Chandana Janaswamy
Christchurch,Rolleston
Summary
Looking for a Senior Test analyst position in UC, which lets me to utilize my strong QA experience and the abilities to drive projects independently by continuous improvements to the testing strategies, planning and testing solutions & implementation with high standards of delivery in both manual and automation areas.
A highly determined, enthusiastic, proactive and continuous learner, who always look for better opportunities and contribute better QA solutions for the University of Canterbury.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Associate Test Analyst - MLM Project
University Of Canterbury
10.2023 - Current
- Analysed MLM project business requirements and understood scope of project through multiple system analysis & integrations.
- Created Test strategy, detailed Test plan with Risks.
- Got test strategy and test plan reviewed by QA practice manager & project managers and presented to wider team.
- Assisting functional testers in recording test cases, capturing test results & maintaining test suits.
- Facilitated team members on quick issue resolution through clear defect reporting, providing precise steps to reproduce along with relevant screenshots or logs when needed.
- Created Defect management process, setting up severity & priorities and elaborated to team members.
- Learnt writing ADO queries and started working on exporting data to understand defect trends.
- Ensured compliance with industry standards by rigorously following established QA procedures and guidelines.
- Assisted in defining project goals and objectives related to quality assurance activities.
- Provided Priority based & Risk based testing solution through thorough analysis and discussions to meet quality delivery and to fit for project timelines.
- Met with EBSCO team, Library team, BA, Functional co-leads, architect and project manager to assess scope and sequence of project.
- Assessed third-party tools like FOLIO used in testing, providing recommendations for test selection based on compatibility with Library needs and tool limitations
- Worked with Project manager (Kirsten) on testing timelines and resources & limitations.
- Learning Excel spreadsheets formulas & automation.
- Tracking all testing being done by Functional co-leads and providing assistance.
Associate Test Analyst - Web Project
University Of Canterbury
01.2023 - Current
- Analysed project scope and created detailed Mobile/iPad/Desktop Testing strategy and Test plan with updated Release2 scope, latest testing methodology & solutions
- Worked on Test Driven development and brought to testing practice for Release 2.
- Created Automaton testing strategy and future continuity plan, reviewed by project managers & team.
- Created successful test scripts to manage functional, regression, integration and automated feature testing,
- Documented integration issues and vulnerabilities and outlined improvement recommendations.
- Assessed third-party tools used in testing process, providing recommendations for tool selection based on compatibility with organizational needs and budget constraints (ex: Browserstack, release notes generator, ADO-Confluence integration)
- Enhanced user experience with thorough usability testing and providing actionable feedback to developers.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of system components during end-to-end testing.
- Ensured smooth communication between QA and development teams, participating in regular meetings to discuss progress updates and address challenges collaboratively.
- Continuously updated technical skills through training programs, staying current on industry best practices for software testing methodologies (Ex: Defect reduction techniques, Test Driven Development, Agile practices like Dev kick offs, Demos, BA-DEV-QA handover etc).
- Reviewed all test cases and test scripts for quality and identified additional areas to review (peer reviews including automation Pull requests and validation of outcomes).
- Streamlined testing processes by developing reusable test cases and supported automation tester (Jason Lai) for automated test scripts.
- Got trained by Jason Lai on Automation framework setup, tool selection criteria and Cypress tool (Learning is still in progress & working on scripting hands on)
- Can run automation tests and pull the reports & investigate the failures
- Participated in requirements refinements/grooming sessions, provided functional ideas & called out testing risks/impacts
- Supported continuous improvement efforts by analyzing defects trends and recommending process enhancements.
- Assessed software bugs and compiled findings along with suggested resolutions/regression impacts for development team members.
- Participated in available trainings to improve Testing/domain/AEM/automation knowledge & experience.
- Established culture of continuous learning within team, promoting open discussions on testing challenges and exploring innovative solutions to improve overall test effectiveness.
- Checked configuration files and logs to uncover root causes of problems, collaborated with developers to explore AEM related issues.
- Collaborated with product owner, UX Designer, Sharon (sometimes) and BA to stay current on intended functionality.
- Have been working towards reducing production issues by implementing rigorous regression testing before each release & updated test planning & testing solutions.
- Increased overall test coverage, prioritizing high-risk functionalities for thorough examination.
- Maintained accurate documentation of all testing activities, enabling efficient review of results by project team & key stakeholders.
- Met with quality assurance manager, developers, BA and project managers to assess scope and sequence of project.
- Identified risks and issues within system for Release 1 and Release 2 (WIP) and applied troubleshooting techniques for mitigation purposes.
- Effectively utilized resource allocation within the testing team (Meng & Carmela), effectively balancing workload distribution based on skillsets and project priorities & timelines.
- Directed team members to follow specific testing standards and guidelines as outlined in project requirements.
- Seriously working towards enhancing project process standards in team for high quality delivery.
- Optimized test cases to maximize success of manual software testing.
- Boosted team efficiency through effective knowledge sharing discussions and mentoring co-testers.
