Project Management

Jaya Lakshmi R Contact : +91-901*******

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

To address challenging opportunities and realize my true potential, with a mission to excel while adding value to the organization and myself. I value sincerity, integrity and teamwork.

Professional Expertise Summary:

Highly motivated IT Professional with 7.4 yrs of experience in testing in Insurance, Health Care, Manufacturing and Banking domain

Strong experience in Test Management and leading with Testing & execution teams to ensure best QA support

Strong experience in execution of Function, regression, system Integration testing, User acceptance testing and tracking defects

Extensively worked on Waterfall and Agile with SCRUM methodologies.

Have worked as Test Engineer, Test Lead,Scrum Master & Business Analyst bringing in the unique combination of business insight, core technical and business insight

Wide experience in all phases of testing in STLC like:

oEstimation Plans in conformance with the deadlines and the various scopes.

oPreparation and Review of Estimations for L2 & L3, Test Approach, Requirement Traceability Matrix and Test cases

oTest Environment and Test Data Set up.

oTest Execution, Bug Reporting and follow up till the closure.

oRoot Cause Analysis

oCoordination activities with the Development team, Onsite team and the Business.

Possess an ability to understand the customer’s point of view, a strong desire for quality

Self-motivated Team Player, Ability to learn quickly, Analytical and Logical Approach

Experience:

• Currently working with ALLSTATE Solutions Private Limited as a Lead Consultant from Apr 2014 to till today

• Worked with Polaris Software Limited, Chennai as Consultant from Nov’ 2010 to Apr 2012

• Started the IT career with Infosys Technologies Limited, Chennai as Sr.Testing Executive from Oct 2006 to Aug’ 2010

• Worked for Cardsdirect(HSBC Bank), as Back Office Supervisor from Oct 2004 to Mar 2006

Academic Qualifications:

PGDIT from Symbiosis University with an overall percentage of 70%

B.SC (Bachelor of Computer Science) from Sri Sai Degree, Andhra University in 2004 with an overall percentage of 75.5%

12th ( Board of Intermediate Education ) in 2001 with an overall percentage of 84.6%

10th ( Board of Secondary Education ) in 1999 with an overall percentage of 79%

Project Experience:

Aug ’2014 – Till Date : Focus is the policy administration tool which is used by Agents to sell Home and Auto insurance in Canada. It’s based on the Tenfold (TFL) language.

Tools & Environment : UA Application, Tenfold Language, focus Web Application, HPQC, Agile Methodology

Project Role :

Lead the complete project as SQA lead and Scrum master for Quebec province for Docs team and was successful in completion of project before deadlines

Developed and followed agile project management plan. Facilitated build requirements log with cost estimates and priority.

Monitored the project progress and radiated the information to stake holders. Identified and mitigated team risks and impediments on daily basis

Worked with Senior management,Business & Release management to understand the vision of the product, prioritize the develop software release planning

Communicated the progress to senior management through Brundown charts. Monitored the Quality through metrics and monitored the team through project management process

Resource allocation, provide Estimates on Test preparation and Test Execution.

Provide Test Case & Test strategy document review for the team.

Decreased test time by 25%,collaborating with Test Automation team and new strategies planned in collaboration with DEV team

Code promote from FNT to Higher Environments – INT, HFX, SIT, RIP, PRO

Update DSR,MSR and was responsible for Allstate team deliverables

Conducted Scrum Daily Stand-ups,product backlog, sprint planning,sprint review & sprint retrospective meetings.

Conducted weekly Focus SQA meetings, Defects status review meetings with ACG & ANI Teams

Conduct Weekly Team Meeting, Monthly meeting, Retrospective meetings for major project releases

Conducting 1-1 on Quarterly basis.

Update MOM, Leave tracking, work allocation, communication with Development Team, Release Management, Tech support, Operator and Help Desk for any issues and bring it to resolution.

