Project Manager
Resume:
Meenakshisundharam M
Mobile: 91-965*******
Phone: 91-44-224*****
************@*****.***
Career Objective
Seeking Managerial assignments in Project Management on Testing with a
growth and have driven organizational Engagements.
Summary
. 13+ years of experience in IT [ Automation Testing (9+ Years) and
Manual Testing (3+ Years)] and handled various roles including that of
Manager QA CoE, Module Leader, Project Leader, QA Lead, Quality
Assurance Engineer and Software Engineer.
. Currently working as Manager QA CoE for Newtglobal, Chennai.
. Have experience in Project Management Software Testing activities and
development life cycle of projects for Client/Server and Web
technologies
. Have very good knowledge in Testing Process and in writing Test Plan,
Test Strategy and Test Artifacts
. Having exposure in Perfecto Mobile UFT, QTP, Winrunner, STF, ePAL and
iTAP, Quality Center, eCase and Bugtracker.
. Having experience in automation framework & architecture development
in QTP & UFT.
. Undergone training in Selenium IDE, Selenium WebDriver, Sikuli.
Development methodologies:
. Have experience in executing the project in various types of
SDLC/STLC, methodologies including Agile-Scrum, Waterfall, Test-Driven
Development and V-model.
. 4+years of experience in SCRUM process.
Project Management:
. Having Very good experience in Estimation, budgeting and Resource
planning and utilizations and risk management.
. Having Onsite transition experience to carry the business.
. Root causes are identified in milestone meeting and defect prevention
for such root causes is identified.
. Having experience in Test Traceability Matrix, Test Specification,
Test Report, and Release Notes
. Solid experience in Defect tracking & reporting and conducting Bug
Triage meetings.
. Acknowledged for conducting superior coordination between the off-
shore and on-shore teams.
. Analyzing the Metrics at every milestone and taking necessary action
to improve the quality and process. Created process and best practices
for testing.
People Management:
. Providing work direction and leadership to multiple teams, including
the tracking, monitoring, communicating and review of the project
work.
. Identifying and implementing strategies for building team
effectiveness.
. Determining training needs of employees & conducting suitable training
programs to enhance their skills leading to increased productivity.
Client Management:
. Having Onsite delivery experience with US, UAE and UK in various
domains.
. Building and maintaining healthy business relations with different
stakeholder within client community and ensuring maximum customer
satisfaction by achieving delivery and qualitry.
. Involved and managed all the phases of testing cycle (Unit/Integration
/System/ UAT Testing using Test-to-pass & Test-to-fail approaches),
Functional, Static & Dynamic Black-box, Integration,
Regression/Retesting, Usability, Exploratory and Ad-hoc.
. Good hands on Experience in working for the Project proposal and
working with bidding team.
. Having experience in Transition documents, Due-diligence, Product
Handbook, Knowledge Vs metrics and QA artifacts.
. Excellent inter-personal, team management, communication and
presentation skills
. Involved in Test Data Analysis, Test Data Validation, Test Data
Cleansing, Test Data Verification and identifying data mismatch.
Professional Achievements
. Awarded by the Senior Vice-President and Project Director of CSC in
recognition of outstanding contribution to the company for the same I
got appreciation by the America's Largest Banking Service provider
also.
. I have been awarded with Star of QA's Center of excellence in Newt
2012.
. I have been awarded as Newt Hero 2012-13 of QA's Center of excellence
in Newt Global.
. I have been rewarded by the leading US financial client with Letter of
Appreciation for completion of the project ahead of Schedule and
Quality.
Onsite Experience
. Had been to US on Business Visa for Discover Financial Services, River
Woods Client assignment through Computer Science Corporation(CSC)
. Also for The TriZetto Group, Naperville Client assignment through
Syntel India Ltd
Professional Experience
Jul 2011 to Till Date Working as Manager QA CoE in
Newtglobal India Ltd., Chennai
Jan 2010 to Jun 2011 Worked as Project Leader in
Syntel India Ltd., Chennai
Jun 2004 to Jun 2009 Worked as Project Leader in
Computer Science Corporation., Chennai
Feb 2000 to Jun 2004 Worked as Test Engineer in
Calisys Technology Ltd., Chennai
Qualification
. Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from University of Madras
. Master of Computer Applications from University of Madras
Certifications
. Perfecto Mobile Certified Professional in : Professional Services
. UFT Mobile On-Site training and UFT Mobile Online training
. MobileCloud Automation On-Site training and MobileCloud
Automation Online.
