Quality Assurance Management

Fareed Ahmed

630-***-**** ***********@*****.***

[pic]Summary:

< 5+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance as QA Manual

Tester/Analyst with a thorough understanding of Software Development

Life Cycle (SDLC) with Client/Server and Web-Based Applications.

< Extensive QA experience in all phases of life cycle, including

Requirements Gathering, Testing, Defect Tracking, Management and

Reporting.

< Extensive experience in analyzing, reviewing and understanding of

Business/Functional requirements, Access management and writing, Test

Cases and Test Scripts.

< Excellent Knowledge of SDLC, STLC and Development Methodologies like

Waterfall and Agile/Scrum.

< Possess Good functional knowledge in Telecom, Financial and Retail

industries.

< Experience in Quality Centre - Design Test Steps, Requirement Mapping

to Tests, Executing Tests Manually, Defect Logging, Defect Reporting

< Have extensive experience in Black Box Testing.

< Logging and tracking defects and measuring the testing effort and the

quality of the software by creating reports.

< Execute SQL queries to perform data validation.

< Reliable, dependable and aware of duties and responsibilities in all

circumstances.

< Efficient and versatile team player with a positive approach to all

tasks.

< Maintained test case coverage metrics to make sure all functionalities

are mapped.

< Experience of defect creation in defect management tool assigning

defect, retesting defect and generating reports and participated in

defect status meetings with business analyst, developers and test

leads.

< Excellent analytical, communication and interpersonal skills and

consistently being organized by management and peer for producing high

quality works.

< Quick learner, self-starter, great communicator and follow good work

ethics and QA methodologies and a strong team player.

< Handle multiple projects simultaneously.

TOOLS / SKILLS:

Tracking Tools: MS Excel, Quality Center, JIRA

Operating Systems: Windows 98/2000/vista, Windows XP, Windows 7

Windows server NT 4,Mac OS X

Databases: Oracle, MS SQL Server, MySQL, MS Access

Testing Tools: Quality Center, QTP

Methodologies: Agile/ Scrum

Languages: HTML, SQL, VBScripting

Mobile: Android, iOS

Professional Experience:

SAC Wireless LLC Schaumberg IL. Jul 2013- Dec

2013

QA Tester

Project Description. SAC is recognized as one of the nation's premier self-

performing providers of network infrastructure deployment and project

management services

Responsibilities:

. Reviewed and analyzed the business requirements for the application

and developed test cases for each functional requirement.

. Involved in Test Plan development.

. Developed user defined functions for validation and ran test scripts

successfully and documented the output in Quality Center.

. Wrote SQL Queries to retrieve data from different tables to validate

accuracy of reports.

. Created Test Cases in Quality Center and mapped Test Cases to

Requirements in RTM.

. Report and track defects found during the execution of manual test

cases and lodge defects in HP Quality center.

. Participated in all phases of the SDLC. Planned for manual testing

and procedures and test scripts.

. Performed Functional, System Integration, Graphic user interface

testing, Regression, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and End-to-End

testing .

. Analyzed the web based application and identified critical application

functionality by reviewing SRS.

. Collected weekly metrics to keep track of manual testing bugs

encountered during system testing, regression and integration testing.

. Reported progress to management. Wrote and reported defects verified

fixes and closed bugs during regression/retesting.

. Executed system integration, end to end and (UAT) cases for web based

and .NET applications.

. Printed reports when needed for test case execution, pass or fail or

no run status.

Client: Parsons Feb 2013 to Jul

2013

Quality Assurance Analyst

Project Description: Parsons is a big conglomerate having global presence.

Their major work domains are Engineering, construction building Bridges,

Highways, Govt. Facilities, Energy sector and Project Management services.

Responsibilities:

. Participated in management meetings to gather information on

application development and design process.

. Maintained Traceability Matrixes for Management and Stakeholders to

ensure test coverage of existing and added functionalities of

application and software.

. Reviewed Team Test cases to ensure full coverage of testing

. Perform SDLC Process Training for contractor staff.

