Palak Shah

Requirement Gathering

Participate in kick-off meetings & reviews to gather all requirements from the customer for testing in Automation, as a Test Automation Engineer
Selecting test cases, sharing with customer for review & documenting them in RTM to map requirement with test cases

Test Cases – Preparation, Review & Execution

Writing positive & negative test cases to validate the system under different conditions & mapping to specific test data
Reviewing test case matrix with the client to obtain final signoff & developing automation modules for qualifying cases

Test Scripts – Design & Execution (Selenium Web Driver)

Developing scripts using C# & Visual Studio on POM pattern under Data Driven Framework
Building testing & running code & Jenkins for continuous integration
Also using CruiseControl tool for continuous integration

Test & Defect Reporting

Manual Testing: Designing the test Matrix & documenting the test case status & logging issues/notes against it in JIRA
Automatic Testing: Employing ‘Extent Report’ (3rd Party API), Selenium to record all results, screenshots, etc.
Playing pivotal role in detecting & reporting critical defects to facilitate effective troubleshooting & crises aversion

Functional & Regression Testing - Automation Regression Suite

Conducting pre-release testing for functional validation on performance of new functions introduced in MasterCard system
Rolling out the function to member testing facility to enable issuers/acquirers to execute Regression & UAT

Manual Testing – UAT

Playing role of a Manual Tester to execute UAT runs prior to PROD deployment for using emulators/MasterCard simulators

Test Cases – Preparation

Preparing functional test cases by analyzing the requirement specification document

Implementation Planning & Documentation

Authoring the implementation document with project identifiers & milestones to ensure its efficiency & cost effectiveness
Understanding scope of testing & implementation to define task list & tracking it on GTL (Global Task list) for transparency

Life Cycle & Functional Testing

Testing at every stage of transaction life cycle for various customers to help them in moving to production stably & robustly
Conducting functional testing for all the new enhancements introduced in Release

Test & Defect Reporting

Manual Testing: Designing the test Matrix & documenting the test case status & logging issues/notes against it in JIRA

Test Cases – Preparation

Preparing functional test cases by analyzing the requirement specification document

Implementation Planning & Documentation

Authoring the implementation document with project identifiers & milestones to ensure its efficiency & cost effectiveness
Understanding scope of testing & implementation to define task list & tracking it on GTL (Global Task list) for transparency

Life Cycle & Functional Testing

Testing at every stage of transaction life cycle for various customers to help them in moving to production stably & robustly
Conducting functional testing for all the new enhancements introduced in Release

Test & Defect Reporting

Manual Testing: Designing the test Matrix & documenting the test case status & logging issues/notes against it in JIRA