. HP Certified Professional in Quick Test Professional and Quality
Center 9.2 HPCP ID#SR5375575
. Microsoft Certified Professional in Visual Basic 5.0 MCP ID # 1434886
. Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification 4.0. Pursuing from
PMI. Completed 35 hours of Professional Development Units (PDU's) from
ADEPT Global REP No.2787.
Technical Skills:
Functional Test Tools: Perfecto Mobile, UFT 11.5, QTP11.0, Win
Runner7.6/8.0
Test Management Tools: Quality Center 11.0, Test Director 8.0, Dev
Track
Operating Systems: Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP/7
Languages: C, C++, Cobol
User Layer: Visual Basic 5.0 / 6.0, PB 3.0, Java 6.0, D2k, Crystal Reports
6.0, Macros, Cognos Report
Data Layer: SQL Server 2005, PL/SQL Developer 8.0, Oracle 10g, Aqua Data
studio 8.0, Rapid SQL, FoxPro 2.6, MS Access,
Web Applications: HTML, DHTML, DML, ASP (VB Script), Visual InterDev
6.0, IIS, Java Script, Visual Basic (Com &
Dcom), Flash support 10x
Other Tools: Rational Robot, Silk Test, Silk Test, Load Runner 6.5/8.0,
Astra Load Test, Silk Performer, Serena Mash-
up, Bugzilla, eCase, Client Action Manager,
Visual SourceSafe 6.0, STF, ePAL and iTAP,
Bugtracker, Syncfusion, Putty.
Domain Skills:
. Banking, Finance, Retail, Health care, Insurance, E-commerce, HR-
Payroll, Capital Market, Garments, Fleets, Logistics, ePayment, Credit
Card.
Projects Experience
Project 1#
Title: Enterprise Find me Follow me Android mobile
Application (EFmfm)
Environment: Java 7, Mysql 5.0
Testing Tools: Perfecto Mobile, UFT 11.5
Team Size: 21
Period: 9 Months (Mar 2013 - Till Date)
Company: Newtglobal India Ltd
Brief Project Profile: Enterprise FmFm is real time web based
application to track vehicles. This can be very useful to easily track the
location of cabs, speed, distance traveled, planned route, actual route,
deviation and so on. Route can be set by admin to each cab, once the end
point reaches or whenever the deviation occurs, it would be recorded in
background. It also provides standard reports, exceptional reports and
accident reports. Ref:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.newtglobal.android
Roles and Responsibilities:
. As a Manager QA - Enterprise Find me Follow me Android mobile
Application (EFmfm)
. Discussion with client.
. Applied Scrum - Preparing sprint plan and reviewed with product owner
and base lined it.
. Preparing Project Planning, estimating the activities, test plan and
monitoring the project
. Understand the client requirement and execute it in Onshore / offshore
delivery model
. Tracking and reporting of daily and weekly activities and status
reports
. Preparing Scheduled variance Metrics on monthly basis. Prepared
metrics collection, consolidation and analysis activity for the
project through Delphi Technique.
. Providing effective pre-sales support.
. Career development of associates through evaluation, mentoring, and
training
. Applied Six Constrains - Cost, Time, Quality, Scope, Resource and
Risk.
. Preparing the metrics dash board at the end of each sprint
retrospective meeting.
. Coordinating with Onshore team to ensure all the issues are resolved
on time for smooth execution of the testing phase. Documenting,
implementing, monitor and enforcing all processes for testing as per
standards defined by the organization.
. Ensuring sprint-wise timely delivery of different testing milestone.