. Worked closely with the Business and Development teams to understand

and prioritize testing effort towards new features, production issues,

identity & access management and trouble areas.

. Responsibly maintained QA Process through-out Testing Life cycle from

Requirement studies to Implementation.

. Tested implementation of Mobile web on smart phones that include

IPhone 3GS, 4GS and Android 2.2. This includes complete application

testing with business logic as of Normal website.

. Go through the documentation and functional requirements for the

mobile application.

. Worked with testing team in Production environment as per client's

need and requirement.

. Participated in meetings with testing teams to ensure execution is

being followed as per QA process.

. Exported test cases from Excel and requirements from MS Word to

Quality Center.

. Created, Reviewed and Publish bug status reports and discussion of

high severity defects with management.

. Managed backend testing efforts with Functional testing team to ensure

efficient End To End QA coverage.

. Assured all requirements are being met after every build and delivery.

. Actively communicated & reported all achievements of QA team to

Management.

Allianz Global Investors (AGI) Jun

2012 to Jan 2013

QA Tester

Project Description: Allianz Global Investors is one of the world's leading

asset management firm operating across globe.

Responsibilities:

. Participates in test strategy, test plans and created test cases by

going through all the documentation, walk through and detailed SRS

documents.

. Involved in analyzing the changes made from the previous release.

. Involved in entire QA life cycle.

. Prepared estimation of work in terms of schedule and duration.

. Update and circulate change requests, prioritize issues, identify open

issues, weekly status reports and set deadlines with coordination of

QA Lead.

. Used Quality Center to track and report system defects and writing

test cases/scripts.

. Validated the reports after execution, and comparing expected results

with actual results.

. Involved in the development of test plans, and created test cases to

validate the functionality.

. Executed system integration, end to end and (UAT) cases for

application.

. Interacted with different development teams to coordinate testing.

. Performed Smoke Tests on every new build.

. Performed product Installation and Configuration testing.

Client: Rewards Network Establishment - Chicago, IL Apr

2011 May 2012

QA Analyst

Project Description: Rewards Network Establishment Services, Inc. provides

marketing services and loyalty programs to the restaurant industry.

Responsibilities:

. Reviewed and analyzed the business requirements for the application

and developed test case based on used cases.

. Performed Functional Testing and Regression Testing.

. Developed user defined functions for validation and ran test scripts

successfully and documented the output.

. Executed test cases and logged defects in excel sheet for failed test

cases.

. Participated in all phases of the SDLC. Planned for manual testing

procedures and scripts.

. Examined and analyzed requirements to document test cases. Created

test cases and mapped them according to requirements.

. Participated in daily stand up meetings discussing the progress.

. Collected weekly metrics to keep track of manual testing reported

progress to management.

. Executed system integration, end to end and (UAT) cases for web based

and Java applications.

. Other duties as assigned by the team lead.

Citi Financial, Lahore Mar

2007 - Jan 2011

QA Analyst

Project Description: Citi Financial is an international provider of

financial services and investment resources that provides Mutual Fund

administration, accounting, Securities, Capital and Stock clearing transfer

services management system.

Responsibilities:

. Worked closely with the project team in planning, coordination and

implementing QA methodology.

. Executed and maintained manual Test Scripts.

. Extensively performed Functional, Integration, Regression and User

Acceptance Testing.

. Customized Test Scripts according to the changing GUI / functional

requirements of the application.

. Created Excel Spreadsheets for different test reports for Daily

Execution Status.

. Maintained the complete execution status of application for release

for reporting purpose.

. Tested app on Mobile phone with business logic as of Normal website.

. Attend and contribute to project and QA meetings taking ownership of

tasks resulting from the meetings.

. Provide timely feedback and progress on testing.

. Communicate information obtained during meetings with testing team and

organization, where applicable.

. Participated in daily stand up meetings discussing the progress and

goals.

EDUCATION

MBA

University of Central Punjab Apr 1995 to

Dec 1996

Bachelors in Commerce

University of the Punjab (Punjab College of Commerce) Jan 1992

to July 1994

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