Bharathi Krishnan Email & Phone Number

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

• Was able to Collaborate well by building strong relationship with the multiple stakeholders (Development, partnering team, PMO office, product team) that enabled in successful deliverables • Implemented the Lean principles by doing the RCA for the issues occurring within the multiple projects, there by achieved Continuous Improvement in quality of Test Deliverables • Brought synergy in multiple platform (API, Web, Component) teams to think big by working together that resulted… Show more • Was able to Collaborate well by building strong relationship with the multiple stakeholders (Development, partnering team, PMO office, product team) that enabled in successful deliverables • Implemented the Lean principles by doing the RCA for the issues occurring within the multiple projects, there by achieved Continuous Improvement in quality of Test Deliverables • Brought synergy in multiple platform (API, Web, Component) teams to think big by working together that resulted improvement of test coverage and identification of defects during Integration testing of the various product launches• Improvised the automation within the program level, helped in getting the cycle time reduction• Innovation done at the project level were socialized for other projects and adoptions were done in multiple projects thereby was able to get the cost saving benefits Implemented the lean principles and got improvement in test design and execution productivity • Defined test strategies for the complex product launches that facilitated in getting the end-to-end testing of all the platform• Identified the cross functional team training plan for all the resources done at program level. This enabled for effective resource utilization across the API, Web, mobile and components team based on the effort requirement in many of the product releases• Set up Knowledge Portal for all the projects within the program where the documentations about the projects and the artifacts were maintained.• Build high performing team. This was done through regular interactions, coming up with action plan based on the motivating factors of all the resources at program level. Followed upon the progress. Found different ways to recognize the efforts with awards and recognition. Show less

Chennai Area, India

* Understanding business requirements. Conduct requirement understanding session with the team/on-site/development team. Prepare, review and get a sign off on the requirement understanding document* Identify the risks based on the various stages of the project and come up with the necessary mitigation and contingency plan* Estimated the effort based on the business requirement and share it for review and sign off* Preparation of Test Strategy and share it with… Show more * Understanding business requirements. Conduct requirement understanding session with the team/on-site/development team. Prepare, review and get a sign off on the requirement understanding document* Identify the risks based on the various stages of the project and come up with the necessary mitigation and contingency plan* Estimated the effort based on the business requirement and share it for review and sign off* Preparation of Test Strategy and share it with the stakeholders for review and sign off* Review Test Plan and share it with the stakeholders for review and sign off* Review the Scenario document and share it with the stakeholders for review and sign off* Review the Test Cases prepared by the team, share it with the stakeholders for review and sign off* Map requirements with the scenario, test cases to ensure the traceability matrix is maintained* Clarification tracking by following up with the appropriate stakeholder team till closure* Interact with the stakeholders on a regular basis to deliver project status and close out any open issues* Metrics collection. Monitor the metrics to take informed decisions* Conduct lessons learning session. Identify what went well and what did not. Identify the best practice and document to be implemented in the future release* Ensure Defect prevention and causal analysis are done after every release to understand the different problems encountered by the team. As a team discuss and arrive upon the solution* Managed and delivered the product successfully without any issues on all the phases* Evaluate the team members and conduct one to one discussions for their performance review* Plan for the cross training sessions to be conducted within the team to ensure every team member knows all the business process flow to help whenever there is demand in the project based on the specific functionality Show less

Chennai Area, India

Following were the activities as part of the test management and coordination:* Managed a team of 35 plus team members* Understand the business requirements and check the understanding of the team* Identify the risks based on the various stages of the project and come up with the necessary mitigation and contingency plan* Estimated the effort based on the business requirement and share it for review and sign off* Preparation of Test Strategy and share it with the… Show more Following were the activities as part of the test management and coordination:* Managed a team of 35 plus team members* Understand the business requirements and check the understanding of the team* Identify the risks based on the various stages of the project and come up with the necessary mitigation and contingency plan* Estimated the effort based on the business requirement and share it for review and sign off* Preparation of Test Strategy and share it with the stakeholders for review and sign off* Preparation of Test Plan and share it with the stakeholders for review and sign off* Preparation of Scenario document and share it with the stakeholders for review and sign off* Review the Test Cases prepared by the team, share it with the stakeholders for review and sign off* Map requirements with the scenario, test cases to ensure the traceability matrix is maintained* Clarification tracking by following up with the appropriate stakeholder team till closure* Interact with the stakeholders on a regular basis to deliver project status and close out any open issues* Metrics collection. Monitor the metrics to take informed decisions* Conduct lessons learning session. Identify what went well and what did not. Identify the best practice* Ensure Defect prevention and causal analysis are done after every release to understand the different problems encountered by the team. As a team discuss and arrive upon the solution* Managed and delivered the product successfully without any issues on all the phases* Evaluate the team members and conduct one to one discussions for their performance review* Plan for the training sessions to be conducted within the team to ensure every team member knows all the business process flow • Guidance and support for test members in mentoring• Assessment of team members and orient them to move to next level• Direct interaction with the clients & stakeholders on daily basis for various project needs Show less

