Manual Test Analyst / Tester (7+ years)

Marianne L. Arancon

Lot* Block* Phase*, Palm Street

Greenwoods Executive Village

Cainta, Rizal, Philippines 1900

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+63-905******* / +63 2 6557123

SUMMARY:

Deadline-oriented Software Tester with more than 7 years experience on several manual testing environments. Easily collaborate with developers and other stakeholders to accomplish milestones. Solid history of discovering errors, resolving defects, and ensuring client expectations are met with high-quality software solutions.

HIGHLIGHTS:

Manual Testing (Functional, Regression,

Unit/Component, Integration, End-To-End,

Conformance, Smoke/Sanity, Exploratory)

IBM Rational Quality Manager

IBM-Rational ClearQuest/Test Manager

IBM- CLM (Collaborative Lifecycle Management)

SQL-DB2 (Structured Query Language)

Mainframe (CICS/TSO)

AS/400 (RPG III, RPG IV, CL)

HP Quality Center

IBM-Lotus Notes

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Visio, SharePoint, Project)

WORK HISTORY:

RCG IT Philippines, Inc.

IT Consultant / Test Analyst (April 2013 – June 2015)

Analyst / Tester (Financial Services Industry Project)

Provided QA support (as Subject Matter Expert) to users and other teams on queries regarding the assigned functionalities.

Executed assigned Regression and Functional Testing in Mainframe.

Analyzed / updated assigned regression test cases and test scripts base on the previous functional testing coverage.

Coordinated / participated in the conference calls of the assigned project during requirements gathering stage and design stage.

Analyzed high-level requirements, technical design, and other available documents to create test cases/scripts for Functional Testing and Conformance Testing.

Managed test data to be used for the regression / functional execution.

Coordinated job runs and requests to POCs of other interfaces prior or during the execution.

Created LOE (Level of Effort) estimation on the assigned projects/service desk tickets.

Participated / Facilitated Internal Test Case Reviews and External Test Case Reviews.

Logged / maintained defects in CLM (Collaborative Lifecycle Management – IBM-RQM).

Participated on Defect Triage specifically on the defects owned.

Created / maintained test cases, test scripts, test suites, and execution records in CLM (Collaborative Lifecycle Management – IBM-RQM).

Created / maintained training materials on the assigned functionalities (for cross training).

Mentored / trained team members on the assigned functionalities (billing and posting, payment, funding, merchant loan program).

Accenture, Inc.

Software Engineer (August 2012 – April 2013)

Test Coordinator (Financial Services Industry Project)

Created / updated activity metrics of Development team and Test Data Management team for ATM / SIT / UAT test planning.

Scheduled / facilitated walkthroughs for the coordination / monitoring / review of the test conditions and test data characteristics from the Application teams or Interfaces.

Created and submitted planning status report to Project Manager and onshore leads.

Monitored data setup schedule of activities (production slice / new accounts, data setup planning, data setup execution).

Coordinated validation of accounts, test condition creation, and execution plan creation for Test Accounts Data Setup.

Monitored and updated execution plan (task completion, reworks, and actuals).

Coordinated and monitored tasks to assigned resources.

Created internal execution planning calendar (MS Project).

Contributed process improvements for the Test Planning and Execution Management team.

Software Engineer (July 2010 - July 2012)

Tester (Energy Industry Projects)

Appointed as Sub-lead to delegate tasks for test execution, creation and review of status reporting, and status call meetings with onshore counterparts.

Designed appropriate documentation formats based on the project needs.

Initiated / analyzed mapping of test case inventory and RICEF with DFDs, Solution Blueprint, Business Process Diagram, Test Cases, Requirements Traceability Matrix, To-Be Process, and other available documents presented by the counterpart.

Performed functional testing and end-to-end testing (HP Quality Center / IBM Rational).

Investigated and retested existing defects for closure.

Created / presented process (Analyze Test Process) to client and leads.

Coordinated with third party vendor and leads for issues and concerns clarification.

Reviewed test scripts, data inputs, defect management process, test execution plan, and test case inventory.

Maintained test case inventory based on the counterpart's application update advisory.

Revised test scripts appropriate for the end users.

Designed scripts base on the analysis done and other available resources such as simulation in pre-staging environment and design documents.

Facilitated post mortem sessions with the whole team.

Assisted leads and colleagues in some administrative task.

AEON Credit Technology Systems (Philippines) Inc.

QA Analyst (November 2008 - February 2010)

Sub-Lead / Tester (Financial Services Industry)

Analyzed / reviewed business requirements and technical specifications to ensure test coverage accuracy (AS/400, JAVA, VB).

Designed test plans that define test scope, agreements, test requirements, task schedule, and objectives to assure release quality.

Developed test cases including all necessary test conditions to validate functional testing and integration testing.

Managed / delegated tasks to team members from creation of test cases up to execution.

Coordinated / managed defects to development team and lead.

Generated daily reports regarding test execution development, issues and concerns, and defect status.

Reviewed and maintained accuracy of test scripts, test conditions, test results, and other documents for sign off.

Maintained repositories for proper documentation and traceability purposes.

Trained resources on AS400 Basic Programming.

Monitored and supervised resources on their executions, documentations and reports.

Reviewed and analyzed test results (actual vs. expected) for sign-off.

Escalated issues / concerns encountered during test execution to Team Lead.

InfoCafeé Systems, Inc.

QA Tester (August 2007 - October 2008)

(Financial Services Industry Projects)

Coordinated with the development team and client side counterparts for confirmation of concerns and issues encountered during the test analysis/design and test execution.

Performed exploratory testing, smoke testing, functional testing, end-to-end testing and regression testing to suffice business requirements.

Prepared and reviewed test estimations and level of effort documents.

Created/maintained/reviewed test cases and test scripts.

Assisted QA Analyst on team’s documentation and reports.

Managed test data plans for QA testing.

Prepared and reviewed necessary documents for User Acceptance Testing.

Software Developer (January 2007 - July 2007)

(Financial Services Industry Projects)

Developed programming modifications / codes according to the specifications given by the Lead Analyst/Project Lead.

Analyzed performance of programs and take action to correct deficiencies based on consultation with users.

Performed unit testing and integration testing using sample or live data.

Maintained documentations on programming, problems and resolutions for future reference.

*Projects involved are billing, payment, inquiries, bonuses/promos, cardholder applications, physical card embossing, and EMV (Europay, MasterCard, Visa) application on existing cards.

EDUCATION:

TRACE Computer College

BS Computer Science (March 2001)

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