Mirnal Dubey

  • QA Lead
  • Hartford, CT
  • Member Since May 03, 2023

Candidates About

 

Mirnal Dubey

                                                                            Experience Snapshot

·         Senior Test Manager with 12 .5 years of experience in the software quality assurance and testing service line.

·         Strong experience in leading the variety of QA projects in global delivery model for :-> ERP/Insurance QA transformation programs, QA & Testing consulting projects, Agile QA projects, Testing Center of Excellence/Independent QA group

·         Experience in driving multimillion revenue projects with 4+ years of experience in the variety of roles like Onsite QA Manager or Onsite QA Lead.

·         Expert in managing end to end testing projects providing direction, planning, execution, defect management and process improvements

·         Expert in developing Overall Master test strategy, test plans, traceability matrix ,Test Execution plans and transition management plan

·         Strong experience in Quality Assurance, Project Management, People Management, Pre-sales experience in writing the response of RFP, providing solutions and high level estimates and giving presentation to the customers.

·         Extensive experience of all Project management process group such as Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitoring & Control and Closure of Project.

·         Extensive international experience of handling clients across the globe (US, UK & AU)

·         Experience of driving a team of core 25-30 with peak team of 75+ in testing engagements of transformation projects

·         Extensive experience in handling the big transformation migration upgrade programs for multi country roll outs across North America, EMEA and APAC regions with focus to form the global test lab and local test lab for supply & chain, procurement, purchasing & financial modules along with their payment and taxation functional configuration.

·         Experience in leading & driving the testing projects of ERP upgrade roll outs & implementation programs of Oracle Apps 11i & 12i, SAP R3 ECC 6.0 & in ERP CRM services.

·         Extensive hands on experience in system testing, system integration testing, regression testing and user acceptance testing.

·         Extensive experience in designing testing strategy and test plans for global test labs, local & country specific test labs for all cycles of testing starting from testing approach -> test estimation ->test scheduling -> test initiation -> test planning -> test designing -> test suite and lab prep -> test execution -> test reporting.

·         Strong experience in tools evaluation for testing life cycle management, test automation, release & change management, setting up testing teams across various agile projects, setting up processes in agile tracking tools(rally).

 

·         Planning & defining scope, scheduling & resource loading, costing & budgeting, creating chart & schedules, risk & mitigation planning, team leadership, managing & working with vendors and finally status dash boarding to senior account management.

·         Conduct goal setting, performance appraisals, coach employees, participate in recruitment and induction, identify training needs, identify and recommend retention plans in order to empower people

 

Domain/Technologies

Domains worked: Insurance -Renewal & Brokerage, Claims, Policy life cycle, ERP(Oracle & SAP), Risk Management, Media & Entertainment

Snapshot - Key Skills

 

QA & Testing skill

QA  process consulting & solution, Estimations by various estimate methodologies, test automation, budgeting, test designing, test planning, test strategy, supporting implementation of Test COE, Test design techniques, test coverage, traceability, test execution and reporting, defect triaging & reporting, test metrics reporting

 

 

 

 

Tools /Technologies

·         Microsoft Project Plus tool, Agile management tool(Rally,Jira)

·         Project burn down chart tools/Rally/Solution Manager

·         Testing Tools: HP Tools (Test Director ,HP QC 10.0,HP ALM 11.0, QTP 9.2) ,Rational IBM Tools (Robot, Rational Test Manager, Clear Case, Clear Quest),Other tools: Microsoft Test Manager, TTP, DIGITE, Test Link, Bugzilla, , ATH (Voice-domain), CAD , Arc GIS, Map Info, Package solutions - SAP R3/Oracle Apps

·         SOAP UI Automation via SOAP Lite/Pro, Web Service test automation

·         Work exposure of server side scripting, Voice xml, HTML, CSH, Microsoft UI Controllers (VB.Net),Automation framework, load runner performance testing, QTP /UFT test automation

·         ERP (Oracle Apps)-Procurement, Purchasing, Payables, T&E, OBIEE Reporting, Web center GL, Financial Account Hub

·         ERP(SAP R3) – SD and MM modules(P2P)

·         Database SQL Server, Visual studio management server technical skills

·         Insurance domain -> Claims, Brokerage renewal ,billing & invoicing, Risk & Insurance, catastrophic components

 

Project Management Skills

WBS based & Software size based estimate approach, Planning & defining scope, scheduling & resource loading, costing & budgeting, creating chart & schedules, risk & mitigation planning, team leadership, managing & working with vendors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recent Employment History for last 5 years with L&T Infotech (Duration – Aug 2011 to Present) :

 

Work assignment’s allocation for L&T Infotech:

 

#

Current Project

US Clients

Role  in Project

Designation

1

Claims Initiation, Agile Program (Current)

TRAVELERS Insurance

Onsite Program QA Lead

Sr. QA Project Manager

2

FIS RIS FT Transformation, Global Risk & Insurance Program

Marsh & McLennan

Onsite Test Manager

Sr. QA Project Manager

3

Current State Assessment –Testing Organization

Westcon

Onsite Sr IT Consultant

QA Project Manager

4

Power of One, SAP Global ERP Program

Viacom MTV Networks

Onsite Global Regression Test Manager

Testing Project Manager

5.

