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Wellington, New Zealand

Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand

Projectworks is a cloud based workforce management platform designed to help professional and creative services businesses better manage their organisations in the areas of project management, people management, and project financials.I'm responsible for onboarding new customers and making sure they get the most out of Projectworks from day one.Onboard. Adoption. Retention.

Wellington, New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand

Provoke is one of New Zealand’s leading software development companies, delivering web based business solutions (utilizing the Microsoft suite of technologies) with a strong focus on a user centered design approach. Founded in 2001 by five employees of Advantage Group, Provoke now has 25 employees and an impressive client list.Role SummarySetting up Quality Assurance processes: My initial role at Provoke was as the Quality Assurance Manager, responsible for the overall quality of all software we produced. TManaging varied project sizes: I have managed a large number of projects, for a lot of clients. Projects ranged dramatically in size, from a couple of weeks up to six months, with project teams ranging from one to seven people. Managing multiple clients: It was very common for me to be working on projects for up to six clients at a time. This required very careful planning and frequent communication to ensure that deadlines were met. Managing relationships: As well as managing internal staff I was responsible for managing relationships with my clients.Understanding project lifecycles: Throughout my time at Provoke I have fully been immersed in the software development life cycle, from requirements gathering and analysis through to design, development and implementation. Coupled with my previous roles in quality assurance I have a detailed understanding of each phase of a project, and where problems could arise.Understanding user centered design: With a strong emphasis on user centered design I am used to working very closely with the design and interface team through the process of designing software that will deliver to the people it is targeted at.Quality Assurance & Testing: I continued to be heavily involved in quality assurance and testing. This included continuing to write Functional Test plans, conducting testing and educating clients in the process of User Acceptance Testing.

New Zealand

I took the role at Advantage Group to be exposed to the challenges of working for a vendor, dealing with different clients and industry sectors. Advantage Group grew very quickly before coming unstuck. Intergen was born via a management buyout of the Wellington operation.Role SummaryMy role was to establish a quality assurance presence for the Wellington office and test all software we developed. I was contracted out to Meridian Energy for six weeks to implement a quality assurance programme for a new system they were developing. This involved planning of a testing cycle and educating business people in the User Acceptance process as well as managing the client.

New Zealand

A one month contract turned into a full time position as a Test Analyst on The National Bank’s mission critical Online Banking project.Role SummaryI was in a team of four Test Analysts responsible for testing of the Online Banking product. This involved working within a strictly defined structure, following a very tight process. The role included close association with the developers and business analysts to ensure that business, user and system requirements were being met.