Project 2#
Title: Sabre (FAS AA / AI)
Environment: .NET, Java 6.0
Testing Tools: QTP 11.0, QC 11, Syncfusion, and Dev Track
Team Size: 21
Period: 20 Months (Jul 2011 - Feb 2013)
Company: Newtglobal India Ltd
Client: Sage, North America, United States
(http://www.sage.com/)
Brief Project Profile: The Sage FAS Asset Accounting provides
powerful and easy-to-use fixed asset management solutions to commercial,
nonprofit, and government organizations of all sizes, throughout the fixed
Assets life cycle. Standard and customizable depreciation calculation
methods help your business or organizational optimize balance sheet, reduce
insurance overpayments, and maximize tax savings. FAS Asset Inventory
provides automated fixed asset inventory tracking and reconciliation
capabilities. Using state-of-the-art barcode technology, FAS Asset
Inventory creates and tracks multiple physical inventories of assets
quickly and efficiently - allowing you to achieve a tighter control of your
fixed assets.
Roles and Responsibilities:
. As a Manager QA - Sabre (FAS AA / AI)
. Discussion with client
. Applied Scrum - Preparing sprint plan and reviewed with product owner
and base lined it.
. Preparing Project Planning, estimating the activities, test plan and
monitoring the project
. Understand the client requirement and execute it in Onshore / offshore
delivery model
. Tracking and reporting of daily and weekly activities and status
reports
. Preparing Scheduled variance Metrics on monthly basis. Prepared
metrics collection, consolidation and analysis activity for the
project through Delphi Technique.
. Providing effective pre-sales support
. Career development of associates through evaluation, mentoring, and
training
. Applied Six Constrains - Cost, Time, Quality, Scope, Resource and
Risk.
. Preparing the metrics dash board at the end of each sprint
retrospective meeting.
. Coordinating with Onshore team to ensure all the issues are resolved
on time for smooth execution of the testing phase. Documenting,
implementing, monitor and enforcing all processes for testing as per
standards defined by the organization.
. Ensuring sprint-wise timely delivery of different testing milestone.
Project 3#
Title: Value Based Benefits
Environment: .NET, Java 6.0
Testing Tools: QTP 10.0, QC 10, Serena Mash-up, and Aqua Data
studio 8.0, Rapid SQL.
Team Size: 16
Period: 9 Months (Aug 2010 - Jun 2011)
Company: Syntel India Ltd
Client: The TriZetto Group, United States
(www.trizetto.com)
Brief Project Profile: The Value-Based Benefits Solution (VBB) is a
web based application serving as a benefit design and incentive management
software solution that allows payers to customize benefits and other
incentives for individual members based on their health status, chronic
conditions, and health and wellness activity. TriZetto's Value-Based
Benefits Solution enables administration of value-based insurance designs
that leverage the company's Facets and QNXT enterprise administration
systems. The Value-Based Benefits for Members Web application is available
to members for the administration of their health and wellness incentive
programs. The Value-Based Benefits Manager for Payers application to:
Define incentive program components, such as program vendors and rewards
providers. Manage program offerings by determining the groups/classes/plans
that will be eligible to participate in one or more incentive programs.
Access the Value-Based Benefits Manager for Members Web application in
order to perform customer service functions.
Roles and Responsibilities:
. As a Test Manager - Value Based Benefits
. Discussion with client
. Applied Scrum - Structural Iterative process
. Estimating the Activities, test plan and monitoring the project
. Understand the client requirement, test plan and execute in Onshore /
offshore delivery model
. Tracking and reporting of daily and weekly activities and status
reports
. Preparing Scheduled variance Metrics on monthly basis. Prepared
metrics collection, consolidation and analysis activity for the
project through Delphi Technique.
. Solution to critical areas and propose a solution to testing team
Project 4#
Title: JPMC Independent Shared Testing
Environment: Java 6.0, VB script, Java script, Cognos report, Flash
support 10x
Testing Tools: QTP 10.0, QC 9.2, SynApp Tool and Visual SourceSafe
6.0.
