Steve Scott Email & Phone Number

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Test Analyst

Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

Test Analyst on corporate services projectsProvided test consultancy and support on various projects

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Test Analyst on Mortgage change projects

Gloucester, United Kingdom

Cheltenham

Lead Business Test Analyst on major programme to introduce new Retail Website , New Reservation & Booking system and update and introduce multiple internal systems to streamline processes in Reporting, Sales and Sales support functions

Bristol, United Kingdom

Cheltenham

Senior Test Analyst on Mortgage Point of Sales and Originations systemsWorking on major project release for key client - NationwideMain responsibility was working on enhancement to the Nationwide MSO by introducing a MI Exclusion Tool. The enhancement was a tool that will identify any rows with erroneous data, identify the related Case and exclude this case. It will log additional information about the error and the case. The MI job will continue after logging this. Before the tool was added if an error was encountered the whole MI daily job would need to be investigated, corrected and then restored to enable the MI job to be ran again.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Accountabilities• Senior Tester on a small team focusing on System Test of a regulatory Mortgages project • Test preparation• Test execution• Static test of functional and requirement specifications• Managed defect triage and resolution using in house bug tracker• Report and manage test progress to Programme stakeholdersAchievements• Completed successful Test Preparation and Test Execution phases of multiple drops of System test • Undertook complex technical test of Reports extracts• Used TOAD SQL extensively to prove data reporting• System testing working closely with Business Analysts and Developers to test each drop of code• Completed multiple iterations of static test review of functional and requirements specifications

Cheltenham

Accountabilities• Senior Tester on a small team focusing on System Test of an online Mortgage Sales and Originations system. Testing on a technical archive and purge project• Assisted Test Manager in managing test plan in Microsoft Test Manager and Team Foundation Server 2012• Managed daily and weekly reports from Test Foundation Server and Microsoft Test Manager• Use of MTM and TFS to ensure traceability was recorded to Business Requirements• Test preparation using Microsoft Test Manager• Test execution using Microsoft Test Manager• Static test of functional and requirement specifications• Managed defect triage and resolution using TFS• Report and manage test progress to Programme stakeholdersAchievements• Completed successful Test Preparation and Test Execution phases of 3 incremental drops of System test for the Enterprise software development• Undertook complex technical test of Archive and Purge functionality developed for Nationwide• Used Microsoft SQL 2012 extensively to prove archive and purge processing• System testing working closely with Business Analysts and Developers to test each drop of code• Completed multiple iterations of static test review of functional and requirements specifications

Cheltenham

AccountabilitiesTest Lead on a major project to rewrite Client and Account database that forms the hub of the Payments systemDeveloping software in Agile scrum methodologyWorking closely with Lead Business Analyst to elaborate High level functional and non function requirementsUndertaking investigation to existing business procedures with business stakeholdersAchievementsCommenced elaboration of detailed business requirementsInitial documenting and prioritisation of Product Backlog items in preparation for SprintsUndertaking proof of concept to introduce test automation using Selenium and Specflow

Bristol, United Kingdom

Accountabilities• Test Consultant recommending and introducing test procedures for the first time within a small development team who develop an in house Data Intelligence software for Defense clients• Developed Test Strategy and procedures to ensure Quality Assurance was added into the agile development cycle of the software before it was deployed to the client for UAT testing• Worked closely with Technical Lead and Project Managers to introduce test procedures to vastly improve Quality of the software before presented to the Clients• Undertook significant test execution against the software working in Agile methodology working very closely with developers• Documented new procedures for handover to Permanent test resource that would be replace me• Mentored developers and introduced test procedures to development team who had not previously had exposure to Quality Assurance practice• Report and manage test progress to Project ManagersAchievements• Successfully introduced and documented Quality Assurance procedures to the agile development lifecycle • Completed multiple iterations of test Execution to improve quality of the software• Introduced defect management system to track and manage the lifecycle of defects found• Completed static test review of functional and requirements specifications prior to development

Cirencester

Senior Test Analyst working on Mortgage Point of Sale intermediary website. Worked in a small test team with the following responsibilitiesTest PreparationTest ExecutionDefect reporting and managementTest reportingTest MatricMaster Test Plan

Swindon, United Kingdom

Contract UAT Test Lead on 7 Day Account Switcher ProgrammeAccountabilities• Test Managed team of 6 Test Analysts for UAT phase • Developed UAT Test Strategy to cover Business Acceptance Test• Managed and grew relationship with key Business Stakeholders• Undertook comprehensive business engagement and scoping reviews• Report and manage test progress to Programme and Business stakeholdersAchievements• Produced Detailed Master Test Plan to cover UAT Phase• Completed successful Test Preparation and Test Execution phases of UAT• Completed set up and access to highly integrated test environment• Facilitated workshops with all Business Leads, across the bank, to agree scope for UAT• Managed scheduling of key Business Stakeholder and subject matter experts

Bristol, United Kingdom

Taken voluntary reduncancy with an exit date of 31st December.Test Manager on Insurance Data Warehouse Platform – Lloyds Banking Group 2012 Accountabilities• Test Managed 2 high profile, business critical projects on Data Warehouse platform• Developed Test Strategy to form part of the Bank's overall Test Plan for FATCA project• Led a team of 9 application test leads with an overall team of 25 testers• Close liaison with UAT lead to develop UAT approach • Report and manage test progress• Management of key programme IT and business stakeholdersTest Lead on Workflow integration programme - Lloyds Banking Group 2010 - 2012Accountabilities• Manage key stakeholders from Business, Programme and third parties• Develop Test Strategy on new Pega Workflow application• Functional Test Lead • Developed infrastructure Test Strategy to cover new infrastructure• Global Resource planning and management of offshore team• Estimating and budget control on > £1M Test programme• Developed and shaped Link Component Test and System test approach on highly integrated system• Manage delivery from 6 development centres to phase and consolidate the LCT into the overall System integration test• Co-ordination with all Integration Test Leads over environment and data• Worked closed with UAT test team to create a joined up and collaborative approach to test the overall end to end solution• Manage the provision and health check of test environmentsTest Lead on eCommerce .net platform projects - HBOS 2006 - 2010Accountabilities• Test Lead on eCommerce application projects• Develop test strategy for infrastructure change and software change projects• Test Planning and control• Manage the provision and health check of environments• Manage the relationship with 3rd Party providers of eC portals• Flexible resourcing

Senior BA on a large project to deliver a new pensions administration system using in house software called LISA. Accountabilities(1) Analysis of requirements from third party client(2) documentation of requirement documents(3) Use Case documentation(4) Liasion with Client to validate requirement (5) System Test(6) User Acceptance Test

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