpersonal skills.

. An Experienced Quality Assurance Professional with Multiple skill sets

and a proven record of successfully completing projects.

Computer Skills

TOOLS MS-Visio, MS-Project, MS-Excel, MS-Word, MS-PowerPoint,

PVCS, Crystal Reports, TOAD, ER Win (3.5/4.0), IBM

Cognos, Web Service, PVCS

LANGUAGES Java, C, C++, VB Script, PL/SQL, TSL (Test Script

Languages)

Defect Tracking Tool SilkCentral, Quality Center 9.2/10, ONYX, Team Track,

Clear Quest, Buzilla, ETS (Enhancement Tracking System)

Automation Quick Test Pro-9.5, Soap UI

DATABASES Oracle, MS SQLServer, MS-Access, MySQL, Sybase

PLATFORMS Unix (HP, Solaris 2.0), Windows (NT, 2000), Linux (Red

Hat)

Education

BS (Computer Engineering) (July'97-

July'01)

Work Experience

Mediware Information Systems,Inc

Oct 7'2010-Present

QA Consultant

Mediware Blood Center Technologies offers advanced technology, unmatched

service and a lasting commitment to Blood Center solutions.

Demonstrated ability to deliver efficient workflow, increasing software

quality for multiple products. Ensuring that software released is of high

quality for Life Trak.

. As QA Analyst responsibilities involved in all stages of Testing life

cycle from decomposing requirements to the final Test in the staging

environment before promoting to Production

. Daily QA, BA, PM and the Developers meeting in regards to the updates

on the project status in Agile environment

. Ability to create test plans and test cases for enhancements and

defect fixes at a function and user level.

. Prepare and conduct formal presentations to technical audiences to

reengineer the task and procedure.

. Familiar with database platform (Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle).

. Familiar with writing basic database queries in Toad for Data and GUI

validation

. Participate in defect and issue resolution during QA testing cycles

. Develop detailed test conditions, test scenarios, and test cases to

ensure full coverage of the project's functional business

requirements.

. Knowledge of web-based and stand-alone applications and associated

technologies

. Knowledge of Web services tools and validating the XML to the client

specification.

. Ability to multi-task effectively

. Ability to provide detailed analysis of test results from a test

execution after logging defects in a defect tracking system.

Pampered Chef, Addison, IL (Feb '07-March

09)

QA Specialist

Responsibilities:

0. Analyze business and system requirements, mange development of

specifications to create and execute detailed test plans, and verify

bug fixes using Quality Center.

1. Configure test environment and create strategy for product development

and certification. Assure test data, schedule automated/manual tests.

Approve results documentation and tracking systems updates.

2. Supervise development of SQL-queries/procedures for database and

backend testing.

3. Determined testing requirements developed and reviewed scripts for

positive and negative test scenarios, conducted baseline testing, and

generated reports.

4. Analyzed application, system, and security errors. Escalated issues to

developers and verified fixes.

5. Designed test plans and defined cases for functional, integration

system, and user acceptance testing using Quality Center.

6. Attended weekly defect report meetings and presented progress updates.

7. Documented complete software testing process and developed training

documentation

8. Interacted with developers, system engineers, and testing teams to

identify applications defects

Universal Information Systems, Bloomingdale, IL. (April '05 - Jan

'07)

QA Analyst

Claims Pricing System

Responsibilities:

9. Involved in preparation of Test Plans for different modules and

documented test cases for various screens of the application.

0. Performed Business functionality testing which involved the testing of

all core functions of the application.

1. Performed release engineering duties which included cutting new builds

and installing on QA servers.

10. Followed black box methodologies to check the functionality.

11. Performed Integration testing and Regression testing with Win Runner.

12. Performed database testing, content testing, server side testing,

Form testing, Frame testing, Usability testing of an application.

2. Performed database testing by using SQL queries.

3. Performance testing used Load Runner.

4. Managed change requests, including defects, enhancements, issues and

documentation changes with a flexible workflow process using Test

Director.

5. Generated reports, graphs on test cases and analyzed the performance

using Test Director.

6. Created Test Plans and Test cases.

7. Keeping track of all the errors in PVCS Error Tracking System and

reporting to the programming group.

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