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Pensions & Life Assurance BusinessAviva Migration ProjectSenior test analyst on the integration team on a project that involved the migration of 2.5m life assurance and pension policies onto the Windsor Life system. Day to day activities included test scripting and execution, reporting, defect recording and retesting. Other activities included a major role in the implementation of the HP Quality centre software in regards to process and usage as well as producing tools to assist with testing of other mini projects.

Lead test analyst on a number of government projectsMPPC Work Management Project (Jan 08 – May 08)Lead test analyst working on a system developed using PEGA Rules software. Responsible for identifying and implementing process improvements and test approach. Attended and Contributed to the development design review meetings and Use Case walkthrough sessions. Reviewed every test script produced by the test team to as producing and executing my own test scripts. Pensions Simplification Project (April 06 – Dec 07)Senior Test Analyst on the Test Team. Re-designed content and format of Test Scripts. Identified the functional priorities and dependencies for each release and agreed a phased handover of code with the Development and Project managers. Produced Functional System Test scripts from a combination of use case, wireframe and BVR documents. Produced automated test packs from test scripts produced. Performed Inter System Testing and produced various documents providing step by step instructions on how to perform various ISIT activities.IDMS Project (Jun 2004-Apil 2006)Lead test analyst for a number of additional enhancement and maintenance releases. In this role I became the lead test analyst and technical authority on the team. I carried out a number of activities including the planning of the testing over the various releases, producing/reviewing/executing test scripts, impacting all future changes to the system, carrying out functional, integration, acceptance and live testing, producing and running automated scripts, the creation and maintenance of the test databases/environments as well as taking an active role in requirement and design meetings.

Developer, Live Support and Test roles on a Government projectsIDMS Data Migration projectI was responsible for the production of 4 data migration programs to extract data from 4 existing systems for loading into the new Integrated Debt Management System and carried out various live trials of those applications. I was also responsible for the testing of the IDMS Load program to ensure that the data extracted was converted and stored correctly in the new system. I also produced and tested a reconciliation program. Following the live implementation I moved onto the test team where I produced and ran a number of test scripts for the additional functionality added to the system.CLM ProjectProvided Live support cover for the Caseload Management System and provided fixes for live issues. Produced reports using Informix and Unix Shell scripts for the customer. Configured a Unix server to hold the CLM application for Y2K testing.