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Monica Awasthi
Software QA Tester
Email: ***************@*****.*** Phone: 770-***-****
(Home)
Address: **** ******* *****ng, Cumming GA 30040. 214-***-****
(Cell)
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Summary
> Nearly 7 years of IT experience as a QA Tester using manual testing
tools like Mercury Quality Center, Test Director and Compuware CARS.
> Proficient in creating Test requirements, Test cases, Test plans and Test
Scripts based on Business requirements and design documents, Use Cases.
> Proficient in Black Box testing, Regression, System Integration,
Performance and User Acceptance Testing
> Expertise in Web, Client/Server and Database Back-end testing
> Used tools such as Test Director (Quality Center) and CARS Changepoint
for Test life cycle management and defect tracking
> Knowledge of automated testing tools such as WinRunner and QTP.
> Expertise in testing in Windows, Linux and UNIX Environments with Oracle
and SQL Server databases as back end.
> Expertise in Testing both Client server and Web-based applications in
Windows environment.
> Expertise in testing ecommerce Web Based Proficient in MS Office tools
like Word, Excel and PowerPoint
> Ability to interact with developers and business analysts regarding
testing status and defect resolution
> Expertise in testing Retail, POS, Billing (Telecom) Systems, Banking and
Insurance applications.
> Expertise on E Commerce Application for more than 5 years.
> Worked in various client servers such as Java, UNIX, Mainframe and
ORACLE.
> Experience working on a project using Agile Software Development methods.
> Ability to execute predefined manual and automated test on assigned
areas.
> Excellent communication and documentation skills, work independently with
little direction, detail oriented, time bound, responsible team player
and ability to coordinate in a team environment.
Technical Skills
Testing Tools Quality center, TestDirector, CARS, Bug Tracker
Databases Oracle 9i/10g, SQL Server 2000 /2005
Operating Systems Windows NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista, Unix Sun/HP, Linux
Red Hat/Debian
Working Knowledge SQL, Unix, TOAD, OraEdit, SQL Plus, SQL Query
Analyzer
Web Knowledge HTML, XML, Browsers like Internet Explorer,
Netscape, Mozilla Firefox
Others SDLC, MS Office tools like Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Academic Qualifications
> Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA) from Institute for
Technology and Management (ITM) Mumbai, affiliated with University of New
Hampshire, USA.
> Bachelor's Degree in Commerce from University of Mumbai, India
Certifications
> Diploma in Information Technology from STG Computers, India
Professional Experience
The Home Depot (THD), Atlanta GA Jul 2010 - Present
Project: THD OMS (Order management Systems) v10 Upgrade Project.
OMS is a ecommerce/.com/web based application. The OMS Upgrade Project is
to upgrade the homedepot.com current Order Management System (OMS) from
version 6.4.5 to version 10.1.8. It included the following items:
. Upgrade the OMS to the current release version 10.1.x
. Stand up an instance of Blue Martini Contact Center 10.1.8 and migrate
all CSR functions for homedepot.com out of OMS and into Contact
Center.
. Modify the feeds from WCS to move from an item level feed only to a
full catalog level feed as Blue Martini is an ecommerce platform and
requires the same level of data that WCS currently receives in order
to operate.
. Using shared services, put processes in place to keep the Contact
Center and OMS order databases in sync.
. Activate support for WCS orders tendered with PayPal.
o Modify OMS Reports to include PayPal tender
o Modify full auth to skip PayPal
. Create re-auth process in the event of price override on PayPal tender
. Activate support for Super SKUs and other item relationships
Role
> Was involved in all the Testing Cycles Each test cycle consist of a
series of functional and non-functional tests like Regression\Base
Integration\New Functionality, Full Integration, Defect fixes, UAT, Maintenance .
> Gained expert knowledge of Business, Project requirements and
Application design functionality in very short time and with minimal
direction
> Created manual test cases in Quality Center by reviewing Requirement
Definition Document (RDD) and Component Requirements Specification
document (CRS).
> Created Integration test cases.
> Responsibilities include developing an updating test plans and test
scripts in Quality Center,
> Responsible for tracking, retesting and documenting defects in Quality
Center .
> Responsible for communicating with technical developers and non-
technical customers and management.
> Responsible for data validation, Created Orders in CTC application and
validated the data in OMS.
> Responsible for changing the status of an Order to Shipped, Cancelled
or Back Ordered.
> Used FTP client to find Order files and do the Perl job for changing
the status of the Order files which were in XML format.
> Responsible for validating the data in XML files.
> Responsible for creating Call Center and BORIS RMA's (Return
Merchandising Authorization) in OMS and validating that the return
process is working correctly.
