Yuva Kishore Karri
Quality Assurance / Testing Manager
Hyderabad,TG
Summary
10+ years' experience as Test Lead and adept at Test Strategy, Test Planning, Test Design, Test Execution, Defect Reporting & Tracking. In-depth knowledge of all phases in SDLC/STLC. Hands on experience in Manual & Automation testing of various enterprise IT solution. Currently working as Test Lead for major UK based client, in charge of identifying and subsequently defining the required tests, monitoring the test coverage and evaluating the overall quality of the E2E process.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
6
6
Certificates
Work History
Test Manager
Deloitte Consulting USI
Hyderabad
10.2021 - Current
- Updated ongoing testing procedures for software to account for changes resulting from post-release patches.
- Maintained bug reporting system for logged faults, delegating issues to development personnel for remediation.
- Designed scenarios and procedures for testing of pre-release software products for Technology Media and Telecommunication, Health care, Retail industry.
- Performed compatibility testing on SFDC, Zuora, SAP, Netsuite verifying absence of conflicts.
- Tested pre-release go live/ critical release items part of cut over plan to reduce possibility of end users experiencing crashes or bugs.
- Defined testing and acceptance strategies and determined quality assurance benchmarks.
- Built automated test scripts to handle repetitive software testing work.
- Operated under Agile and Scrum frameworks to complete releases and well-organized sprints.
- Evaluated function, performance and design compliance of every product against design standards and customer needs.
- Incorporated delivery requirements into planning of testing schedules.
- Gathered data on integration issues and vulnerabilities, reported findings and recommended improvements.
- Tested functional and compatibility of new programs or updates in comparison to existing applications.
- Reviewed bug reports and error logs, translating data into digestible reports for senior leadership personnel.
Test Lead
Deloitte Consulting USI
Hyderabad
10.2020 - 10.2021
- Collaborated with product owners to stay current on intended functionality.
- Collaborated with developers and product owners to stay current on product features and intended functionality.
- Wrote detailed requirements to create robust test plans and realistic work estimates for testing phases.
- Provided each staff member with exemplary training to help improve departmental efficiency and boost understanding of respective job duties.
- Tailored testing procedures to obtain data most relevant to understanding underlying causes of production limitations.
- Directed teams completing regression tests to support successful product development stages.
- Met with quality assurance, developers and project managers to assess scope and sequence of project.
- Developed comprehensive test plans and workforce breakdown structures for complete systems.
- Checked configuration files and webservice logs to uncover root causes of problems.
- Provided reports on milestones, issues and test concerns to project managers for assistance.
Senior Test Analyst
Deloitte consulting USI
Hyderabad
09.2016 - 09.2020
- Documented current production methods to identify points of limitation to target for quantification through testing procedures.
- Reviewed all test cases and test scripts for quality and identified additional areas to review.
- Created successful test scripts to manage automated feature testing,
- Evaluated data sets from multiple test implementations to determine and account for standard variance in test results.
- Responsible for Test case preparation for System Integration test,
Regression Test and User Acceptance Test. - Responsible for Test Execution in SIT and Regression Test, modifications/enhancements, test case review, end to end support for application and for reporting bugs and test bed issues.
- Monitoring and escalating risks to lead / PM.
- Schedule adherence to all milestones and assisted Test Manager in
preparing final test status report. - Prepared traceability matrix.
- Analyze test requirement and product specifications, analyze test tools and develop Test plan.
- Planned, tracked and corrected team activities so that testing is
progressed as per the plan. - Kept the entire team and the management updated on the progress of testing on daily basis.
- Preparation of test scripts with various scenarios.
- Test Strategic Consulting, including business plan & strategy
development. - Manage Offshore/Onsite Testing Responsibilities w.r.t Test planning & strategies.
Test Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services
Hyderabad
06.2012 - 08.2016
- Tracked any assigned defect to its closure by taking complete ownership of the assigned work. Involved in analysis of business process and requirements for each release.
- Analyze user and business requirements for the new build and comparison of those with the old build to modify test plans for positive and negative scenarios for functional testing.
- Perform the Positive and Negative Testing, Smoke Testing, Integration Testing, User Interface Testing on the application.
- Follow project milestones; analyze and accurately report test results in a defect tracking system and via status reports.
- Attend status review meetings, interacted with developers, architects to resolve the issues.
- Updating test progress on weekly and monthly basis by creating Test Preparation and Test Execution Metrics.
