Last update: 06.09.2022
CarSystems is one of the leading providers of Garage Management Software (GMS) in the Netherlands. The software provides shop owners all activities that can be done in a car shop like: manage work orders, order parts, add and remove accounts, manage vehicles, buy and sell cars.
The size of the GMS grows. The development method chosen is Scrum. Testing/QA proves to be a growing issue, because the teams cannot manage QA properly themselves. My job is to introduce and set up agile testing/quality assurance within the teams.
- Set up functional testing within the teams. Get the load off the PO.
- Manage and monitor the scrum process. Putting responsibilities at the correct roles.
- Steer the teams to become more mature in the scrum process, steer focus.
- Pick up functional QA, Set up feedback loops, get the teams to focus on QA, etc.
- Set up computer aided testing for regression tests and release tests
Systems
Cloud based application, Garage Management System (GMS), Jira, several browsers, several devices, Office, Selenium Web driver, Eclipse, Cypress, VS Code
Techniques
Dev-Test sessions, Stand-up, Planning, Review, Retro, Refinements, RRBT, Heuristic testing, Exploratory testing
Methods
Agile/Scrum, Iterative deliveries, ISTQB, V-Model
Yara is one of the largest premium fertilizer producers and providers in the world. Yara has several locations in Europe (No, Sw, Dk, Bul, Be, Nl, Fr, Sp, Pol) and South-America.
An agronomical tool is being developed, NMP (Nutrient Management Plan). NMP is a complex calculation module, embedded in a web application. The calculation module advises how much N, P, K, Mg, S and CaO has to be added to the soil for an optimal yield, without impacting the environment.
Since the input variables are almost analogue and the input variables also differ per region, the calculation module exists of a number of algorithms that are interdependent. The tool will first be developed for Germany.
- Setup and managing functional testing.
- Setup and managing automated testing.
- Daily stand-up meetings.
- End to end testing of integrated applications.
- Test execution of the calculation module, the website, legal documentation.
- Regular travel to Brussels, Dulmen, Warsaw, Varna and Paris.
Systems
Internet, MyYara, NMP, Shopify, Jira, Confluence, several browsers, several devices, Microsoft ALM Team Services, Office, Selenium Web driver, Eclipse.
Techniques
Daily call’s, Planning, Risk analysis, Risk requirement based testing, Heuristic testing.
Methods
TMap, ISTQB, Agile/Scrum, Iterative development, V-model.Proximus has a customer portal on which customers can log in, monitor and amend their products, pay bills and buy new packs, etc. The platform is updated with new functionalities for the customer.
- Setup and execution of the user acceptance tests.
- Setup and execution of complex test scenarios.
- Creation of test data.
- End to end testing.
- Reporting.
Projects
MyAccounts, Perso2 recommendations, MyUsage, MyBilling, Greenbill, Prepaid ID, Loyalty program, etc.
Systems
HP Quality Center ALM 11.5, Excel, Sharepoint, IE, Chrome, Firefox, Android, iOS, MyProximus.
Techniques
Project meetings, Defect meetings, Dataflow, Elementary comparison, Decision tables.
Methods
TMap, ISTQB, Scrum on ITT (new OTAP), Waterfall on EDS (old OTAP).Oracle integration of a third-party supplier in the Oracle EBS of Starbucks.
- Managing testers offshore, onshore, the supplier and the Starbucks team.
- Managing interface testing.
- Creation of test plans.
- Team: 3 offshore, 2 onshore, supplier.
Systems
Oracle EBS, HP Quality Center ALM, Excel, Sharepoint.
Techniques
Daily call’s, Planning, Risk analysis.
Methods
TMap, ISTQB, Waterfall, Daily calls, Reporting
Clerical Medical and Heidelberger Leben have become Heidelberger Leben Service Management (HLSM). HLSM services life insurance companies in updating and managing their life policy systems.
The task is the organization, administration, and supervision of the people, processes, and technologies, which when combined into a comprehensive plan, provides the business and technical functions needed to successfully achieve what a client expects to receive.
In bullet points:
- Test and development SME (test management, development management).
- Analysing the structure of development and testing.
- Improving the development and testing structures and procedures.
- Improving the development and testing processes (process management).
- Off-shore partner management of testing and development (HCL).
- Resource coordination.
- Release coordination.
- Governance control.
- Change control board.
- Project planning.
- Team: 15 offshore, 5 onshore, 2 PM’s and the release team.
Systems
HP Quality Centre, MS Project, Sharepoint, Excel, Powerpoint, Life400 / Class, Titan, eVals.
Techniques
Auditing, Project planning, DFT, EVT, Risk analysis.
Methods
TMap, ISTQB, V-Model, Waterfall, Test process improvement, Gantt planning, Review sessions, Early test plans, Early test case designs, Daily calls, Test- and development reporting.Setting up and executing business test cases in an agile project ‘Touch’ for multiple browsers, devices and OSs in a team of on-shore and off-shore testers.
- Daily stand-ups, two-weekly sprints, two-weekly retrospectives.
- Confluence for specifications.
- Creation of test scenario’s in Quality Centre ALM.
- Creation of a test process analysis.
- Test execution of the KBC Mobile application.
- Heuristic test approach of mobile application tests.
- Team: 4 off-shore, 4 on-shore.
Systems
HP QC ALM, TestFlight, iPad, iPhone, Mac, Android, Windows phone, Windows 8, Firefox, Chrome, IE8, IE9, IE10, Safari.
Techniques
Agile testing, Scrum, Stand-ups, Retrospectives, Heuristic testing, Decision tables, Dataflow, Elementary comparison, Brainstorm sessions, Sparring sessions, Planning poker.
Methods
TMap, ISTQB, TPI (Test process improvement).
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