Consultant Test Management and Test Environment Management

Parallel project: setup, structuring, and coordination of the entire test management process across the respective test phases for the implementation of the fiber optic network in the context of DTAG (Deutsche Telekom AG). Collaboration with external partners in the E2E test phase with a hands-on mentality in all phases. Status meetings with the business and DTAG, as well as acting as DTAG’s single point of contact in a solution-oriented collaboration. Defect management for this subproject. Test Manager for the following test phases: - Customer Readiness Test (CRT) - Business Readiness Test (BRT) - Launch Readiness Test (LRT) - End-to-End Test with external partners (E2E) - Issue Resolution Test (IRT) Team: 4 testers / 1 test analyst. Responsibilities: conception, planning, organization, resource management, coordination, defect/incident management, reporting, primary interface to Deutsche Telekom AG. Tools used: MS Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Jira, Confluence, Teams. Internal client tools: SALCUS, GIS, SOM, COM, eCare, webShop, etc.

Parallel project – emergency staffing. Test management and coordination / interface management. Test Manager / Interface Manager. Team: 2 testers. Standardization of existing IT test concept, test coordination, interface management, reporting. Tools used: MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Jira – User Stories, Jira – Confluence.

Implementation of a new target architecture. Test Manager stream lead. Team: 6 people. Planning and design of organizational test specifications according to ISO 29119; creation of a test concept and associated test process; planning the infrastructure for the test environment; creation of a test schedule; alignment and ordering of test data; coordination of decommissioning or migration of various systems. Tools used: MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Jira – User Stories, Jira – Confluence, HP ALM. Development: Java.

Introduction, customization and rollout of the CRM and sales platform “Salesforce”. Global Test Manager (Germany / Switzerland / India). Team: 10 people. Alignment of processes to design a test strategy according to ISO 29119 for global test management across all three sub-projects; analysis of structural requirements; coordination with business teams on functional requirements and quality assurance through smoke tests; alignment of resource planning with global project management; assignment of work packages such as topic-based test case creation; analyzing functional requirements and acceptance criteria; documenting requirements in Word and user stories in Jira; alignment meetings with developers on release contents; coordination with Scrum Masters on sprint contents and schedules; coordination with environment managers; participation in scrum meetings; creation of test plans covering all test phases; risk analysis and documentation of mitigation approaches; escalation planning and execution; smoke testing of documented functions in a separate environment; SOAP web service tests; load and performance test planning and monitoring; data collection for test planning, regression test planning, automation setup; implementing regression test automation through feasibility studies, tool analysis, coordination, resource setup and scripting; creating Jira dashboards and Confluence documentation; test management and governance reporting; defect and incident reporting; participation and moderation of global test management status calls; conducting workshops. Tools: ServiceNow, MS Office, Jira – User Stories, Jira – Confluence, GIT, HP ALM, HP LoadRunner, HP UFT, Selenium.

Test management, data and process harmonization. SAP Test Manager - Business Simulations / Incident Manager. Team: approx. 15 people. Planning, coordination, and control of internal functional test preparations; resource planning; managing technical and functional SAP and satellite system requirements; coordinating SAP business simulations; creating and leading kick-off presentations; preparing Kanban boards and mapping structured production sequencing; creating test plans with SAP stream leads; scheduling test runs with the cutover team; managing business simulation workflows; creating test cases in HP ALM; defining test sets and grouping test cases; incident and defect management (SAP CORE) and functional team support. SAP modules used: ML (Material Ledger), RTR-FI (Record to Report – FI), RTR-CO (Record to Report – CO), PTP (Purchase to Pay), TRA (Transportation), OTC (Order to Cash), PD (Personnel Development), MTC (Maintenance), PP (Product Planning). Tools: SAP Solution Manager, MS Office (Excel, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint), HP ALM.

PMO support and test management for private banking migration of retail and corporate banking. PMO Support / Test Manager. Team: 10 people. PMO tasks: project definition, project plan creation, coordination and controlling, work package assembly, sub-project charters, market study for new test management system evaluation, time management. Test Manager tasks (leading ~20 people): test strategy creation, environment planning, test planning, load & performance test monitoring, incident management, test case analysis (retail, corporate, securities management, trading platform), migration test case creation (ETL method), scheduling and monitoring load & performance tests, test coordination, daily test reporting, liaison with sub-projects and client. Tools: HP ALM, HP LoadRunner, ASSYST, HOST, GIT, MS Office.

Business Analyst supporting test management for private banking. SEPA implementation at Volksbanken. Business Analyst, Functional Tester. Activities: data collection and structuring from DWH, requirements definition and documentation, information validation with business partners, technical documentation and validation, test concept development, test case analysis, creation, execution, reporting, planning, coordination, module and system integration testing, user acceptance testing. Application: Agree BAP. Tools: Lotus Notes, MS Office, SQL Developer, TOAD, HOST, Internet Explorer, Java Webstart.

Support test management for data delivery. Business Analyst, Tester. Tasks: information and data gathering, requirements elicitation, downloading and analysis of DWH data structures, concept validation, test case creation, testing, planning, coordination. Tools: SAP Solution Manager, MS Office, TOAD, HOST, Internet Explorer.

Implementation of AIRBA. Business Analyst. Responsibilities: advanced IRB approach implementation, business analysis, requirements gathering, data collection, concept and validation, meeting coordination and moderation, presentation creation. Tools: MS Office.

Financial and subsidy controlling / liquidity planning. Development of liquidity plan. Business Analyst, Consultant. Tasks: data extraction from bank DWH using custom SQL scripts and SAS Enterprise; optimization and redesign of liquidity and repayment plan based on DWH data and business requirements; translating functional specs into implementable IT concepts; liquidity controlling; supporting conceptualization of high-level and detailed liquidity plans; cash flow analysis for KFW departments; business consulting; knowledge of KFW lending and IPEX promotion loan processes; planning and moderating subject matter meetings; business process management; IT consulting (SQL, DB management, admin, programming). Tools: Lotus Notes, SAS Enterprise, HOST, MS Office.

RFI framework. Development of a benchmarking tool for product selection and evaluation. Business Analyst, Developer. Tasks: information and data gathering, requirements elicitation, technical concept and validation, presentation creation, meeting coordination, development of an MS Excel-based RFI framework with automated question catalog generation and PowerPoint export. Tools: MS Office.

Regulatory reporting. Enhancement of internal reporting system. Business Analyst, Developer. Tasks: information and data gathering, requirements elicitation, concept validation, presentations, meeting coordination, development of interim MS Access/SQL solution for internal and BaFin reports, tool enhancements for administration, archiving, and historization. Tools: MS Office.

Validation of a web-based document management system. Implementation of a file management system. Test Manager / Tester. Tasks: test management, coordination, execution, planning, concept creation, test case creation. Tools: HP QC, MS Office.

Credit risk management. Development and enhancement of credit portfolios. Risk Analyst. Tasks: development of an MS Access application for credit portfolios and reports focusing on country, industry, and group concentrations; business analysis for concept design; data collection from clients for concept design. Tools: MS Office, SAS Enterprise.

Development of an asset reporting database. Developer. Tasks: development of an MS Access application to enhance internal asset reporting; test case creation; test coordination and planning; test management; execution; manual creation. Tools: MS Office, Uva.