Fiduciary System Replacement program

Marsh & McLennan

Offshore QA PM

Testing Project Manager

6.

BT-Business Transformation & Services: Major ERP transformation

Motorola Mobility

Onsite Testing /QA Manager

Project Manager-Oracle Test Manager

 

 

Work Experience Details

 

Current Project – Agile Program (Claim Initiation-life cycle /Claims IT)

Client: An Insurance leader in the personal, business, financial and international insurance sector

Work Location: Minnesota, US

Duration: Aug’2015 – Present

Role: Program QA Lead

 

Project Desc.

Not to disclose

Role & Contribution

Role :Program QA Lead

·         Performing the product backlog and user story requirement in agile model

·         User story estimation and task allocation for testing team, review and analyze the project requirements

·         Plan and organize the knowledge transfer to the Software Test Engineers and self

·         Design the required test strategy in line with the scope of multi line streams

·         Create the test plan for system & system integration testing, regression testing & user acceptance testing

·          Evaluate and identify the required test automation and test management tools

·         Review the test automation created by the Test Engineers and gets them to address the review comments

·         Own and maintain the test automation suite of the project

·         Schedule and execute the test automation on the project

·         Review defect reports  and assign valid defects to the relevant developer/ development manager

·         Assign returned defect reports and assist the concerned Software Test Engineer, as required

·         Ensure the resolved defects are re-tested

·         Consolidate and report test results to the concerned stakeholders

·         Status dashboard and program governance to client stakeholders

 

 

 

 

Past Projects

 

Project 1: Insurance Major transformation program

Client: A global leader in insurance broking and risk management, NJ US

Duration: Feb’2014 to July ‘2015

Team Size: Core- 30 & Peak -75+

Description

FIS-FT RIS is Functional Transformation program for Risk & Insurance Services, wherein RIS is aiming to have global country roll out of their ERP systems (for Procurement, purchasing, account payables, general ledger, Travel & Expense, Fixed Assets) for 35 + countries.QA and testing engagement of this entire FIS-RIS program is to have quality assurance & testing (system & regression) model for all country roll outs with the roadmap of forming FIS independent Testing practice.

Role & Contribution

 

Role :L&T –RIS QA & Testing Program Manager

 

·         Responsible for winning the proposal with having involvement in RFP estimates & presentation, setting up of entire testing onshore-offshore model, responsible of leading 25 to 75(peak) resources of QA testing+ ERP functional + techno functional resources both from onshore and offshore.

·         Managing testing activities with strategy, project planning, and solutioning in testing models for country to country upgrade & roll out.

·         Responsible for setting up the foundation of independent QA large team, test process set up, test estimations and ensuring delivery assurance.

·         Responsible for setting up testing/defect metrics, governance metrics, governance model, setting up test management, Application life cycle management and automation processes across LOBs.

·         Worked in BA-QA composed model wherein interacted with BAs from multiple geographies to collect requirements to convert into high level and detailed test scenarios.

·         Involved in giving solutions for designing QTP automation framework in integration with ALM QC to form regression test suite.

·         Involved in automation feasibility analysis.

·         Ensuring the project management, effort and cost benefit analysis , earned and burnt value tracking.MPP or project planning/ scheduling , WBS work effort estimation for each release.

 

Project 2: CSA (Current Service Assessment)-Consulting Assignment                      

Client: An American leading distributor of network infrastructure, data center and security solutions, NY US

Duration: 3 Months

Description

Current Service Assessment of testing services followed in Westcon Groups for SAP applications and Non SAP Applications

Role & Contribution

 

Role :Senior Testing Consultant

 

Performed consultancy such as doing Current State Assessment (CSA) which involves analyzing the “As-Is” Process, “Finding Gaps”, “Recommendations” and suggesting “To-be Process. Assessment ensured assessing and checking maturity level as per TMMi testing parameters for mentioned applications along with defining future Testing COE roadmap implementation.

 

Project 3: An upgrade and multicountry roll-out program

Client:  One of the largest media companies in the world, NY, US

Description

SAP test project on Global implementation for media  & entertainment products

Role & Contribution

 

Onsite QA Manager – Global Regression & UAT:

 

·         Project Management Activities, Designing Test Strategy, Test Planning, Test estimation, scheduling, resource loading, costing along with test management & coordination. Responsible for preparing global test strategy applicable to multi country roll outs, responsible for creating test plans specific to testing releases,

·         Setting up testing processes and testing methodologies for end to end testing approach along with defining measurement techniques from coverage perspective  in overall testing program.

·         Setting up compliance processes for tools and testing quality gates.