Ensure team gains enough knowledge with hands-on experience, maintain Issue log, get clarifications from respective teams for new modules

Project No: 2

Client : DTCC

Project : DVP RTTM

Domain : Banking

Software : Windows, TOAD(Oracle DB)

Team Size : 5

Duration : 6 Months

Tools : Clear Quest(Defect Tracking), Quality Center(Repository), QTP(Automation)

Project Description:

FICC’s current comparison and settlement system DVP is built on a very old technology set, i.e. a VMS operating system, Pascal as the main programming language (but also some Bliss and C++) and TMX as the database server. As the support for these technologies will not be available in near future, it is necessary that the system migrated to newer technologies. This will also enable DTCC to integrate the DVP application into the chosen architectural path and align the components to the appropriate DTCC organizational domains (e.g. CDTS, Risk, master files, etc). The primary objective of this project is to rewrite existing DVP application on a J2EE based platform using IBM WebSphere and Oracle (both on an AIX platform).

Played the role of a team lead in the project and trained the new joiners in the team.

Test Approach Preparation, Test Case preparation, Functional Testing, Regression Testing, Post Test Report Preparation.

Bug Report Tracking

Have basic knowledge in QTP and worked in GUI Framework.

Attended weekly status meeting to provide detailed status report with Client.

Project No: 2

Project : FICC Liquidity Automation

Duration : 6 Months

Client : Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (“DTCC”)

Domain : Banking

Team Size : 4

Description:

The FICC Liquidity Reporting (FLQ) System will be created to automate the existing FICC Liquidity Study process. This new system will gather data from Distributed and Mainframe sources and create MBSD and GSD Liquidity reports for both internal and external use.

The system will be web based and allow Risk Analysts to run internal reports on-demand and change report parameters in response to market condition via a report creation screen. The system will also produce reports for MBSD participants.

Analyzed business and functional requirements and developed test cases as per functional specification

Involved in the preparation of Test Approach document for the project

Reporting to the client on the daily deliverables.

Status Reporting to Customer/Management.

Assigning tasks to the team members and monitoring the project execution status.

Playing the role of a team lead in the project and trained the new joiners in the team.

Project No: 3

Project : MBS Clearing Elimination Project

Duration : 4 Months

Client : Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (“DTCC”)

Domain : Banking

Team Size : 8

Role : Sr.Test Engineer

Description:

The Mortgage-Backed Securities Division (“MBSD”) of the Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (“FICC”), a subsidiary of the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (“DTCC”) was formed in 1979.

MBS Clearing is a legacy mainframe-based application that offers TBA netting, risk management, notification of settlement (NOS) and reporting services to institutional organizations that trade in MBS securities from the Government National Mortgage Assoc. (GNMA), Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) and Fannie Mae (FNMA). Responsibilities:

Have done the requirements gathering for the project releases with the Business and IT development

Preparation of the test scripts and requirement traceability matrix after analyzing the requirement

Test Execution: - Perform System and Regression testing for the releases

Defect Reporting in Clear Quest and Defect Tracking.

Reporting to the client on the daily deliverables.

Status Reporting to Customer/Management.

Preparation of, Traceability Matrix, Daily Project Status Report, and documents for KT sessions for new team resources

Assigning tasks to team members and monitoring the project execution status.

Regularly followed up with Client QA Team to discuss discrepancies identified during testing.

Project No: 4

Project : Nighthawk

Duration : 11 Months

Client : Nighthawk Radiology Services

Domain : HealthCare

Team Size : 6

Description:

Nighthawk Radiology Services provides all types of professional services in radiology industry, which in-turn helps to improve the lifestyle of the physicians as well as gives a speedy response and attention to the patients who in need of immediate medical attentions. This project deals with testing of the applications through which the Institutions, NRS, Imaging solutions, Faxing applications interact and get the studies processed for the patient.