- Evaluated test data from multiple test implementations to determine and account for standard variance in test results.
- Have been sending production release notes to wider project team and key stakeholders.
Intermediate Test Analyst - MBIE
Foster Moore
03.2022 - 11.2022
- Created successful test scripts to manage system and regression testing,
- Documented testing information and maintained test suits
- Strong working experience on Confluence
- Ensured smooth communication between QA and development teams, participating in regular meetings to discuss progress updates and address challenges collaboratively.
- Continuously updated technical skills through training programs, staying current on industry best practices for software testing methodologies.
- Reviewed all test cases and test scripts for quality and identified additional areas to review (Performed peer reviews).
- Streamlined testing processes by developing reusable test cases and supported automation testers.
- Enhanced user experience with thorough usability testing and providing actionable feedback to developers.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of system components/Non-functional testing.
- Assessed software bugs and compiled findings along with suggested resolutions for development team members.
- Evaluated product requirements, translating them into detailed test scenarios and validating expected outcomes.
AGILE SCRUM Team member
Tata Consultancy services
01.2013 - 01.2015
- Worked as part of Agile SCRUM team, participated in sprint planning, daily SCRUM, Sprint review and Sprint retrospective meetings
- Participated in SCRUM reporting
- JIRA expertise and created requirement traceability
- Won 'On Spot' award for successfully delivering Flawless product, being part of AGILE-SCRUM team and owning same from TCS from offshore
- Excellent team & client communication
- Grooming associates (around 150) on AGILE, SCRUM Frame work and helping them to get certified on same by providing training.
Software Test Analyst
Tata Consultancy services
01.2013 - 01.2015
- Excellently tested web, POS and mobile applications and delivered with high quality
- Mentored co- team members, groomed other teams to adhere company policies and trained them to gain adequate domain and application knowledge
- Requirement analysis
- Created test scenarios and Test cases
- Performed test execution and defect reporting
- Gained excellence in functional, regression and integration testing
- Effectively collaborated with cross-functional teams, non-functional teams
- Reported daily, monthly and quarterly testing status to managers.
Software Tester
Tata Consultancy services
01.2012 - 01.2013
- Analysed business requirements, collaborated well with business analyst and development team members
- Created test scenarios and test cases
- Test management and Defect management in Quality centre
- Collaborated excellently with Onsite and Offshore key project team members and stakeholders
- Excellently collaborated with other non-functional and dependent teams
- Excellently reported daily, monthly testing status to leads/managers.
Education
Bachelor of Technology (Gold medallist & Topper of the Batch) -
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
Vijayawada, India12.2011
Board of Intermediate Education (96%) -
Nalanda College of Arts & Science
Vijayawada, India12.2007
Skills
- Process Enhancements and ability to create/suggest best fit process for the projects for better delivery
- A very good initiator
- Strong at Agile practices
- Risk analysis & Mitigation
- Continuous Improvement & delivery
- Attention to Detail
- Test Strategy and Test Plan Development
- Strong defect reporting capabilities
- Cross-Functional Team Collaboration
- Work for QA standards & goals
- Automation framework & Cypress tool Knowledge & learning at UC, can run automation tests and analyse reports
- Team mentoring capabilities
- Ability to work independently and accountable for QA delivery
Community Experience
- UrbanPro, Online, 2017-01-01, Present, Software Testing trainer, Providing online software testing training for software testing seekers with ISTQB certification concepts
- Tata Consultancy Services & UrbanPro, Online, 2014-01-01, Present, Agile Coach, Trained 150 associate on Agile SCRUM, helped to implement Agile SCRUM in new/existing projects, Providing training On Agile SCRUM online, Helping Agile seekers to complete certification
Hobbies and Interests
- Team culture and collaboration
- Knowledge gaining and sharing
- Continuous learning and upgrading skills
- Contribute to business initiatives, work towards bringing initiatives into the team
- Travelling and Food
- Plantation and Gardening
References
From UC
Richard Keeble
Kim Cowles
Adam Gow
Kirsten Pritchard
Certification
- Certified ISTQB Tester from ANZTB
- Certified Agile SCRUM Master from SCRUM Alliance
- Certified Mobile Tester from GQAM
- Advanced Level Technical Test Analyst ( Planned certification for FY 2024) from ANZTB
Timeline
Associate Test Analyst - MLM Project
University Of Canterbury
10.2023 - Current
Associate Test Analyst - Web Project
University Of Canterbury
01.2023 - Current
Intermediate Test Analyst - MBIE
Foster Moore
03.2022 - 11.2022
AGILE SCRUM Team member
Tata Consultancy services
01.2013 - 01.2015
Software Test Analyst
Tata Consultancy services
01.2013 - 01.2015
Software Tester
Tata Consultancy services
01.2012 - 01.2013
Bachelor of Technology (Gold medallist & Topper of the Batch) -
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
Board of Intermediate Education (96%) -
Nalanda College of Arts & Science
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