·         Ensured standard quality mechanism of evaluating effort/unit, productivity factor, standard guidelines and solutions to standardize quality gates with manual and tool specific approaches.

·         Involved in end to end coordination with Business group, IT Team, Project development team, third party vendors and with test teams.

·         Managed directly 25+ and .indirectly vendor IBM team of 30+ during regression and UAT

Team Size

Tools & Technologies /Tracks

Duration

 

20+

ALM-QC 11.0,Citrix tools, MPP

SAP SD-OTC,MM-PTP/SRM/T&E,FI(RTR)

Feb’13 –Oct’13

 

         

 

Project 4: Fiduciary System Replacement program  & Core Brokerage project

Client: A global leader in insurance broking and risk management, NJ-US

Description

QA and testing of FSRP applications in Oracle Revenue Management and Billing (RMB), Oracle Financials & Accounting Hub (FAH).

Role & Contribution

Role :QA Testing Project Manager

 

·         Test Assessment , Test estimation and scheduling ,Test Management

·         Updating and Monitoring Project Plans (MPP), Cost benefit analysis

·         Test strategy and test plan creation, Test scenario designing, conducting defect triaging,

·         Test progress Tracking, Metrics Analysis, Customer Interaction and Governance requirements, functional solutioning.

·         Supervised QA process implementation in terms of following Root Cause Analysis, Reporting/Dashboarding, and

·         Ensuring testing effectiveness in terms of setting up SLAs/OLAs for defect & test measurement.

·         Managed project  financial planning, revenue projection and revenue monitoring, monthly invoicing, project SGM and profit tracking.

 

 

Team Size

Tools & Technologies /Tracks

Duration

 

25 +

Oracle apps R12, Clear Quest, OBIEE,MPP,ETL tool,RMB

Oracle 11i/Oracle 12i ,Msurety, OBIEE Reports

Mar’12 –Jan’13

 

         

 

Project 5: BT-Business Transformation & Services : A Major ERP Transformation

Client: A leading mobile handset manufacturer in USA, Illinois (US)

Description

Testing of Business transformation phase covers end to end testing in Oracle EBS modules and service modules for newly formed single ERP system from multiple old ERP and relevant legacy systems.

Role & Contribution

 

Onsite : QA Project Manager

 

·         Understanding of business requirement, estimation and scheduling of resourcing as well as work breakdown structure.

·         Test strategy and planning for large Business transformation programs, Test execution planning, test designing, execution and defect management,

·         Responsible for creating global template for north America business users as well as helping them to form the local test template

·         Handling customer escalation and deliverables, manage risk & mitigation

·         Involvement in implementing quality assurance processes in terms of setting up quality gates in each phase’s entry-exit criteria, guidelines and measurement metrics process to ensure better quality control of testing program

Team Size

Tools & Technologies /Tracks

Duration

 

35+

Oracle 11i/12i,HP QTP & QC, Minesweeper in-house tool

BT Tracks-SCM-& Finance

BTS- Depot Repair, Service contracts

Sep’11 –Feb’12

 

           

 

Project 6: PMMA ERP Migration testing

Client: A leading electronic technology company, Singapore

Description

Scope involved System Integration Testing phase of upgrade project of 160 report customizations

Role & Contribution

Senior Test Consultant (employee of FUJITSU):-Test planning, Managed test execution effort and deliverables.

Team Size

Tools & Technologies /Tracks

Duration

 

10+

Jira, Quality Center, TTP

AP,AR,GL Reports

May’11 –Aug’11

 

         

 

Project 7: A development project of Australian government Agency in transport domain.

Client: Australian Government Agency, Sydney/Canberra

Description

Scope involved Vendor System Testing (VST) and UAT on newly developed application-DDBI, integrated with online applications of Road Transport of AU Govt which involved development and testing of new plate’s registration/replacing restyling and ordering new plates with direct delivery business as well as registry business.

Role & Contribution

Senior Test Consultant (employee of FUJITSU):- Leading testing activities for both web end and legacy drives end. Prepared test strategy and test plans for VST phase and implemented various testing measurement techniques for RTA test processes. Location: Sydney and Canberra

Team Size

Tools & Technologies /Tracks

Duration

 

15+

Jira, TTP, Soap UI test framework

Flex-Java, Citrix demand & supply of components in Transport domain

Sep’10-Apr’11

 

         

 

Project 8: Ivory Program (A major transformation global program)

Client: A major multinational mass media and information firm, powered by the world's most trusted news organization. Work Location: UK & US

Description

Project Ivory ,a major transformation program, executed from multi-locations across the globe  to test all the service integrated media applications migrated from the old devices to the new devices

Role & Contribution

Onsite COE QA Lead /Sr .Test Consultant at 1.) Newyork-US and 2.) London-UK:-Leading test activities for pre-prod and prod environment for Component System Testing, Integration Testing, Pre-release /Release Phase. Responsible for leading end t