Team Size: 41
Duration: 7 Months (Jan 2010 - July 2010)
Company: Syntel India Ltd
Client: JP Morgan, United States (www.jpmorganchase.com)
Brief Project Profile: JPMC Union program scope of this project is
to onboard its middle office and back office operations of fund accounting
and investment accounting of various AMC's such as JPMAM, TAM, AVIVA, MFM
from Bank of New York to its in-house platform called WSS (World wide
Security Services). The Migration Part of JPMAM (called Davinci program) is
taken as benchmark for Automation. The scope of Automation involves the
Core applications such as Instruction Management (IM), Investone - EDA
(Enterprise Distributed Architecture), VPR (Views Portfolio Reporting.).
The Data Flow of the Davinci Program involves the Upload of XML Files
Comprising of Trade Data into the IM Application which does the Trade
Validation and Data Enrichment and directs the data to the Downstream
Application EDA-WINS which does the Fund Accounting and Investment
Accounting and Finally the Output from WINS is transmitted to the VPR
Application for Client and AMC Report Generation.
Roles and Responsibilities:
. As a Test Manager -JPMC Independent Shared Testing
. Discussion with client. Estimating the Activities, test plan and
monitoring the project
. Understand the client requirement, test plan and execute in Onshore /
offshore delivery model
. Tracking and reporting of daily and weekly activities and status
reports. Dashboard as required for internal and external stakeholders
including senior management.
. Preparing Scheduled variance Metrics on monthly basis. Prepared
metrics collection, consolidation and analysis activity for the
project through Delphi Technique.
. Solution to critical areas and propose a solution to testing team
. Developed proposal by recommending resources, staffing levels and
suggestions for achieving the end result.
. Setting up the Communication Plan, Escalation Points & Levels and Raid
Logs (Risk, Action, Issues and Dependency).
. Participate in Monthly review meetings with the client & the
management
Project 5#
Title: Test Case Management And Automation
Environment: Dot Net, VB, VB script, Java script
Database: SQL server 2003
Testing Tools: QTP 9.2, Test Director 8.0, Load runner 8.0 and
VisualSourceSafe
Team Size: 16
Duration: 34 Months (Aug 2006 - Jun 2009)
Company: Computer Science Corporation (CSC)
Client: Discover Financial Services
(https://www.discover.com)
Brief Project Profile: Test Case Management And Automation is to
automate the regression Testing process for (DFS) Discover Financial
Services Credit Card products like Orion, Cosmo, Sirius, New Accounts, ICE,
Sprs, Scrs, Magic, PA tools, Terms Level 19, (CPB) Card member Posting and
billing, StrongerAuth, Smile, Miles, (CBB)Cash Back bonus, Motiva, Open
Road, DBC w/CBB and DBC w/Miles, etc., this Open road is the special
Credit Card services provided for gas filling and number of Card services
are provided by the Discover Financial Services to the Customer and
different services are provided to their Merchants. DFS also provides
Primary card and secondary card to the customers.
Roles and Responsibilities:
. As a Test Manager
. Discussion with client
. Applied Scrum process
. Preparing Project Planning, Estimation, Schedule, Resource allocation,
utilization Reports and monitoring the project.
. Ensured all the testing related documents are signed off by the
customer before work started.
. Reviews of Test Strategy with the customer. Reviewed the High Level
Scenarios to the team to understand the application and domain.
. Escalating the issue about the project requirement (Software,
hardware, resource) to the senior manager with in the defined time
framed. Coordinating with different source systems teams to come up
with test planning to ensure all the teams should be ready in the
testing phase.
. Coordinating with test Environment teams to ensure all the issues are
resolved on time for smooth execution of the testing phase.
Documenting, implementing, monitor, and enforcing all processes for
testing as per standards defined by the organization.
. Preparing the metrics dash board at the end of each testing cycle.
Ensuring the timely delivery of different testing milestone.
Project 6#
Title: SIRVA Servicengine
Role: Test Lead
OS: Windows XP
Environment: Dot Net Database: SQL server 2003
Testing Tools: QTP 8.0, Test Director 8.0, Defect tracking tools -
Servicengine
Client Action Manager, Bugtracker and Visual
SourceSafe 6.0.
