Sam W Email & Phone Number

England, United Kingdom

• I am responsible for the design & implementation of all testing activities related to Secure Trust Banks Consumer Motor Transformation Programme.• As test lead I am responsible for creating and maintaining, a project plan within Microsoft Projects for all testing activities. This plan links testing activities from 9 other project streams via dependencies.• I monitor the plan daily ensuring progress is captured, slippages are recorded and escalated if there is an overall impact on the delivery of milestones.• Attend weekly sessions with PMO reviewing RAID log items and plan management.• I am responsible for a team of six UAT testers, monitoring adherence to the test processes and standards. I providing monthly feedback on performance and on going coaching sessions. • I have created a two week induction process for UAT testers hired internally from the business and have been responsible for ensuring they are trained and ready to commence testing duties.• I have created UAT Test plans and System Integration documents covering all testing scope including over 300 requirements and 48 system integration's.• I have introduced weekly meetings with supplier test managers to ensure a collaborative approach is taken during all test phases.• I am responsible for identifying project level and programme level risks, and issues from a test perspective, ensuring these are reported within the project RAID log. • Taking ownership of testing related risks ensuring mitigation actions is in place and capturing updates on risk progress within weekly reports. • Producing test documentation and daily reporting. • Ongoing maintenance and development of testing plan due to changes in business requirements, including supporting system integration testing. • Coordinate with on-site team and external developers in identification and tracking defects. • Running of daily scrum meeting during large projects where communication is key.

Leicester, United Kingdom

Stratford - Upon - Avon

Main Responsibilities ( not limited to ) - • Performing analysis on documentation provided from the Design teams and Project leads ( Technical Specifications, Functional Specifications, Business Requirements etc.. )• Providing Impact and Analysis estimates for a whole suite of Change Requests ( Time frames, Dependencies, Risks etc. ).• Responsible for test design and test planning for all Application changes Including both functional and non functional testing.• Producing Test Documentation/Reporting.• Creating Test Cases & Executing Test Scripts Within Hp Quality Centre.• Ongoing maintenance and development of existing systems due to changes in business requirements, including full integration testing.• Participated in Defect review meetings and defect status reports within the internal development and test teams.• Coordinate with on-site team and developers in identification and tracking defects.• Performed Regression test to ensure product integrity after modification and enhancement.• Testing responsibilities spanning across 6 .Net applications, 2 web applications, 1 data warehouse and a host of SAS strategies.• Highlighting Legal or Regulatory requirements missed by the business.• Managing my own workload within a hectic environment.•Using a range of functional test techniques ( Black box, White box ) and Structural techniques such as statement testing & Decision testing.Qualifications:ITIL Foundation certificate.ISTQB Foundation certificate.

Selected to managed a team of 4 for the duration of our in house project.•Train and offer assistance with the mapping and building of test scripts based on the current business processes.•Being a constant support to the team and those around us.•Managing the expectations of the business in relation to what to expect from the new application.•Monitor performance levels and defect management across the team.•First line contact between my team and the system development leads and design leads.•Organised front line support for go-live, provide post deployment support and guidance.• Main Responsibilities ( not limited to ) - • Designing over 200 Test Scripts based upon Business and System Processes.• Managed part of the Defect management Process.• Participated in Defect review meetings and defect status reports within the Senior management and Project leads.• Ran daily Scrum meetings.• Responsible for test design and test planning for all application Updates.• Maintaining Test Documentation/Reporting.• Testing responsibilities spanning across 6 .Net applications, 2 web applications, 1 data warehouse and a host of SAS strategies.• Participated in Defect review meetings and defect status reports within the internal development and test teams.• Coordinate with off-site team and developers in identification and tracking defects.• Performed Regression test to ensure product integrity after modification and enhancement.• Communicate with off-site third party suppliers in relation to Change and Performance.• Participated in Defect review meetings and defect status reports within the Senior management and Project leads.• Managed part of the Defect management Process.

• Main Responsibilities ( not limited to ) - • Designing over 200 Test Scripts based upon Business and System Processes.• Managed part of the Defect management Process.• Participated in Defect review meetings and defect status reports within the Senior management and Project leads.• Ran daily Scrum meetings.• Responsible for test design and test planning for all application Updates.• Maintaining Test Documentation/Reporting.• Testing responsibilities spanning across 6 .Net applications, 2 web applications, 1 data warehouse and a host of SAS strategies.• Participated in Defect review meetings and defect status reports within the internal development and test teams.• Coordinate with off-site team and developers in identification and tracking defects.• Performed Regression test to ensure product integrity after modification and enhancement.• Communicate with off-site third party suppliers in relation to Change and Performance.