> Responsible to do an actual BORIS (Buy Online return In Store) RTV
process for the Call Center associate using the RTV system in the Test
Lab and validated the results and also that the process works fine and
an RMA is created automatically in OMS.
> Responsible for moving the files in FTP server to right folders so
that the items are returned and validated that the line item status
changes to All_ Returned in OMS.
> Verified Epiphany and Micro strategy reports against Order Management
System application data.
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Environment: Quality Center, XML, XHTML, Web sphere, JavaScript, Perl, MS
Office 2007.
Eight Hills, India
Sept 2008 - Jun 2010
QA Consulting
Eight Hills is a software consulting, technology services and out-sourcing
firm that provides onshore and offshore services for Software Companies
around the globe.
Client: Bharti Airtel
Project: RBS, Retail Billing System.
Bharti Airtel is structured into four strategic business units - Mobile,
Telemedia, Enterprise and Digital TV. The mobile business offers services
in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. The Telemedia business provides
broadband, IPTV and telephone services in 95 Indian cities. The Digital TV
business provides Direct-to-Home TV services across India. The Enterprise
business provides end-to-end telecom solutions.
Retail Billing System is the enterprise billing system for the Retail
customers across various markets. It's a ecommerce/.com/web based
application It communicates with the provisioning system in real-time
(Oracle Steams replication) to gather information reg. Accounts,
subscribers, features and offerings. And loads usage data from many source
market using Loader modules running in UNIX. There is a Rating Engine that
rates daily usage based on customer's plans and overages and then runs Bill
Cycle processing to generate Bills in XML and PDF and send to customers by
posting on online website.
Role
> Was involved in QA testing the project deliverables related to the Unix
processes for Loader, Rating Engine and Bill Cycle Processor.
> Was involved in analyzing business requirements Use cases, System
Requirements and HLD (high level design elements).
> Wrote HLS (High Level Test Scenarios) and review that with the Dev team
and obtained approvals. I was involved in developing test cases and test
steps and executing them and capturing results and logging defects and
complete test life cycle to resolution.
> All test case creation, test requirements creation, test steps, results
capturing and defect logging and tracking was done using HP Quality
Center tool
> Ran unix scripts related to the application and used unix commands
(solaris) to verify log files, grepping for success. Failure messages,
set up input test files for loader batch and verify file movement within
dirs, scheduling jobs to run via Unix Cron
> Ran SQL commands to validate data in database tables related to verifying
the results for the loader, usage processing, rating and bill generation
process and for tracking process status
> Wrote a variety of sql involving subqueries, joins, built-in functions
etc. to verify test cases data in the database. I validated the presence
of DDL structures such as tables, indexes, Primary Keys using TOAD to
validate application design
> Validated Foreign Keys exist in databases using TOAD as specified in ER
diagrams to validate application delivery into QC environment
> Executed stored procedures and functions using TOAD to execute related
test cases.
> Validated the XML format of the data exchanged with Provisioning systems
to ensure conformity with XML Schema validation and created test XML
files to test Provisioning to Billing Interface
> Attended team meetings, coordinated testing effort with other testers,
developers, tracked defects till resolution
> Took initiative and assisted in setting up the regression test
environment and for developing automated test scripts and cases and data
in Win Runner
> Assisted in E2E Integrated testing efforts and assisted in post-
production testing related to project deployments
Environment: Oracle 10g, HP Quality Center, Mercury Win Runner, Java,
Apache web server, Oracle APEX, JSP, Sun Solaris Unix, Windows XP/2003.
Macy's Systems and Technology, Atlanta, GA Mar 2008 -
Jun 2008
QA Tester
Project: SPA (Size profile Analysis)
Size Profile Analysis application enables the user to create Size Profiles
via a defined analytical process using historic ordered, received, and
sales units of a category of merchandise by location or group of locations.
Role:
> Created manual test cases and test plans by reviewing Requirement
Definition Document (RDD) and Component Requirements Specification
document (CRS).
> Created Integration test cases.
> Carried out functional testing, Integration testing, End to End testing
and Regression testing
> Gained expert knowledge of Business, Project requirements and Application
design functionality in very short time and with minimal direction
> Used Bug Tracker software for entering and executing Test cases and
logging results and Defects tracking
> Used Management Studio tool for running SQL queries against SQL Server
database for verifying database data and test cases.
> Participated in team status meetings and bug review sessions every week.
> Interacted with Business users and Developers to resolve issues.
> Worked independently with minimal directions.
> Also assisted other teams like A2B and A3 in Macys.
Environment: VB 6.0, IIS WCF .Net services, Bug tracker, Management Studio,
SQL Server 2005, Windows XP/2003.
