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Project Manager

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Minnesota
Posted:
April 28, 2013

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Sireesha Dammavalam

Asst. Project Manager

408-***-****

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Experience Summary

. Around 7 of experience in Software Quality Assurance, Implementation

and Customization of JD Edwards's 8.11/8.12/9.0 applications.

. Over 4+ years of experience in project management and onsite offshore

co-ordination.

. Well acquainted with Software Development Life Cycle, Testing Life

Cycle, Concepts and methodologies like Functional testing, Integration

testing, Regression testing, System testing, Smoke testing, GUI,

Implementation testing, Adhoc testing, User Acceptance testing.

. Involved in creation of test strategy/Test plan, maintenance strategy

and test coverage.

. Introduced risk Based Planning in the project for effective test

execution.

. Extensive experience in Manual testing of Software Applications.

. Extensive knowledge on Defect Management life Cycle Process and

Testing life cycle- phases includes Analysis, Planning, Test Design,

Execution, Defect Tracking and Test Reporting

. Extensively used QC for :

> Creation/Review of Test sets for Manual Test case preparation

and mapping the requirement to test cases (Traceability

metrics).

> Test Case Execution.

> Export/Import of projects/test scripts and Defect tracking in

Quality Center.

> Test Report preparation and Review of manual test cases.

. Extensive Experience in Functional Testing, Regression Testing and

User Acceptance Testing. Well versed with Manual Testing and Execution

of test cases using Quality centre.

. Experience in leading the team, Planning, Tasking, Scheduling,

Monitoring, Assessing, Evaluating, Motivating, Mentoring & Training.

. Good Experience in interacting with Process owners/business analysts

and developers to collate Business and Functional requirements.

. Knowledge of QTP.

. Extensive insight in the functional areas of Finance, Distributions

and Logistics.

. Extensive hands on exposure on ORACLE-JD Edwards tools like

Enterprise Report Writing (ERW),

. Object Management Workbench (OMW), Table Design Aid (TDA), Business

View Design Aid (BSVW), Data Dictionary (DD), Data Structure (DSTR),

Processing Option Design Aid (PODA), Table Conversions (TC), Named

Event Rules (NER), C Business Functions, User Defined Codes (UDC),

EDI, Bar Code, BI Publisher.

. Excellence in development & testing of Customized reports in Finance,

PLEM, Distribution & Logistics

. Excellence in Functional testing of order management and account

receivables.

. Knowledge of CNC activities like Building package, Web generation,

security settings.

. Interactive Applications- Data uploading for Address book and

Supplier master. (Interoperability).

. Handled multiple projects as Team lead in ONSITE (client location) and

Offshore.

. Experienced Project coordinator in coordinating with offshore and

client.

. Well developed interpersonal and communication skills, having dealt

with diverse professionals, clients & team members at global locations

and Vibrant team player with belief in taking positive approach

towards issue resolution.

. Highly self-motivated and able to set effective priorities to achieve

immediate & long-term goals and meet project & operational deadlines.

Technical Expertise

Elements Particulars

Primary Skills Project management, Functional

Testing, System Testing, and Writing

System Test Cases based on

Customer's requirement documents,

Designing and maintaining Test

scripts in quality center, Analyzing

failures and arriving at their

cause. Reviewing of Defect reports,

test results and failure analysis

reports, Requirement Analysis, daily

status report and weekly status

report. Developing/Testing and

Supporting JD Edwards forms and

Reports, Strong functional knowledge

in Finance, Order management.

Operating Systems Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista/Windows 7

Languages SQL, C, Embedded C

Development Tools JDE Tools --8.96 Tool set

Testing tools HP Quality Centre 9.0, 9.2, 10.0, HP

Application Lifecycle Management,

Quick Test Professional, JIRA.

Database Connectivity ODBC, OLE Objects

Databases Oracle 9i, MS Access, Sql/Plsql

Configuration Tools Spec Merg, Boomerang, OCM

Domain Knowledge JD Edwards- Finance, Distribution

and logistics. Financial domain.

