Ankur Shrivastava
Cumming,GA
Summary
Over 16 years of QA experience in all phases of software life cycle, including QA Test Management, requirements gathering, risk analysis, project planning, scheduling, testing, defect tracking, management, and reporting. Skilled in test management, business analysis and ability to quickly relate business processes with systems functions and delivering projects in onsite-offshore model. Experience in handling large scale system integration projects end to end involving multiple vendors whilst ensuring time, cost and quality requirements are met. Effectively tracked and reported test metrics at various stages of STLC to measure the effectiveness and efficiencies levers. Strong communicator who can successfully liaises with stakeholders to leverage engagement at all levels. Thrives any challenge and excels in a fast paced environment with demanding targets.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Project Manager
Cognizant Technology Solutions, CTS
10.2023 - Current
- Led and managed testing program ($5M).
- Managed QA teams and their activities in order to drive delivery of QA services across business and technology teams.
- Scheduled and chaired quality review meetings to review effectiveness of performance mitigating risk, improving throughput and achieving customer satisfaction.
- Communicated project plans, progress/forecast to key stakeholders and project contributors.
- Developed Test Plans for multiple releases based on business requirements.
- Developed project plans and conducted weekly status review meetings with all business groups.
- Analyzed status reports on weekly basis with project team
Familiarized team members with customer needs, specifications, design targets, testing process, design standards, techniques and tools to support testing effort. - Assigned roles and responsibilities and deliverables to all team members.
- Established testing process, testing and defect reporting methodology, techniques and tools to support testing effort.
- Identify applications for automation and was actively involved from design phase to demo.
- Coordinated team to resolve defects of all components of application.
- Coordinated System Integration Testing and UAT efforts
Developed Timeline for different cycles of testing. - Prepared and maintained documents like Test Strategy, Test Report and Trace Matrix.
- Communicated project plans and progress to key stakeholders and project contributors
Test Manager
Cognizant Technology Solutions, CTS
Atlanta, GA
09.2012 - 10.2023
- Work on E2E projects of high complexity within multiple development environments or enterprise-wide system.
- Create test plans, test strategy for multiple engagements.
- Lead multiple system integration efforts. Responsibilities included: creating and implementing integration strategy to ensure upstream and downstream systems interacted with each other without error.
- Identified applications for automation and was actively involved from design phase to demo.
- Test data management including data validation, manipulation and maintaining data integrity.
- Prepare and submit QA estimates and QA project schedules.
- Work with Business and Systems Analysts to interpret QA needs as requirements are being developed.
- Oversee creation of test cases, test scenarios and scripts in support of business functional requirements.
- Lead completion of testing processes. Ensure metrics comply with testing and requirements.
- Analyze and review test results with key team members and stakeholders and makes recommendations regarding software defects.
- Produce and communicate daily, weekly and monthly status reports to project team to track progress. Identify and manage project risk, and develop mitigation strategies.
Senior QA Analyst
Cognizant Technology Solutions, CTS
06.2007 - 09.2012
- Analyzed and reviewed business requirements and functional design specifications with developers, project managers, and QA manager to ensure all requirements are met.
- Developed, maintained test plans, tested strategies, tested cases while performing all testing activities including functional, integration, system, regression testing.
- Documented timely reports related to release process, working and testing results of software.
Managed defect analysis system and identified functions in application to be tested based on importance and prioritized based on deadlines. - Created, maintained, performed, upgraded test scripts for products, analyzed test cases, provided regular progress reports.
- Logged defects in detailed, understandable, reproducible way, tracking all assigned defects through to closure and interacting with members of Development Team to resolve discovered defects.
- Test data management including data validation, manipulation and maintaining data integrity.
- Analyze Requirements and Design/tech-specs for testability.
Coordinate UAT testing preparation, execution and reporting activities. - Attend UAT Release level status calls and provide support for defect monitoring or issue resolution.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Information Technology
RGTU
India06.2006
Skills
Management Skills:
- Business Planning & Strategy
- Technology Roadmap
- Problem-Solving
- Budgeting
- Demand forecast
- Resource Management
- Risk Management
- Program Management
- Test Management
- Delivery Management
- Stakeholder Management
Test Management:
- Test Strategy and planning
- Team Leadership
- Risk Management
- Test Execution and Reporting
- Automation Knowledge
- JIRA
- HP Quality Center
- Quality Assurance
- Communication Skills
- Cross-Functional teams Collaboration
- Continuous Improvement
- Test Environment Management
- Client Interaction
Certification
Certified Scrum Master (CSM) - Scrum Alliance
ISTQB
Foundation of Project Management
Software Test Manager
Agile Project Management
Professional Diploma in Project Management
Data Analytics Essentials
Timeline
Senior Project Manager
Cognizant Technology Solutions, CTS
10.2023 - Current
Test Manager
Cognizant Technology Solutions, CTS
09.2012 - 10.2023
Senior QA Analyst
Cognizant Technology Solutions, CTS
06.2007 - 09.2012
Bachelor of Engineering - Information Technology
RGTU