Anuradha Karthick

Scrum and Project Management Role:

• Project proposal for clients, Defined Scope document, Gap Analysis and Project Estimaiton, UAT Plan & Test Strategy documentation.
• Facilitated Scrum Events by leading daily stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives to ensure smooth team collaboration.
• Tracked and addressed impediments focussing on continuous improvement.
• Enhanced communication within the team, with the principal consultant, product owner, and client on daily basis ensuring alignment on goals.
• Met Process guidelines and Internal / External Audit Compliance
• Monitored Data Privacy and security and define guidelines
• Served as the primary point of contact for clients during the entire course of assigned projects, addressing concerns and providing updates on progress.
• Conducted risk assessments to mitigate potential obstacles in the project lifecycle, ensuring smooth transitions between phases.
• Evaluated team members' performance throughout the duration of projects, conducted regular one on one meetings and provided constructive feedback for professional growth opportunities.

Business Analyst Role:

• Met key stakeholders to gather requirements, understand business needs and converted them into requirements.
• Collaborateed with development, qc and engineering teams to develop business solutions and ensure alignment between business and technical requirements.
• Prepared the Sprint Plan deck presentation and Regular Demo presentations to clients on Sprint Review meetings
• Delivered high level of service to clients to both maintain and extend relationship for future business opportunities.
• Led team meetings to assess project progress and plan appropriately to meet delivery targets.

Client UAT Role:

• Performed Functional testing and Regression in client UAT region
• UAT scenarios preparation and test data preparation. Maintained User story and Defect management in Azure Devops / JIRA
• Participated in Daily Scrum and status reporting calls with clients

Test Lead and Functional Testing Role:

• Involvement in all stages of testing including Requirement Analysis, Feasibility, Estimation, Test Plan, Traceability matrix, Test coverage, Testing Standards/checklists preparation
• Understand the business flows of application/project requirements
• Team management and onsite/offshore co-ordination, allocation and reporting of daily project tasks
• Project Initiation activities – Feasibility, Estimation, Test Plan preparation
• Functional and Regression testing of the applications
• Performance Test execution for application and results reporting
• Suggested Best practices which could be implemented to optimize team performance and bring productive benefits.
• Tracked and reported Testing metrics on daily/weekly and monthly status in projects
• Identified critical defects with thorough analysis, contributing to improved product performance and customer satisfaction.
• Led a team of technical testers, effectively delegating tasks and monitoring progress for timely project completion.
• Mentored junior testers in best practices and methodologies, fostering a culture of continuous learning and growth within the team.
• Championed the adoption of agile methodologies within the team, leading to shorter release cycles and enhanced collaboration among stakeholders.
• Leveraged advanced debugging tools to efficiently identify and resolve issues during testing phases.
• Optimized test automation frameworks, resulting in reduced manual testing efforts and increased test coverage.
• Implemented innovative testing strategies that minimized risks associated with new product releases while maximizing resource utilization.
• Managed defect tracking systems, maintaining clear communication channels between testers and developers for prompt resolution of issues.
• Ensured compliance with industry regulations by conducting thorough security testing on applications prior to deployment.
• Performed comprehensive regression testing on software updates, ensuring seamless integration with existing systems and minimal disruption to end users.
• Defined and identified test cases for new application development.
• Wrote and optimized test cases to maximize success of manual software testing with consistent, thorough approaches.
• Supported test review, defect control and configuration management within delivery pipeline.
• Operated under Agile and Scrum frameworks to complete releases and well-organized sprints.
• Completed in-depth usability testing on Windows, Android and iOS mobile devices.

Automation Testing Role:

• Analyse the application end to end to study the Automation Feasibility.
• Analyse the test cases to identify candidates suitable for automation testing
• Prepare the Automation Plan, Strategy, framework, scripting standards for the project.
• Collaborated with QA team to test software quality through manual and automated testing.
• Standardization in automation practices & consistency in approach
• Achieved the Green Belt Certification in Six Sigma Methodology based Project

• Trained in Testing vertical for 3 months and worked in multiple testing engagements.
• Worked on Automation Tools like Mercury Quick Test Professional and Winrunner.
• Used Project Management tools to report and track test cases and defects.
• Involved in Traceability Matrix preparation and Gap identification.
• Contributed to successful project completion with effective time management and prioritization skills, meeting tight deadlines consistently.