ERP JD Edwards One world Xe, 8.11 SP1,

8.12,9.0

Legacy Systems AS400, Mainframes

Networking TCP/IP

Testing Tools QC,QTP

Documentation Microsoft Project Plan, MS Word, MS

excel, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft

PowerPoint

Client / Server Technologies Visual Basic, JavaScript, HTML, XML,

JSP, ASP

Experience Details (Starting from the Current Employer)

Sl. No. Name Of The Designation From To

Organization

1 NTT Data (formerly Asst. Feb 2010

Keane Inc) Project

Manager

2 Systime Computers Software Dec 2008 Jan 2010

Ltd Engineer

3 Ijm India IT Engineer April 2007 Nov 2008

Infrastructure Ltd

4 Corpus IT Software June 2005 August 2006

Engineer

Project Details:

NTT Data (formerly Keane Inc), Minneapolis, MN

11/11- Till Date

Client: MoneyGram International

Role: Senior Quality Assurance Lead/ Release Lead

Domain: Financial Services

Project Name: Power Transact

The MoneyGram brand is recognized throughout the world as a leading

global payment services company. The diverse array of products and

services we offer enables consumer and businesses to make payments and

transfer money around the world. From New York to Russia or London to

India - in more than 191 countries - MoneyGram's money transfer

service moves money quickly and easily around the world.

PowerTransact was chosen in late 2008 as the single POS solution for

MoneyGram's retail business in France and Germany. Germany went live

on PowerTransact in December 2008 followed by France in January 2009.

PowerTransact currently used in retail businesses in Italy, France,

Germany, Portugal, Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Banco Populare etc.

PowerTransact is a key POS product for EMEAPP send markets, currently

processing in the region of 350,000 transactions per month with an

average revenue of between 9 and 14 Euros, with a number of key

functions such as Signature Pads, UI redesign, and integration with

key product initiatives in 2011 such as Bill Payments.

Roles and Responsibilities:

. ONSITE Senior QA/Release Lead (U.S.A-Minneapolis)

. Acquired the domain knowledge and business process from process

owners and had setup QA offshore team.

. Coordinating with offshore team, tracked the work, performance of the

reporting unit on daily basis and reporting to the client on weekly

basis.

. Following Agile process and understanding the User Stories/Wireframe

. Client Management- Managing client communications such as

status/Scrum meetings, issues updating and providing clarifications.

. Project Co-ordination - Understanding the MGI requirements and Co-

ordinated with client and third party vendor for third party

integration testing. Co-ordinated in different phrases of release

with multiple teams from sprint planning to sprint signoff.

. Managed releases which includes multiple Sprints- Estimation, Project

Status tracking (MPP),Test Planning, Testcases preparation,

Functional testing, System Integration testing, UAT, Regression

testing, status reporting and QS Signoff.

. Performed Risk based planning, reviewed the new features

implementation, provided impact analysis and business critical

components for risk based testing.

. Scope and estimate testing effort, help plan projects, track progress

to schedule, and report status including mitigation and remediation

plans for project risks

. Analyzing and understanding the Money Gram- Power Transact money

transfer functionality.

. Analyzing the requirements for Sprints delegating to team members and

reviewing the Test cases.

. Prepared Project plan (MPP) and Test Plan for the release and assign

the task to offshore team.

. Prepared and reviewed status reports.

. Prepared requirement traceability metrics.

. Provided QS support for external, production and post-production

implementation with root cause analysis and release status report.

. Security testing of Web Browsers - IE, Firefox and Chrome

. Provide the Release Sign off document to Project

. Test strategy and signoff for every release.

. Managed resource career -Delegation of work to the team members,

provided adequate training relevant to the project team members.

. Defect Management - Daily defect meeting setups, status updates,

Defect tracking and Turnaround time tracking by establishing the

defect resolution timelines.

. Device Management - Managed device testing for Pin pads, Printers

money orders and signature pad(Ingenico)

. Participating in daily scrum and reporting, and Onshore/Offshore

coordination.

. Analyzing the test result, and reporting the issues to the client.

. Test data preparation, Test case review and modification

. Prepare Weekly QS Dashboard and Metrics for Senior management to

track the status of the release

. Applying middleware builds to the QA applications using Teamcity.

. Approving the Oracle builds using HP PPM Tool

. Optimized the Regression Test Suite for the better test coverage of

the MoneyGram applications and various application versions.

. Established Process Adherence committee and performed QA audits.

. Performed QS internal audits for every quarter

Team Size: 30

Environment: SQL 2008 Database, Front end: Non touch Web application

NTT Data (formerly Keane Inc), Minneapolis, MN

06/11- Till Date

Client: MoneyGram International

Role: Senior Quality Assurance Lead/ Release Lead

Domain: Financial Services

Project Name: Web Port of Entry(Moneygram-Wal-Mart)

Project Name Web Port of Entry(Moneygram-Wal-Mart)

Client Moneygram

Client The MoneyGram brand is recognized throughout the

Description world as a leading global payment services company.

