Harsha Bhadoria

Requirement Gathering:

• Client: Collaborated with the Product Owner and QA teams for detailed requirements collection.
• Internal: Gathered requirements from stakeholders (directors), suggested improvements, and discussed them with the Tech Delivery Lead.

Estimates and Planning:

• Client: Reviewed requirements, prepared estimates, and obtained approval from the Tech Architect and PMO.
• Internal: Created estimates, reviewed them with the PMO, and planned releases accordingly.

Sprint and Release Planning:

• Client: Analyzed QA tasks, estimated workload, and coordinated with PMO for sprint planning.
• Internal: Prioritized features based on release dates and prepared estimates to determine release timelines.

Test Cases:

• Client: Developed test cases in Google Sheets, and later uploaded them to Zephyr for manual testing. Created automation test cases using Gherkin.
• Internal: Mapped test cases with requirements in Google Sheets and Zephyr.

Test Execution:

• Client and Internal: Performed integration, system, API testing, and various post-release testing phases (retesting, sanity, regression, UAT).
• Assisted UAT teams by providing testing artifacts, and assigning tickets.

Jira Management:

• Client: Updated QA attributes, work logs, and comments on Jira tickets created by the PMO.
• Internal: Created and fully managed Jira tickets.

API Testing (Ingress, Egress Module):

• Client and Internal: Managed API testing for critical modules, using Postman and Swagger for documentation.

Automation Testing:

• Client & Internal: Led the development of an automation discovery plan, established a base automation framework using Python, and presented a successful POC to the CTO.

Leadership and Teamwork:

• Led a team of 15 members, overseeing task assignments, test case reviews, and overall QA execution.
• Mentored team members on SDLC practices, test case development, and UAT processes.
• Managed WFH and leave approvals, providing guidance for remote work challenges.

Meetings and Collaboration:

• Led standup calls, retro meetings, and bug triage sessions.
• Participated actively in test-driven analysis, sprint planning, and UAT discussions.

Knowledge Transfer and Onboarding:

• Developed and implemented induction and onboarding plans for new hires, ensuring smooth team integration.

Recruitment:

• Contributed to recruitment processes, aiding in aligning candidate selection with organizational needs.

Organizational Contributions:

• Introduced and led key meetings that enhanced team communication and collaboration.

• Translate acceptance criteria into comprehensive test scenarios.
• Develop detailed test cases based on identified test scenarios and acceptance criteria.
• Conduct testing across various phases of the software development life cycle, including component testing, regression testing, end-to-end testing, and user acceptance testing.
• Design, execute, and maintain API test cases using Postman.
• Write and execute SQL queries to perform database validation.
• Work closely with developers, product managers, and business analysts to identify and report issues.
• Communicate effectively with cross-functional teams to ensure the timely resolution of identified issues and discrepancies.