- Actively participating weekly review meetings with Business analysts, Project manager, QA lead and developers
- Preparing Test Estimation, Test planning with respect to the requirements
- Preparing Test design in ALM (QC v11) using Business Process Testing.
- Performing Regression Testing in the test environment.
- Analyzing and Retesting defects.
- Defect Reporting through ALM (Defect Tracking Tool)
- Documentation of Test Execution Report, Test Summary Report and Defect Summary Report.
- Analysis of UAT and Postproduction defects and testing the fixes.
- Coordinating with onshore team on daily basis to update the progress of testing.
- Developing Automation scripts for the applications using TOSCA as part of functional testing.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
GITAM University
Visakhapatnam 04.2008 - 04.2012
Skills
Project Management
Agile Methodologies
STLC and SDLC - Experience
Hypercare support
Accomplishments
- Awarded Outstanding award for my contribution in continues delivery
- Mentioned as most valuable player in team for the successful go live of the a health care application which is being used for many medical products.
- Worked as a Product Owner for a project for almost and year and ensured the new features/enhancements are delivered and added value to the business.
- Part of UAT activities that are conducted in Mexico and US and helped client team members to come up to the speed to execute in brand new application instances
- A strong appreciation track record from clients for various test
phases conduced which lead to smooth release. - Grabbed exclusive projects for testing to automate the regression test cases using different automation tools and participated in new project RFP's.
Certification
ISTQB foundation level program.
Timeline
Zuora certified – Consultant.
02-2022
Zuora certified – Business Analyst.
11-2021
Test Manager
Deloitte Consulting USI
10.2021 - Current
Test Lead
Deloitte Consulting USI
10.2020 - 10.2021
Certified scrum master
04-2017
Senior Test Analyst
Deloitte consulting USI
09.2016 - 09.2020
Tricentis certified professional. TOSCA.
11-2015
HP application life cycle management (ALM) certified.
03-2014
ISTQB foundation level program.
01-2013
Test Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services
06.2012 - 08.2016
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
GITAM University
04.2008 - 04.2012
Additional Information
- Management of all SIT, E2E & UAT Test Related Activities and Deliverables.
- Focus on testing the documented business processes, captured within
the Process Maps and the Standard Operation Procedures (SOP's).
Which was supplemented further, by additional tests, identified during
test scenario and script identification and validation workshops. - Lead and administer all the HP Quality Centre & TOSCA administration
functions including the maintenance and addition of new projects, fields,
workflows (defects, reporting etc.) to data elements. - UAT Workshops with SMEs, Entity Lead/Managers to review Analysis &
Readiness. - Business Requirements update in formal documents, the Requirement
Traceability Matrix / Catalogue (RTM) and then within the Business
Process Master List (BPML). - SIT, E2E, UAT Scenarios drafting, using the approved Process Maps, BPML
& FDD's. - Test Scenario Initial Review Workshops, discuss, review and validate the
drafted scenarios, and identify any variants, deltas or additional
requirements and discuss, with both the BPL's and nominated business
SME's. - E2E scenarios - identifying, capturing and logging any defects found,
raising queries and where close interactions (or hand-offs) are required
between process areas. - Exploratory testing handling within time boxed limit with Business.
Interacted with customers & internal stakeholders to ensure complete &
thorough understanding of all requirements, process, execution, defects,
CR. - Actively involved and supported business in dress rehearsal before the
Go Live date. - Knowledge transfer to the teammates who have
- Regular interaction with functional stream owners for the review of test
cases, defects and test status and interaction across different streams for
the review of Integration scenarios. - Responsible for handling client calls, status meetings, Internal/external
reviews, walkthrough, and internal /release level triage calls. - Deployed expertise in test planning, test design & execution in addition
to Agile/Scrum method - Test strategy planning, including business plan & strategy development.
- Involved in analysis of business process and requirements for each release.
- Lead a team and responsible for delivery of the project at given timelines.
- Analyze user and business requirements for the new build and comparison
of those with the old build to modify test plans for positive and negative
scenarios for functional and integration testing. - Coordination with business team for review sessions, provide testing
status, setup UAT test laptops, test user accounts etc. to ensure smooth
UAT testing - Writing of Test documentation: Test Plan, Test Cases, Environment Set-up,
Test Schedule, Test Closure reports. - Regular interaction with functional stream owners for the review of test
cases, defects and test status and interaction across different streams for
the review of Integration scenarios.
• As a HP QC admin, ensured that all the technical issues are resolved in
timely manner,