Team Size: 16
Duration: 07 Months (Jan 2006 - Jul 2006)
Company: Computer Science Corporation (CSC)
Client: M/s SIRVA Global Relocation,
(http://www.sirva.com)
Brief Project Profile: The Real Estate service Catalogue provides a
SIRVA it's a global business services provider company. SIRVA is
specialized in Global Moving /Relocation, Transportation and Logistics
Solutions. Most important modules are Assignee, Client, Suppliers, SIRVA
and Finance. SIRVA is a worldwide relocation company and a leader in global
relocation services are Sales, Marketing, Customer Service, Relocation
Management, Mortgage, Real Estate., Global Assignment Management,
Intercultural and Language Training, Home Sale Assistance, Household Goods
Movement and Storage, Home Search and Visa/Immigration Assistance. SIRVA
provides services to Assignees for its Client's thorough SIRVA offices at
U.S. are Minneapolis MN, Chicago - IL, Cleveland- OH, Denver-CO and Fort
Wayne -IN and also for all the countries wherever it has is own office. If
SIRVA doesn't have office for a particular country it will provided service
through it's authorizes service provider (Supplier).
Responsibilities:
. Creating Functional Test case, Create automated tests, execute tests
and analyze test result with QTP 8.0., Create UAT Test case, Build
Deployment for offshore, Daily Build Verification Tests on newly
deployed product builds.
. Defect Management, Defect are tracked in SIRVA defect tracking Tool's.
. Status Report Preparation and all the release versions and
deliverables are maintained in the Visual SourceSafe/ Shared folder.
Project 7#
Title: Core Mainframe Development Testing Automation
(CMDTA)
Role: Test Lead OS: Windows XP Pro 2002
Environment: Attachmate Extra Personal Client 6.5, Test Case Generator
(TCG), mainframe application in the Time Sharing
Option (TSO) and Customer Information Control System
(CICS)
Testing Tools: WinRunner 7.6, Terminal Emulator Addins 7.6, Test Director
8.0 and Visual SourceSafe 6.0
Team Size: 21
Duration: 19 Months (Jun 2004 - Dec 2005)
Company: Computer Science Corporation (CSC)
Client: M/s Fidelity National Financial Inc (www.fnf.com)
Brief Project Profile: The primary goal of the project - Core
Mainframe Development Testing Automation (CMDTA) is to automate the System
Integration Testing process for EBS products like Deposits (ST, IMPACS and
RM), ALS-SM and ALS-AF applications. Fidelity Advanced Lending Solutions
(ALS) Automotive Finance is the servicing engine for automotive credit with
the flexibility, features and functions to meet the high-volume, low cost
needs of a specialized and rapidly growing market. The software offers an
integrated loan and lease system, with consequent savings and competitive
advantages in operations, management and customer service.
Responsibilities:
. Prepared GUI Maps and updating the WinRunner Test Case generator
Scripts of TCG. Executing Scripts on the mainframe application in the
Time Sharing Option (TSO) and Customer Information Control System
(CICS) environments.
. Prepared the Activity Statistics Review Record on a daily basis,
performing the Work Product Review. Prepared Test plan, Test design,
Test case, Test execution, Test log, Test defect tracking, and Test
report. Performed Regression testing. Attended and conducted
Postmortem Review, Peer review, Inspections Review and Final Review.
. Involved in estimation, scheduling and work allocation activities.
Coordinated for development and testing the TCG application.
. Managed the team of 20 Engineers. Organized causal analysis meetings
to understand and eradicate the causes for frequently occurring
defects / problems in project which have an impact on Six Constrains
(CTQSRR) Cost, Time, Quality, Scope, Resource and Risk to help in
defect prevention.
. Coordinates all work product reviews and ensures that the review
comments are tracked to closure. Building process awareness within the
project team.
. Prepared metrics collection, consolidation and analysis activity for
the project through Delphi Technique.
PERSONAL DETAILS
Father's Name : Mr. N.K. Manickam
Sex : Male
Passport Details : Valid Business Visa for U.S. with Multiple
entries.
Languages to converse : Tamil, Malayalam, Kanadam, Hindi and Telugu
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