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Archana Vashishtha Email :-

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CAREER OBJECTIVE

Seeking a professionally challenging and rewarding career in the field of

Software Testing while keeping abreast with the latest developments in the

area of Software Technology.

EXPERIENCE SYNOPSIS

. Around 8+ years of rich experience in the field of Software Testing.

. CSTE and ISTQB Certified.

. ITIL Foundation Level, Lean and Six Sigma Green Belt Certified, Agile

Methodology and Scrum.

. Domains Expertise: Treasury and Risk Management (Kondor+), Retail, Media

and Entertainment .

. Quality Standards/Compliance: Implementation of IEEE Standards.

. Organization, optimization, and control of testing process, test

resources, test time, test schedules, test data, and test documentation,

requirement traceability matrix.

. Preparation of acceptance/system test plans, test strategies/approaches,

traceability matrix, test reports/metrics/summary, and prioritization of

tests by risk assessment and schedules.

. Experienced in developing test cases, test matrices, test scenarios, and

business scenarios.

. Experienced in Black-box testing, unit / integration / functional /

regression / system testing, ETL Testing, security testing, usability

testing, GUI / document testing.

. Handled Reviews / walkthroughs / audits for SRS, system designs, database

designs, GUI screens, and prediction / assessment of risks and impact

from approach or due to possible change requests.

. Possessing ability to work at both high-level and detailed-level,

committed to meet demanding schedules.

. Skills: People management, test management, technical, analytical,

recruitment, training.

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

. PGDIPRL (Post Graduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Rights Law) from

National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore. Year of

Passing 2009

. MCA (Master of Computer Application) from Visveswaraiah Technological

University (VTU), Belgaum. Year of Passing 2002

. MDMC (Master's Diploma in Millennium Curriculum) from Tulec Computer

Education, Bangalore. Year of Passing 2002

. B.Sc (Bachelor of Science in Statistics, Economics and Mathematics) from

Bangalore University, Bangalore. Year of Passing 1999

VALUE ADDITIONS

. Has completed IEEE SWEBOK Module-II from Latitude, Bangalore.

. Has gone through Industrial Training on Soft & Technical Skills at NEXT,

Bangalore.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

Functional Testing Tools : QTP, Black Beard

Defect Tracking Tools : Bugzilla, QC, BLT, Product Studio

Database Administration : Microsoft SQL 2005

Quality Process : IEEE Standards, Lean Six Sigma

Management : Management information system (MIS).

Statistical Analysis Tool : MINITAB 14

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Mindtree Ltd, Bangalore

(June 2010 to July

2013)

Worked as Test Specialist. As a quality control lead I was involved in

tracking and executing the QA track for Media & Entertainment industry

projects at Mindtree Ltd. I was responsible for managing the effort

estimation, test planning, test execution, defect triage and client

communication for the projects involved. I have worked from onsite also for

knowledge sharing and recently was working from offshore.

SUMMARY OF PROJECTS

1. Website Testing: August 2012 to February 2013

Client : Microsoft Corporation, Redmond [USA]

Testing Type : Manual Testing, Product Studio (Test Management Tool)

Verifying the top 5000 websites on Win 8 IE10 browser and Win Blue.

2. Retail Domain: January 2012 to July 2012

Client : The Home Depot

Testing Type : Manual Testing, Quality Centre (Test Management Tool),

Database testing.

Verifying and validating the Order details in IBM Sterling Commerce

application, Executing Test Scenarios in QC and Raising Defects,

Retesting/Verifying Defects.

3. Government of India Project: April 2011 to December 2011

Client : UIDAI-AADHAR

Testing Type : Manual Testing, Agile Testing, Bugzilla, Filezilla,

SQL, Java, JavaScript

Server-Side Testing of the Application, Writing Test Cases, Executing the

Test Cases.

4. Retail Domain: July 2010 to April 2011

Client : Target, Bangalore

Testing Type : Manual Testing, SQL, .NET, Quality Centre (Test

Management Tool)

Testing the Target's Pharmacy application RedRock, Writing Test Cases,

Executing the Test Cases. Finally, the tests are executed using Mercury

Quality Center.

Additional Responsibility: Being at client location, I played a role of a

anchor wherein I had to take care of all the requirements of Mindtree

employees at client location. The responsibilities included having one-on-

one with the Mindtree employees to resolve any issues they had. Sending

monthly time-sheet [no. of hours for billing purpose] of all the Mindtree

employees deployed at Target to Mindtree manager. Arranging meetings with

all the Mindtree employees at client place. Was responsible for smooth

operations at client location.

Key responsibilities

. Has been responsible for setting up the QA environment. Used Agile

Testing Methodology.

. Has been responsible in setting up the QA guidelines, process and

communication between the offshore team and client.