Macy's Systems and Technology, Atlanta, GA Nov 2007-
Mar 2008
QA Tester
Project: Affinity
Affinity application is a merchandising solution that enables planners in
different divisions across Macys countrywide to create plans for stocking,
purchasing, delivering seasonal and regular merchandise for its nationwide
stores. It is a .Net framework based client/server application using Oracle
10g as backend database.
Role:
> Created manual test cases and test plans by reviewing Design documents
and Use Cases
> Carried out functional testing, Integration testing, End to End testing
and Regression testing
> Gained expert knowledge of Business, Project requirements and Application
design functionality in very short time and with minimal direction
> Used Compuware CARS software for entering and executing Test cases and
logging results and Defects tracking
> Used OraEdit tool for running SQL queries against an Oracle 10g database
for verifying database data and test cases during integration testing.
> Participated in team status meetings and bug review sessions
> Interacted with Business users and Developers to resolve issues
Environment:
.Net, VB, C#, ODBC, ODP .NET, Oracle 10g, Compuware CARS, OraEdit, SQL,
Windows XP/2003
North Canara Bank, Mumbai, India Jul 2006 to Sept 2007
QA Tester
Project: Canara Online
To better serve their customers, Canara Bank provides most of its Services
Online via a ecommerce Web based application called as "Canara Online",
which enables their customers to perform most activities online. The
application delivers state-of-art Online services including Personal
Banking,,NRI Banking, Corporate Banking, Business Banking,Agri and
Rural Banking, Accounts Information, Bill payment, Transfer of funds,
Information on new product offerings, New Membership applications,
Maintaining MasterCard/Visa Credit Accounts, Insurance, Investing,
Applying and Managing Loans/Mortgages, customer correspondence with the
bank etc.
Role
> As part of QA team, reviewed the Business Requirements and the Technical
Specifications for the Development and Enhancements for the "Comerica Web
Banking" Web Application..
> Developed Test cases corresponding to design and requirements and
functionalities for various modules like Apply for Loan/Mortgages, Online
Banking, Funds Transfer, Online Bill Pay, Answer Center, Service Center,
Contact -Us pages etc.
> Performed End-to-End manual black box functional testing using
TestDirector' Requirements, Test Cases and Test Lab modules
> Recorded user actions and generated test scripts to emulate the real
user, using QuickTest Professional.
> Executed SQL queries using SQLPlus and TOAD to check the data table
updates against an Oracle 10g database after test case executions.
> Generated reports and graphs to analyze the test results.
> Used TestDirector as bug-tracking tool to centralize the bugs and also to
follow up the bug status and for interacting with development team
> Involved in regression testing after each build release of the
application.
> Tested GUI functionality of the application for compatibility between
different browsers such as Netscape Navigator 6.0, Internet Explorer 6.0
on multi platforms (Linux, Windows) and interpreted the positive tests
and negative tests results.
> Participated in the team meetings to discuss the issues arising out of
testing.
> Working closely with business analysts and developers to analyze data,
detect bugs, and verify fixes
> Assisting in writing documentation using Word, Visio for the Help/FAQ
section of the website.
> Worked in tight deadline environment and worked to improve end-to-end
quality of the software application.
Environment
TestDirector 8.2, Oracle 9i, SQL, TOAD, XML, Java, JSP, EJB, JDBC, HTML,
Apache web server, Sun Solaris Unix, Red Hat Linux 6, Windows XP/2000.
New India Insurance Company Ltd
Jul 2004- Jun 2006
Mumbai, India
QA Tester
Project: New India Connect
New India Connect is a ecommerce Web application. The application is
designed to make available online, quick and full quote & purchase
information for auto insurance. It deals with entering details of the
Driver's history and Vehicle history. This is a complete online e-
transaction application service involving customers, agents and call
centers through direct or mutual interactions. It is built using Microsoft
.NET architecture interfacing to a MS SQL Server 2000 database.
Role
> Involved in all stages of testing for the development of the application
> Analyzed business requirements and design, interacted with business and
IT development team via various design analysis meetings to prepare
comprehensive test plan for the various modules like entering customer
information, vehicle information, discount eligibility, quote delivery,
property information etc.
> Tested the validity of the Quote Premiums and Purchase Premiums while
comparing the entered Quotes and Purchases with application Data
> Involved in testing the Property & Casualty application, which delivers
the online Auto Insurance information related to the accidents.
> Setup the test data and assisted DBA in setting the test environment for
QA environment after every release and build. Certified QA pass/fail in
UAT and carried out sanity testing in production releases.
> Used Test Director to carry out manual functional and system testing and
as repository for requirement analysis, design test cases, execute test
cases, defect tracking and reporting.
