Senior QA Analyst @ Luxoft

Test Initiation

Support QA manager in test initiation phase on requirement analysis and test effort estimation

Test Plan

Review and understand the project-specific business requirement

Document the question and get the answer using clarification trackers

Identify the testable requirements, impacted application, and process

Identify the test environment and test data requirements

Provide data point to QA manager to consolidate in the strategy documents

Map the requirement in the traceability metrics

Raise the test environment and test data requests

Prepare the test cases and peer review

Participate in the test review walkthroughs and capture the review comments

Incorporate the review comments and baseline the test plan artefacts

Test Execution

Participate in the daily stand-up and raise the concerns and recommendations (if any)

Work on test allocation based on the entry criteria

Execute and mentor the junior resources

Capture the test results and log the defects as per the defined template

Participate in the defect triage and identify the resolutions with the help build team

Retest and close the defects

Support QA manager on the daily reports

Periodically review the test results and traceability metrics and work with QA manager on any deviation (if any)

Test Closure

Review the traceability metrics and organise the test artifacts in the designated folders

Review the exit criteria and update the checklist

End state the defects with appropriate remarks

Support the QA manager on the test summary report data points

Participate in the retro / lesson learnt session and contribute

Encourage the junior resources on their outstanding contributions