The diverse array of products and services we offer

enables consumer and businesses to make payments and

transfer money around the world. From New York to

Russia or London to India - in more than 191

countries - MoneyGram's money transfer service moves

money quickly and easily around the world.

Their payment services also help businesses operate

more efficiently and cost effectively. They offer

their products and services to consumers and

businesses through a worldwide network of agents and

financial institution customers.

Environment .Net/Mainframes, Front end: Touch screen/Non

touch(Portal)

Duration From (mm/yy) 06/11 To (mm/yy) Till Date

Role / ONSITE Senior QA/Release Lead (U.S.A-Minneapolis)

Responsibili Coordinating with offshore team, tracked the work,

ty performance of the reporting unit on daily basis and

reporting to the client on weekly basis.

Following Agile process and understanding the User

Stories/Wireframe

Managing client communications such as status/Scrum

meetings, issues updating and providing

clarifications.

Analyzing and understanding the Money Gram- Wal-Mart

money transfer functionality.

Analyzing and understanding the Money Gram- Portal

application.

Analyzing the requirements for Sprints delegating to

team members and reviewing the Test cases

Prepared and reviewed status reports.

Prepared Project plan (MPP) and Test Plan.

Managed resource career -Delegation of work to the

team members, provided adequate training relevant to

the project team members.

Mentored junior team members in the Functional areas

of Walmart-Moneygram Touch screen application and

Portal application.

Test data preparation, Test case review and

modification.

Defect tracking and Turnaround time tracking.

Participating in daily scrum and reporting, and

Onshore/Offshore coordination.

Analyzing the test result, and reporting the issues

to the client.

Co-ordinated with MGI's client(Wal-Mart) for the

Wal-Mart and MGI integration testing

Provided Risk analysis, Identified Business critical

components and provided impact analysis.

Visited Wal-Mart heard quarters to understand

Wal-Mart business flow and provided risk assessment.

Device testing- Testing on Wal-Mart device and Sale

of point register.

Provided Knowledge transfer to Business and UAT team

on the behavior of the new Wal-Mart MoneyGram touch

screen Register and its supported versions.

Team Size 20

NTT Data (formerly Keane Inc), Philadelphia, PA

Client: GlaxoSmithKline

Role: Team Lead

Domain: Health care Services

Project Name

Client GSK- GlaxoSmithKline- North American Transformation

Project GlaxoSmithKline plc is a public limited company

Description incorporated on 6th December 1999. GSK and its

subsidiary and associated undertakings constitute a

major global healthcare group engaged

in the creation, discovery, development, manufacture

and marketing of pharmaceutical and consumer

health-related products.

GSK has its corporate head office in London and has

its US headquarters in Research Triangle Park, North

Carolina, with operations in some 120 countries, and

products sold in over 150 countries.

Environment JDE 8.12

Duration From (mm/yy) 11/10 To (mm/yy) 05/11

Role / Module Lead at ONSITE (U.S.A- Philadelphia) for

Responsibili Finance and accounts payables.

ty Managed both Monthly Release Test team and Project

Integration Test team.

Decide On the new releases and control the execution

liaising with the onsite counterparts.

Prepared Project plan (MPP) and Test Plan for the

release as a Module Lead.

Assisting Project Manager in managing the project

through all phases.

As a Team Lead conducted bug triages and

collaborated with the development and business

analyst teams to resolve bugs.

Managed resource career -Delegation of work to the

team members, provided adequate training relevant to

the project team members.

Mentor junior team members in the Functional areas

of JD Edwards and Manual Testing.

Have been responsible for the quantity and quality

of deliverables.

Review of Test Design Cases (TDC).

Defect tracking

Turnaround time tracking.

Coordinating with offshore team, Tracking the work,

performance of the reporting unit on daily basis and

reporting to the client on weekly basis.

Managing client communications-Status meetings,

issues updating and providing clarifications.

Preparing and reviewing Status reports.

Handled JD Edwards Purchase Order and Account

Payables Modules for North American transformation

of Canada and Puerto Rico.

Customizations Testing of applications and reports,

Interfaces- Inbound and outbound-Ariba(PO),

Automatic Payments, Manual Payment process, Fixed

Assets reports-F1201/F1202.

Provided Business process solutions and resolved

problems(configuration Testing, Data Migration

Testing, Interface Testing, Functional Testing and

Regression Testing)

Team Size 40

NTT Data (formerly Keane Inc), Philadelphia, PA

Client: GlaxoSmithKline

Role: Team Lead

Domain: Health care Services

Project Name

Client GSK- GlaxoSmithKline- Order Management Account

Receivables.