Responsibilities:

Have done the requirements gathering for the project releases with the Business and IT development

Preparation of the test scripts and requirement traceability matrix after analyzing the requirement

Test Execution: - Perform System and Regression testing for the releases

Defect Reporting in Test Track Client and Defect Tracking.

Reporting to the client on the daily deliverables.

Status Reporting to Customer/Management.

Preparation of, Traceability Matrix, Daily Project Status Report, Weekly Status Report and documents for KT sessions for new team resources

Assigning tasks to team members and monitoring the project execution status and Automation Scripts generation status.

Automation of test cases using QFT Tool provided by the client with minimal training.

Regularly followed up with Client QA Team to discuss discrepancies identified during testing.

Project No: 5

Project : Fitness Center

Duration : 5 Months

Client : Healthways

Domain : Health Care

Team Size : 10

Role : Test Engineer

Descriptions:

This project is an Agile project and include testing of web client which provides HCSC members the ability to research fitness centers, enroll in the fitness program, pay for enrollment/program fees electronically, monitor their fitness center utilization, receive incentive points for using fitness centers, and to maintain their account and billing information

Responsibilities:

Understanding the business requirements and developed test cases to test the complete functionality of the application.

Writing basic SQL queries

Test Execution: Perform Sanity testing, Functional testing, UI testing, System testing and Regression testing for all the releases

Reporting and tracking the defects using Quality Center

Performing Defects Retest, handling CR retesting, Documenting all the defects/CRs/Issues

Active communication with the Onsite team with requirement change issues

Worked closely with the dev team and helped in tracking the defects to closure

Regularly followed up with QA and development teams to discuss discrepancies identified during testing and performance tuning

Project No: 6

Project : HRWeb

Duration : 18 months

Client : Microsoft, Seattle.

Domain : Manufacturing

Team Size : 8

Role : Test Engineer

Descriptions:

HRWEB 5.0 program is designed to increase employee and HR productivity by providing easy, fast, and reliable access to integrated tasks and information within a unified user experience. Using Microsoft’s SharePoint 2007, HRWeb 5.0 creates a single entry point for accessing HR information and tools to improve employee productivity.

Responsibilities:

Understanding and analyzing the requirements.

SharePoint 2007 experience to produce Test Scenarios, Test Scripts and Test Data.

Test Execution: - Performed Sanity testing, Functional testing, Migration Testing, Integration Testing, System testing, Regression testing for all the releases in HRWeb.

Navigational testing of the hyperlinks provided in the web pages in different browser and operating system combination.

Involved in Accessibility testing to ensure the application adhered to the standards

Conducted smoke testing to confirm database structure and to ensure database connectivity

Preparing the Traceability Matrix to ensure the complete coverage of Requirements

Developed automated scripts using VSTS.

Conducted Regression testing using VSTS.

Prepared and Executed the Test Cases in Product Studio.

Reporting and tracking the defects using VSTF

Performing Defects Retest, handling CR retesting, Documenting all the defects/CRs

Prepared and Updated the Test case results in Product studio

Regularly followed up with QA and development teams to discuss discrepancies identified during testing and performance tuning

Has played role of SME in the project and trained the new joiners in the team.

Preparation of, Traceability Matrix, Daily Project Status Report and documents for KT sessions for new team resources

Handling a team of 8 in the absence of leads.

Has published a book of knowledge in Web portal creation using MOSS07, Databinding using VSTS and Web part testing in Knowledge management Portal.

Certifications:

(Web Component Development in java) from NIIT, Perambur with Grade A.

Cleared IQ Foundation Certification which is an Internal Certification to the organization scoring 78 %.

Personal Details:

Name : Jaya Lakshmi R

Date of birth : May 20, 1984

Father’s name : D.K.Reddy

Marital Status : Married

Languages known : English, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi

Passport No : G3052156

Address : #664,3rd cross,Subbannapalya extn,Banaswadi,banglore - 33

I declare that the above said information is true to best of knowledge.

Jaya lakshmi.R

Place: Banglore

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