. Responsible for testing process, test management of

GUI/functional/regression/system testing, and development of test

documentation.

. Responsible for Data Analysis and preparing a report.

. Responsible for managing the communication between offshore and Client.

. Coordinated and guided the testing teams, and interacted closely with

clients (Microsoft Corporation) to meet their requirements and

expectations.

. Developed/executed/updated test plans; reviewed and approved test cases.

. Imparted training for testing staff on test processes, and guided them

through projects.

. Involved in the development of test cases for complicated solutions and

projects.

. Wrote and clarified test reports and test summaries; wrote and maintained

detailed status reports.

. Conducted defect triage session with team and client (Microsoft).

. Provided guidelines, task lists, and common screen-level test cases for

usability/GUI/content verification for both client-server and web

applications.

ITC Infotech, Bangalore

(May 2005 to May 2010)

Worked as Test Analyst. As a Test Analyst I was involved in tracking and

executing the QA track for Windchill PLM and Travel & Hospitality projects

at ITC Infotech. I was responsible for managing the effort estimation, test

planning, test execution, defect triage and client communication for the

projects involved. I have worked from offshore and coordinating the QA

track with onsite team.

Key responsibilities

. Responsible for testing process, test management of

GUI/functional/regression/system testing, and development of test

documentation & user manual guide.

. Responsible for managing the communication between all the interfacing

teams for the application.

. Coordinated and guided the testing teams, and interacted closely with

clients (PTC) to meet their requirements and expectations.

. Developed/executed/updated test plans; reviewed and approved test cases.

. Imparted training for testing staff on test processes, and guided them

through projects.

. Involved in the development of test cases for complicated solutions and

projects.

. Wrote and clarified test reports and test summaries; wrote and maintained

detailed status reports.

. Conducted defect triage session with team and client (PTC).

. Provided guidelines, task lists, and common screen-level test cases for

usability/GUI/content verification for both client-server and web

applications.

. Communicated with developers and management teams to ensure delivery of a

quality product on time.

. Prepared and assigned tasks for testing team members. Controlled quality

of the work performed by team members.

. Was part of recruitment panel for Testing Practice

PROJECTS

1. Treasury and Risk Management (Kondor+): Jan 2009 to May 2010

Testing Type : Manual Testing, Squish, Phython, SQL, UNIX, Quality

Centre (Test Management Tool)

Asset Types : Fixed Income, Derivative, Equity, Futures,

Options etc.

2. AOL Web-Page Testing: September 2007 to November 2008

Testing Type : Manual Testing, MAC OS, Quality Centre (Test

Management Tool), Selenium IDE, JavaScript

4. PLM Domain [Windchill] : May, 2005 to August, 2007

Testing Type : Manual Testing, UNIX, Java, SQL, BLT

UNIK Software House, Bangalore

(January 2005 to May 2005)

Worked as Software Engineer in a start-up company. I was responsible for

SRS, setting up QA environment and preparing Technical documents. Testing

Software Application developed for a Cardiac Institute.

SUMMARY OF PROJECTS

1. Clinical Database Maintenance System: January 2005 to May 2005

Testing Type : Manual Testing, Visual Basic 6.0, SQL Server 2000.

Teaching & Training, India and China

(November 2003 to December 2004)

1. NIIT, Bangalore / SWUST, Mianyang City (China) / KV ASC, Bangalore

Role: Executive-Education and Delivery (Faculty)

Description: Delivering training to college students, working professionals

on various technologies like .NET Framework, Java, C, C++, DBMS, RDBMS,

SQL Server 2000, Visual Basic 6.0

Responsibilities:

. Has been responsible for shaping the career of students.

. Motivating students to go for further courses at NIIT.

. Ensured that students develop interest in learning and practice in the

Lab.

. Conducted Soft-skills sessions which helped students in attending job

interviews.

Sales and Marketing

(December 2002 to November 2003)

1. America Online (AOL), Bangalore

Role: Customer Care Consultant

Description: I worked as SUBP consultant where I was responsible for

signing-up customer's in America for AOL account over the phone.

Responsibilities:

. Convincing and helping the customers in USA to sign-up for AOL account by

phone.

. Motivating the customers to use AOL account.

. Retaining existing AOL customers.

. Conducted Soft-skills sessions which helped my team perform well on call

floor.

AWARDS AND RECOGNATIONS

> Certificate of Participation at Accenture shaping the future forum in

the year 2008.

> Awarded First Aid & Home Nursing Certificate in the year 2006.

> Awarded LIFE SAVER Certificate in the year 2012.

> Awarded the Sales Training Certificate in the year 2003.

PERSONAL PROFILE

Languages Known

English, Hindi

Personal Particulars

Marital status: Single

Nationality: Indian

Work Permit: USA (H1B Visa valid till September 30, 2014)

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