Project GlaxoSmithKline plc is a public limited company

Description incorporated on 6th December 1999. GSK and its

subsidiary and associated undertakings constitute a

major global healthcare group engaged

in the creation, discovery, development, manufacture

and marketing of pharmaceutical and consumer

health-related products.

GSK has its corporate head office in London and has

its US headquarters in Research Triangle Park, North

Carolina, with operations in some 120 countries, and

products sold in over 150 countries.

Environment JDE 8.12

Duration From (mm/yy) 02/10 To (m/yy) 10/10

Role / Module Lead at Onsite/Offshore for Order Management

Responsibili and Accounts Receivables.

ty Understood the client demands and met their testing

expectation.

Prepared Project plan (MPP) and Test Plan for the

release as a Module Lead.

Status reviews with client and Keane management.

Responsible for Business testing of Sales order and

Accounts Receivables Module.

Delegation of work to the team members.

Providing adequate training relevant to the project

team members.

Review of Test Design Cases (TDC).

Defect tracking

Turnaround time tracking.

Coordinating with offshore team.

Managing client communications-Status meetings,

issues updating and providing clarifications.

Preparing and reviewing Status reports.

Advancing Pricing, Agreement Master.

Testing for Customized applications(P564210) and

reports.

Security testing for Particular roles- Menus, access

etc.

Provided Business process solutions and resolved

problems(configuration Testing, Data Migration

Testing, Interface Testing, Functional Testing,

Security Testing and Regression Testing)

Team Size 18

Project Name

Client Quaker USA

Project Quaker Chemicals Corporation USA..Quaker is a global

Description marketer of industrial process fluids and related

products and services. It enables customers to focus

on their critical competitive advantages by

supplying a superior combination of product

application and process expertise. It is a

professionally managed organization providing best

quality knowledge, products and services. They are

market leaders in rolling oil applications.

Environment JDE One world XE, JDE 9.0

Duration From (mm/yy) 12/08 To (mm/yy) 01/10

Role / Enhancements and support to JDE technical issues.

Responsibili Analyze change request.

ty Coding, Debugging, and Retrofitting.

Preparation of Unit Test Plans.

Documenting Unit Test Result.

Debugged the both interactive and Batch applications

by using ER debugger.

Functional reviews with regard to the customization,

Design Document (Technical as well as

non-technical), Program Specifications and Test

Cases.

Discussion for Customization with client.

Support given to client after implementation.

Scope of the project includes JD Edwards Sales,

Distribution and Inventory modules.

Team Size 8

IJM (India) Infrastructure Limited (IJMII)

Project Name

Client IJM (India) Infrastructure Limited (IJMII)

Project IJMII is a Malaysian Multinational, which is a

Description subsidiary of IJM Corporation Bhd. (IJM), Malaysia.

IJM, whose core competency is construction, is one

of the Malaysia's largest and most diversified

construction groups, with world-wide presence with

specialization in the areas of construction,

property development, manufacturing, quarrying,

plantation and international ventures India,

Australia, Argentina, Chile, China, Myanmar,

Singapore and Vietnam. IJM is a highly quality

conscious company with the motto of "Excellence

Through Quality".

IJMII's main thrust is in construction and upgrading

of highways and property development including world

class townships and commercial buildings using

modern technology and equipment.

Environment JDE 8.11

Duration From (mm/yy) 04/07 To (mm/yy) 11/08

Role / Technical implementation throughout life cycle for

Responsibili IJMII.

ty Study of Malaysian customized objects and

retrofitting.

Responsible for development and Customization of

Reports in

Finance: Project P&L and Balance sheet, Schedule VI,

Bank/Cash Book, Bank/Cash Receipt, Bank/Cash

Vouchers.

Project Management: Work Order, Request for Quote,

Quote Response. (R5643500PM).

PLEM: Asset Transfer Note, Asset Arrival, Insurance

renewal.

D & L: Store Issue Notes, Material Transfer Note,

Goods Note (Inbound/Outbound), Purchase Request and

Purchase Order.

Customized an Interactive application for Data

uploading for address book, supplier masters.

Menu Creation, Security and Role Settings.

Technical design documentation.

Testing and debugging of applications and reports.

Contribution Embedded IJM Logo Design into Applications and

s Reports.

Published News Letter for ERP

Team Size 9

Personal Information

Name: Sireesha Dammavalam

Address: 2875, Jordan Ave, Apt # 217, Minnetonka, MN-55305

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