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

In the span of a year performed the role of onsite coordinator for about 9 months and 3 months as a offshore test lead.Here are the responsibilities as onsite coordinator:• Interacting with and representing the offshore testing team to Client• Work with the Client team to have training session on the various project tools• Work with the Client team to monitor test schedules, resource allocation and project deliverable• Work with the Client team to have training… Show more In the span of a year performed the role of onsite coordinator for about 9 months and 3 months as a offshore test lead.Here are the responsibilities as onsite coordinator:• Interacting with and representing the offshore testing team to Client• Work with the Client team to have training session on the various project tools• Work with the Client team to monitor test schedules, resource allocation and project deliverable• Work with the Client team to have training session on the various project tools• Ensured the offshore team always SQA team to know all the requirement from business point of view • Coordinate with the offshore testing team for the following release activities: Pre release updates Conduct KT sessions to discuss about the requirements for a release Review all the deliverables send by offshore SQA team before passing on to the client team Conduct bi-weekly status onsite & offshore status call Regular check point meetings with the onsite, offshore SQA and development team based on various releases• Initiate the bi-weekly status call with the entire offshore and onsite SQA team to discuss on the status • Guide and clarify all business related questions from offshore SQA team on need basis • Initiate brain storming sessions for various application based on the complex functionalities regularly in order to make the offshore team to be aware of newly implemented business rules.• Bringing up solutions for bottlenecks as and when required between the offshore & client SQA team.Results of the onsite tenure :* Formed 12+ offshore testing team for Sample project for which I was initially assigned. Was additionally assigned to take care of the Viewing and Gemini project.* Based on the performance of Sample Maintenance project offshore team got at least 60+ offshore resources positions for national and local testing team for Nielsen Media Research client Show less

Chennai Area, India

I worked for my first project 'AFCO' for 3 months and it was doing a team member role:Understanding requirementDiscuss with the lead understanding on the requirementDiscuss the various combination of the test caseExecute test case and report defect and track it till closureDaily status update to the leadCommunicate with the development team for any query Similarly in the second project ' Online testing exchange' did a team members role for the initial 3 months… Show more I worked for my first project 'AFCO' for 3 months and it was doing a team member role:Understanding requirementDiscuss with the lead understanding on the requirementDiscuss the various combination of the test caseExecute test case and report defect and track it till closureDaily status update to the leadCommunicate with the development team for any query Similarly in the second project ' Online testing exchange' did a team members role for the initial 3 months. I was the only team member once the project moved to maintenance phase and got a chance to do a test lead roleAs a test lead the following were the responsibilities:* Manage a 2 member testing team • Understanding the requirements and share our understanding with the onsite development coordinator/offshore development team* Preparing the test strategy. Share it with stakeholders after the review and sign off• Preparation of the project estimates and share with the onsite development coordinator.• Creation of the test plans. Share them after the review of the test scenarios,test cases with the development team and onsite coordinator.* Set up the test environment for every build. Manage the client and the server machine with the required set up and access.* Set up the test director for test planning,execution,defect tracking and status reporting • Performing test members activities• Bringing up solutions for bottlenecks faced by the testing team• Direct interaction with the clients & stakeholders on daily basis for various project needs* Documented all the leanings to build knowledge repository to make the transition easier• Conducting knowledge sharing sessions * Guidance and support for test members in mentoring • Assessment of team members and orient them to move to next level* Ensure to collect the metrics and share the report with the test manager* Take up the internal audit at the closure of every release* Attend training session Show less