> Verified the Quotes and Purchases operations from the SQL Server 2000
database by running the SQL queries using Query Analyzer.
> Interacted with the developers to sort out the issues and the defects.
Environment
Test Director 7.2, Windows NT/2000, Visual Studio .Net, MS SQL server 2000.
Somnath Transport Service, Mumbai, India Sept 2003-Mar 2004
Software Tester
Project: TAMS Dispatch module
Somnath Transports Service is a renowned transports and logistics services
provider at Mumbai, India, working as carriers and brokers with clients all
over the country. Worked as part of Testing team for the in-house developed
software product called TAMS (Transportation Administration Management
System), that integrates various modules such as Dispatch, Accounting,
Management and other advanced functions. The application is a client/server
GUI application and is developed using Visual Basic and Crystal Reports,
interacting with a MS SQL Server 2000 database.
Role:
> As part of the Software Testing team, I was involved in analyzing TAMS'
product specifications and design for documenting Test plan requirements
and test cases/results in Excel/Word. These were later migrated into
TestDirector.
> Completed on-job training in software testing and testing tool
TestDirector.
> Performed end-to-end manual black box testing using TestDirector.
> Tested DISPATCH module writing test cases for testing various software
functionality like showing and hiding system features on a per-user
basis, creating custom filters, Hot-key F1-F10 maps, Lists, Tracker, Rate
Finder, Load notes, Advances, Driver messages, Quotes, Job orders,
Research and Reports etc.
> Tested the Custom filters for the DISPATCH module Dispatch screen by
user, office, load type, Status, origin/destination zone and
Broker/company dispatch.
> Tested the DISPATCH module Tracker screen to view and maintain Status
info, histories, current locations, check calls, hours of service
tracking, mapping and equipment repositioning. Tested the Rate Finder
screen that Searches routes and finds rates charged in the past and
checks rate matrices for a route matching the rate.
> Tested DISPATCH module Advances module by storing authorize advance
checks from fuel card vendor for drivers or carriers and track advances
open at the same time. Tested Driver messaging system that send Pages to
Pagers held by Drivers.
> Tested DISPATCH module Job Orders and Last action status reporting
screens enables to repeat business, short term job contracts, all tracked
neatly and cleanly, ready for rapid fire dispatching when the time comes.
The Job Order system will count down loads performed for any job and give
you immediate feedback regarding job completion.
> Tested DISPATCH modules Research and Reports screens by using the
application to research loads and Job orders over time periods and
execute pre-defined reports and customize the crystal repots based
reports on-the-fly, and saving as new custom reports. Tested Batch
printing, user access levels, data exports to MS Word, MS Excel, and PDF
and E-Mail.
> Validating Data created/maintained by the application, by running SQL
queries using Query Analyzer against a SQL Server 2000 database.
> Used TestDirector Requirements, Test Plan and Lab modules to track test
requirements, build test plan and test cases, and store test results and
report them
> Used the TestDirector Defects module as a bug-tracking tool to centralize
the bugs and also to follow up the bug status and for interacting with
development team
Environment:
Visual Basic 6, Crystal Reports, Windows NT/2000, MS SQL Server 2000,
TestDirector 7.2, MS Office
Project: TAMS Accounting
TAMS Accounting was built to replace the off-shelf legacy accounting system
as a user friendly, very powerful, totally complete and totally integrated
with TAMS Dispatch solution to avoid doing a lot of data entry twice. It
consists of various modules like Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable,
Banking, Payroll, General Ledger and Reporting. Built as an Add-on to the
TAMS system, it uses the same architecture as other TAMS modules.
Role:
> Performed black box system testing using TestDirector and to store test
plan, test cases, test results and generate Testing reports
> Analyzed product specifications for writing Test requirements and test
cases into TestDirector Requirements and Test Plan modules.
> Tested functionality for the A/R Accounts Receivable module like managing
customers, Aging, Load Billing, Fast Billing, Invoice generation, Cash
receipts posting, and Collections.
> Tested functionality for the A/P Accounts Payable module like managing
Vendors, inputting Bills, Paying bills, Fast Pay, Purchase Orders.
> Tested Payroll module for managing Personnel, payroll and taxes
processing, and Advances.
> Tested GL General Ledger module for managing Journal entries, recurring
entries and closing entries and Banking module for printing checks,
making deposits and reconciling bank accounts.
> Used TestDirector Test Lab and Defects modules for running test cases and
for logging and tracking defects and testing bug fixes.
> Participated in the team bug-scrub meetings and design change meetings
and changed testing requirements post analysis of design changes.
Environment:
Visual Basic 6, Crystal Reports, Windows NT/2000, TestDirector 7.