Roberta Banks Polk Email & Phone Number

Alexandria, Virginia

Supports critical(QA) functions to include development, maintenance and enforcement of QA processes and standards . Software product inspection and testing. Lead QA Analyst that manages a development shop of 7 developers, 27+ active applications, plus supporting of new applications. Enforcement of command Software Quality Assurance Plan and guidelines for software inspections, testing and evaluations, life-cycle documentation, system development, programming, software configuration management, release management, metrics. Assists in managing existing software quality assurance processes and enforcing existing software and data quality standards to include coordinating with organizational elements, scheduling and conducting process events (e.g. inspections, walk-thru, reviews, audits, and testing), Directs or assists with the planning, coordinating, scheduling and controlling of all QA functions within DoDEA. Reviews Unit and Integration level developer testing plans, procedures, data and results to detect and correct defects and improve software quality. Coordinates software inspections, walk-thru, reviews and audits to prevent software defects, inefficiency, and non-standardization. Evaluates and provides guidance to project team members on the processes employed in the analysis, design, documentation, and testing and/or evaluation of systems or segments of systems. Assists in developing new processes and standards to include developing mission objective Reviews and coordinates final (SDF) that leads to the release of the (RCD) as a control of all personnel application systems, to include test plans, documentation standards, release management, configuration management, and discrepancy reports with resolutions and metrics data. Prepares and coordinates miscellaneous administrative actions and reports, memorandums, staff papers, technical summaries, evaluations, briefings, fact sheets and decision papers in support of the QA mission.

Lead for Mercury Quality Center AdSystems ProjectsDevelop and Enter Test Cases in HP/Mercury Quality Center 9.0Develop Test Strategy Documents (TSD) Report Defects (using internal bug tracker)Backend Testing in Sybase using Embarcadero DBAritisan. Backend Testing with Tomcat, WebLogic, JAVA, XML, UNIXProvide feedback on Requirements. Analyze and provide input to given issue with a Requirement, User understanding, and Quality Assurance (QA) and System/Software defects.Enter Requirements into HP/Mercury Quality Center 9.0Participated in User Review for Application. Ensure that changes are handled under Change Management.Execute Manual test in VB Applications. Execute Manual test for WEB Applications [Tomcat, WEBLogic, JAVA, XML)Participate in User ReviewsWork closely with Developers, Users, and Project Management, to ensure a full life cycle development methodology (SDLC)Participate in Production Installs

• Developed Test Cases in TestDirector• Developed Data Scenarios using Microsoft Excel• Developed Path Analysis UML from Use Cases using Microsoft Visio• Developed Table of Paths in Word• Entered defects in Rational ClearQuest• String Testing using Weblogic, XML• Provided backend Data Support to User Interface Testing on Web Application, Querying the Data Tables for data.• Used TestDirector to communicate and collaborate the Requirements, Test Plan, Test Cases, and Test Lab.• Used Rational ClearQuest for defect reporting.• Analyzed and Developed Requirements from multiple Sources, for example - Requirements documents, User Guides, SQL code, and Users. Used for developing the following documentation used by the Testing organization:• Test Cases• Data Scenarios• Path Analysis/Data Flow – using Microsoft Visio• Table of Paths• Test Plan