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Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

Liverpool, United Kingdom

Responsible for quality management on digital projects and products delivered around the university as well as managing the IT Services QA function. Covering the full delivery lifecycle from managing technical testing like integration and performance through to large scale user acceptance testing, training and user research.Notable projects include:- Quality management on the implementation of the Courseloop solution for curriculum management across the institution from technical… Show more Responsible for quality management on digital projects and products delivered around the university as well as managing the IT Services QA function. Covering the full delivery lifecycle from managing technical testing like integration and performance through to large scale user acceptance testing, training and user research.Notable projects include:- Quality management on the implementation of the Courseloop solution for curriculum management across the institution from technical implementation to end user testing- Leading the QA strategy on the upgrade of the Sitecore CMS and the migration of all the website infrastructure to an Azure, DevOps, Kubernetes implementation- Quality management of the in house enterprise Degree Apprenticeship management solution and on going promotion of the solution around the institution- End to end project management of implementation on the PHD Manager solution to manage the postgraduate research student lifecycle- End to end quality management on implementation of the Business World (Unit 4) for management of research applications and funding. Show less

Fixed term contract to lead quality assurance on phase one of the 'Student Journey' programme. Phase one represented a significant upgrade to the student records systems (Banner 9 - Ellucian) where I overseen a large scale user acceptance testing phase in collaboration with stakeholders across the institution.

Managing the test function and responsible for quality assurance across pension administration.Implemented agile test strategy - Completely overhauled the test process within a high profile Sharepoint development programme to support a more agile model;- Put in a place a ‘Session Based Testing’ methodology, completely removing traditional test scripts.- Managed all test work through TFS, linking test sessions to user stories, managing bugs and running regular reviews with… Show more Managing the test function and responsible for quality assurance across pension administration.Implemented agile test strategy - Completely overhauled the test process within a high profile Sharepoint development programme to support a more agile model;- Put in a place a ‘Session Based Testing’ methodology, completely removing traditional test scripts.- Managed all test work through TFS, linking test sessions to user stories, managing bugs and running regular reviews with users.Identified and implemented key initiatives Following a large transformation we effectively were at day one in terms of test strategy. Planned key processes and implemented them:o Defect Management Processo Test Environment and Release Strategyo UAT Strategy Show less

Warrington, United Kingdom

Sellafield, Cumbria

Sellafield, Cumbria

Executive Mba, Organisational Leadership, Distinction

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Computing And Multimedia

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