Test Cases Quality

Mustafa Fedayi ***********@*****.*** 703-***-****

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Around 6 years of professional IT experience in Software Quality Assurance Testing.

Strong knowledge in creating Test cases using specification based test generation techniques.

Extensively experienced in handling Change Control by updating Test plan, Test input data and Test cases.

ISTQB/Foundation Level Software Tester Certified.

Proficient in creating Requirement Traceability Matrix, Test Coverage Matrix and Defect Density Matrix.

Experienced in depth technical of the Software Testing Life Cycle, SDLC, Waterfall and Agile methodologies.

Strong skills in writing test scripts for web and server applications to automate Functional, Regression,

Integration, Smoke, and GUI testing.

Expertise in Automated-testing includes concentrated application, training and interaction with HP Tools like ALM/ Quality Center.

Adept at writing simple and complex SQL Queries for back-end testing.

Expert in using VB script to develop Data Driven, Keyword Driven and Hybrid Automation Frameworks using QTP/UFT.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming Language: VB.NET, Visual Basic, SQL, PL/SQL, VB Script, XML, Java Script

Certification: ISTQB CTFL Software Tester

Web & App Servers: Web logic Server, IIS, Java Web Server

Testing Tools: HP UFT, HP QTP,HP ALM, HP Quality Center, JIRA

Operating Systems: Windows, UNIX/Linux

Web Technologies: HTML, XML, VBScript, JavaScript, Java

Applications: MS Office, Crystal Reports, MS Excel

Database: Oracle, SQL Server, MS Access

ENVIRONMENT

HTML, SQL, XML, AJAX, DB2, Oracle, MS Office, Windows, HP ALM, HP UFT, Selenium, Java, J2EE, Java Script, VBScript

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

QA Analyst Aug, 2015 – Present

Network Solutions, Reston, VA

Developed automated test scripts using Descriptive Programming in UFT based on provided Requirements, Business Rules and use cases.

Tested application response for positive and negative sets of data with Data-Driven testing procedures.

Involved in Smoke, Grey Box, Ad Hoc, Functional, Regression and Back End testing.

Utilized existing functions in VBScript to be reusable across tests leading to less test script maintenance

while more parameterization.

Implemented HP ALM for Test Planning, Test Case writing, Test Execution and Requirement Mapping with Test Cases, defect tracking and reporting.

Performed Back end testing using SQL Queries.

Used UFT for automating manual test cases for regression testing and for storing, execution of test cases and reporting results.

Built test automation frameworks (DDF, KDF, Hybrid) using VB Script in UFT.

Created and enhanced test scripts using Checkpoints, Synchronization Points and Output Values in UFT.

Assisted Team Leader in Planning, Coordinating and Monitoring project levels of performance and activities to ensure project deadlines were met.

Handled the defect management process and assigned severity and priorities to defects.

Participated in preparing the Test Summary Report and performed other duties as requested by management on demand.

Prepared test summary reports, defect analysis reports and participated in "Go/No Go" release management meetings.

Ensured design verification and validation activities were performed.

QA Engineer Jun, 2013 – Jul, 2015

WASHINGTON POST, Washington, D.C.

Involved in requirements analysis reviews and working sessions to understand the requirements and system design.

Designed and documented Test plans and Use case specifications.

Conducted Black Box, Grey Box, Functional, GUI, Regression, System and UAT testing manually.

Prepared Test Cases, Procedures and Requirements Traceability Matrix using HP Quality Center.

Analyzed Test Results and reported the identified bugs to the developers using Quality Center.

Scheduled the batch execution of the tests, log and track defects using Quality Center.

Wrote SQL Queries to test data integrity in the Oracle database before testing the module.

Developed Automation test scripts for Functionality and Regression testing of web application using QTP.

Involved in performing GUI testing, Data-driven testing using QTP.

Used different types of Checkpoints i.e. Standard, Table and Database checkpoints.

Involved in designing and development of Both Data-driven and Keyword driven Framework for Test Automation.

Performed Cross browser testing on Internet explorer and Netscape navigator for browser compatibility.

Coordinated User Acceptance Test (UAT) processes and documented and addressed all the issues during the process.

Interacted with the development configuration and operation's team to ensure the quality of software to user expectations.

Test applications both in QA and Acceptance environment, by migrating test data stores between the environments.

Performed Quality Analysis on problem reports against software and the production system in order to confirm that problems truly exist and can be recreated for testing.

QA Tester Oct, 2010 – May, 2013

Prometric Testing Center, Baltimore, MD

Involved in creating and documenting Test plans, Test cases and Test reports for various modules in the applications working with Quality Center.

Worked with QA Manager, Business Analysts and Developers to plan the Testing effort and resource estimates.

Executed manual testing using Quality Center and marked test cases with test status. This involved black box, regression, functional, and smoke testing.

Prepared and provided master test plan document and traceability matrix document to project management/ business groups for their reviews and sign-offs.

Development of Integration and System Test Plan.

Assigned risk level to all test cases in HP Quality Center.

Performed backend testing using SQL Queries to validate data integrity in data base tables.

Performed functional testing and system testing of various web and client server based applications using QTP.

Automated Integration and System test environments using VB script in QTP.

Familiar in Automating Test Cases Using Java Script in Selenium.

Performed User acceptance testing in the final phase of software development process to check the functionality of the software

Tested the application on different browsers as a part of Workstation compatibility testing to maintain cross-browser functionality.

Education

Isfahan University, Isfahan IRA: Bachelors in Social Science/Study of Middle East Civilizations.

References Available Upon Request

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