Kislay Raj Prasad

Projects:

Reinsurance Pro: Sapiens' reinsurance pro is a project to handle to reinsurance in P&C domain.

• Lead QA testing team for 3 projects, test plans, test estimations, prioritization, and troubleshooting of all bugs/issues and resolutions.
• Managed closed to 10 customers while working for reinsurance project.
• Identified and investigated issues found during testing, assisted cross-functional team members in troubleshooting as needed.

IDIT: IDIT is an insurance web application which provides services to for the insurance to various customers dealing in P&C insurance.

• Developed user-focused documentation of new features, and client-wide feature releases.
• Participated in training and demos to internal team members on all new features and enhancements.
• Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.
• Collaborated with product owners, team members, technologists, and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
• Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments, and hurdles to productivity.
• Assessed each scrum team member's responsibilities and delegated tasks to balance each employee's workload.
• Managed product backlog and supported Scrum framework for monthly sprint releases.
• Applied agile methodology to shorten cycle time and achieve target margins.
• Operated under Agile and Scrum frameworks to complete releases and well-organized sprints.
• Recommended changes and corrections to developers for optimal software performance and usability.
• Implemented user acceptance testing with focus on documenting defects, identifying bottlenecks and executing test cases.
• Implemented user acceptance testing with focus on documenting defects, identifying bottlenecks and executing test cases.
• Kept scripts and test cases updated with current requirements.
• Implemented new quality assurance and customer service standards.
• Monitored staff organization and suggested improvements to daily functionality.
• Performed root cause analysis to identify and resolve quality issues and defects.
• Led sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement.
• Conducted regression testing of existing products.

• Managed/guided both onsite and offshore (India/AUS) QA teams and ensure deadlines, milestones are achieved.
• Lead weekly field bug triage meetings and conducted retrospective meetings.
• Lead entry and exit criteria for testing phases, including integration, system, regression and error/exceptional handling.
• Provided daily/weekly QA status reports including deliverable, dependencies, risks and issues, communicating across leadership.
• Provided training to over 15 resources on QA methodology.
• Developed comprehensive test plans and workforce breakdown structures for complete systems.
• Built automated test scripts to handle repetitive software testing work.
• Tested functional and compatibility of new programs or updates in comparison to existing applications.
• Developed and maintained defect databases for known issues.
• Tracked test reports and failures determined by root cause data trends.

• Analyzing system requirements and developing detailed test plans for system testing.
• Converting user stories and design documentation into test scenarios and test cases.
• Involving in daily stand-up meetings and weekly sprint meetings to discuss workflow and project specifications.
• Creating RTM and production readiness checklist (PRC)
• Capturing and distributing meeting minutes and created test data.
• Worked varied hours to meet seasonal and business needs
• Prioritized tasks to meet tight deadlines, pitching in to assist others with project duties
• Created successful test scripts to manage automated feature testing,
• Met with quality assurance, developers and project managers to assess scope and sequence of project.
• Fixed identified issues to improve workflows.
• Collaborated with product owners to stay current on intended functionality.