Ashish Parashar

• With total 14+ years of work experience in Testing and QA area and currently playing role of Project Manager
• Practiced in clarifying business requirements, performing gap analysis between goals and existing procedures/skill sets
• Proficient in testing, implementing and supporting software & applications using programming languages and development tools
• Vast experience in domains like Credit Bureau domain, Financial Services, Investment Banking domain & Healthcare domain
• Experience in various test management activities i.e. Project Initiation, estimation, resourcing, risk analysis, risk management, and project delivery
• Software Testing Professional (ISTQB Certified Tester) with more than 14 Years of experience in Black Box Testing, Regression testing, Functional Testing, Mainframe testing, Automation Testing, Agile Testing
• Experience in Test management tools: JIRA, HP Quality Center /ALM (QC), Top Team and TestRail
• More than 4 years of experience in PowerCurve origination PCO testing for various Experian projects
• Have excellent experience in Agile Methodology & Waterfall model of Software Testing Life Cycle including preparing Test Estimates, Test Plan, Test Cases/Test Suite, Test execution, analyzing results and defect life cycle

• Outlined work plans, determined resources, wrote timelines and generated initial budgets as part of project scope determination.
• Oversaw large portfolio of projects to support teams, report progress and influence positive outcomes for key stakeholders.
• Increased IT productivity, efficiency, agility and responsiveness by leading and managing a team of 20+ team members.
• Work on various RFP and RFI till the closure of the project.
• Developed project management roadmap to define project objectives, timelines and milestones.
• Managed multiple project teams in Agile environment, realizing success through application of SDLC methodologies and exceptional leadership skills.
• Developed project plans identifying key issues, approaches and performance metrics.

Project 1- Experian One – GDS (SaaS)

Client Name - Experian

Responsibilities -

• Analysis of business requirements and determine the testing scope.
• Providing test estimates, Preparing the Test strategy, Detailed Test plan, Test Cases and Test Summary reports.
• Handling the team of 16 resources, Mentoring and providing problem resolution.
• Leading offshore team, Client Interfacing and participating in the Agile ceremonies i.e. Daily standup, Sprint planning, Sprint review and Retrospectives.
• Tracking and reporting upon testing activities.
• Validation of the PowerCurve originations solution
• Working extensively in Agile environment with scrum master and regional team for creating and managing product backlog items with Product Owner and working on defined sprint cycles and scrum meetings with testing team.

Project 2- GVAP Russia

Client Name - Experian

Responsibilities -

• Analysis of business requirements and determine the testing scope.
• Handling the team of 3 resources, Mentoring and providing problem resolution.
• Providing test estimates, preparing the test strategy, detailed test plan, test cases preparation and execution and test summary reports.
• Leading offshore team, client Interfacing and participating in the daily standup calls and weekly status calls.
• Conducted defect management calls, ensure to maintain the quality of deliverables without impacting the committed timelines
• Tracking and reporting upon testing activities.
• Worked in Agile methodology using JIRA tool

Project 3- Manulife Financial Insurance - eServices

Client Name - Manulife, Canada

Responsibilities -

• Analysis of business requirements and determine the testing scope.
• Providing test estimates.
• Handling the team of 4 resources, Mentoring and providing problem resolution.
• Preparing the Test strategy, Detailed Test plan, Test Cases and Test Summary reports.
• Documenting, implementing, monitoring and enforcing all processes and procedures for testing is established as per standards defined by the organization.
• Tracking and reporting upon testing activities.
• Involved in preparation and execution of test cases.
• Involved in Test Automation using UFT 12.0 and RFT 8.2
• Tracking, reporting and testing of defects using Top Team and ALM

Project - JD Parts, TSL, GCAWW

Client Name - John Deere

Responsibilities -

• Analyzing user requirements and specifications.
• Interacting with client regarding requirement and analysis and communicating it to the team.
• Involved in preparation and execution of test cases.
• Involved in Preparation of Test Plan, Test Summary Reports.
• Updating of Test Cases according to new change requests raised by clients.
• Perform System Integration testing.
• Involved in Functional (End to End) testing of the JD Parts, TSL and GCAWW system.
• Tracking, reporting and testing of defects using Quality Center 10.0

Project 1- Wellmark – HealthCare

Client Name - Wellmark

Responsibilities -

• Analyzing user requirements and specifications.
• Interacting with client regarding requirement and analysis and communicating it to the team.
• Involved in preparation and execution of test cases.
• Involved in preparation of Test Plan, Test Summary Reports.
• Updating of Test Cases according to new change requests raised by clients.
• Perform System Integration testing - Mainframe testing.
• Involved in Functional (End to End) testing of Wellmark system claim processing.
• Tracking and reporting and testing of defects using Borland's Silk Central.
• Running batch jobs in MVS to perform testing and analyzing the results.
• Running the JCL, Validate data and Troubleshoot in case of Job failure.

Project 2- MetaVance – HealthCare

Client Name - NASCO

Responsibilities -

• Analyzing user requirements and specifications.
• Interacting with client regarding requirement and analysis and communicating it to the team.
• Involved in Preparation of Test Plan, preparation and execution of test cases and Test Summary Reports.
• Updating of Test Cases according to new change requests raised by clients.
• Perform various types of testing like Integration Testing, Regression Testing and Shakeout Testing of the enhancements in the MetaVance core product.
• Involved in Functional (End to End) testing of MetaVance Product.
• Tracking and reporting and testing of defects using Quality Center.
• Running the JCL, Validate data and Troubleshoot in case of Job failure.
• Perform database testing, writing SQL queries using WinSQL.

Project 3- DTAG

Client Name - Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group

Responsibilities -

• Involved in Unit testing for the VMS reservation system.
• Requirement and functional analysis with the business experts.
• Test Script Execution planning, Test estimation and Environment set-up process.
• Created drivers programs for the newly added C/Pro-C programs.
• Involved in Preparation of the Test Plan which includes the Testing Scope, Test Approach, Test Methodology to be used, Test Schedule and the Deliverables.
• Preparation and execution of test cases and their corresponding test scripts.
• Tracking and reporting of defects using MS-Excel.