Project Quality

Maryanne Fowler

Residence: 289-***-****

Mobile: 905-***-****

Email Address: ***************@*******.***

CAREER SUMMARY

** ***** ** *********** ********** in Quality Assurance testing. Strong skills in team leadership, project management, decision making, analysis, and problem solving. Excellent interpersonal skills, motivates and develops employees in team-based, customer-focused organizations.

Skills and Knowledge

In-Depth knowledge of Waterfall SDLC

In-Depth knowledge of HP Quality Center

Managing Teams

Project Management

MERIDIAN CREDIT UNION

Quality Assurance Analyst May 2017 – present

Review Business Requirements document

Create Test Strategies, Test Cases for releases based on business requirements document for releases pertaining to Ovation and IntelliLender

Testing items on Mobile and Retail Online Banking Applications

Chair Test Strategy meetings, document minutes of meetings

Perform SQL queries to validate database

Perform restores of individual QA environment, refresh code and provide development with server logs

Provide input regarding the assessment of the risk and quality of changes and enhancements

Provide ongoing feedback to management of project progress

Provide signoff on testing to management

Perform testing in individual QA Environment and in Integration Environment

Provide recommendations for use of Risk indicator in Quality Center for tracking high risk test cases

Addition of tests to the ‘resuable scripts’ project for end to end tests for initiatives which I was accountable for

THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA

Manager Quality Assurance Testing Sept 2006- Oct 2016

Provided leadership, direction and management to up to 6 direct reports and project teams both internal and offshore

Prepare performance Appraisals and assess development plans for staff providing recommendations for areas of improvements and future development opportunities

Provide ongoing direction to test teams

Member of the Scrum Team for Agile initiative for Online and Mobile banking projects

Direct and guide project test teams to ensure the timely delivery of quality products/functions

Managed User Acceptance Testing Projects for banking Applications such as Customer Information Systems, Credit Cards, Adjudication System, Mortgages, Loans, Pre-Approved Leads, Campaign Execution, Trade Finance, General Ledgers, Sales Builder, Scotia Total Equity Plan, Savings, Demand Deposit Accounts, Online and Mobile, SIMON – Branch marketing system

Participate in work session to develop external design documents

Manage funding and work authorizations for up to 15 contractors ensuring that funding allotment does not exceed budget

Review code implementation strategies

Maintain thorough and current comprehension of Banking Systems, UAT code configurations

Facilitated defect review sessions with project stakeholders to determine critical issues and impact to production

Approved recommendations for promotion of code to production

Assessed areas of functionality subject to regression testing for new and existing applications and make recommendations for automation package

Partnered with senior management and business partners such as Retail Deposits, Retail Marketing, Retail Credit, Channel Solutions, Systems Maintenance, PMO and external vendors, Direct Focus, CGI, Symcor, S1

Senior Analyst, Quality Assurance Testing Nov 2002 – Sept 2006

Supervised up to 6 testers and coordinated testing of medium to large projects STEP, Mortgage Replacement System, Bankpro

Assess the results of UAT tests and take appropriate action

Assess the risk and quality of changes and enhancements

Transfer application knowledge and process expertise to more junior analysts

Forecast workday estimates based upon project documentation

Contribute to recommendations and assessments to ongoing project reviews

Assisted with the facilitation of defect review sessions

Intermediate, Quality Assurance Testing Analyst July 1998 – Oct 2002

Co-ordinate testing for projects/releases

Execute and verify the results of UAT tests and take appropriate action

Provide input regarding the assessment of the risk and quality of changes and enhancements

Provide ongoing feedback to management of project progress

Professional Development

An Overview of Agile Methodologies

Agile Planning – Doing Estimates

Managing Operation Risk – It’s Part of our Culture

Management in Action Program

Crucial Conversations

Managing Others 2

Education - Durham College – Business – Legal Administration

Budget Management

Change Management

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