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PRATYUSHA CHERUKURI
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
6 yrs experience in testing related technologies.
Excellent working knowledge of Test Design, Methodologies and Test
Concepts.
Expertise in Test Development, Black box testing, Server Application
Testing, QA & test activities.
Extensive experience in Developing Test Automations and implementing
test cases.
Good communication, interpersonal skills and quick learner.
Experience in interacting with Clients both at onsite and offshore,
cross group collaborations and meeting tight schedules.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Nov 2008 Oct 2009 Computer Associates, Hyderabad
Senior Quality Analyst
Worked on CA Clarity PPM product and developing test cases and
contributing to the Test Strategy for the various new enhancements in the
product.
Sep 2003 - Oct 2008 Wipro Technologies Ltd., Hyderabad
Client: Microsoft
Senior Software Engineer
Worked for the client, Microsoft in the Windows project owning
functional areas and ensuring quality for major releases.
Contributed for major projects like Server 03 SP2, XP SP3, Vista SP1
and various GDRs and Redist.
Worked on Test Development, Test Automations, Test Design and organized
various quality initiatives across teams. Jan 2004-Till Date Oracle India
Pvt. Ltd. Hyderabad
Applications Engineer
Working for the Architecture Team in Oracle Applications involving
Research and Development.
Contributed for the High-level design, Low-level design,
implementation, integration and testing for various features and sub-products.
Sep 2003-Jan 2004 Cognizant Technology Solutions Hyderabad
Programmer Analyst
Worked for client American Express in the Financial Account and
Brokerage Application Maintenance.
Contributed in the maintenance activities like Bug fixing, Enhancements
and production issues.
SKILLS
Programming Languages: C#.NET, C++
Operating Environments: Windows Server 2003/XP/2000/Vista
Other Technologies : WTT (Windows Test Technologies which is a distributed
test automation framework for test case management), JIRA(Tool for Test Case
Management, Resource and Project Management), Quality Center.
ACHIEVEMENTS
Won Feather in My Cap Award twice for being instrumental in analyzing and
implementing successfully Server Applications testing and developing Test Cases
for Microsoft AppCompat Project.
Won Thanks A Zillion Encore Award in recognition of excellent contribution
towards managing the team in Stress and Self host testing and Hardware tracking
for Microsoft Project.
Received Award of Thanks from Principal Test Manager at Microsoft for
implementing robust and efficient testing implementation reducing costs.
Received many Client (Microsoft) Appreciations and the recognition for the
contribution in various projects.
STRENGTHS
Good Analytical and Problem solving skills
Ability to adapt to new technologies and environment.
Self-reliance, self-motivation and self-confidence.
Good communication and Interpersonal skills
Excellent team member, quick learner and hard working.
PROJECTS
Project Name: Clarity
Role: Senior QA
Organization: Computer Associates
Duration: 12 Months
Team Size: 25
Project Description: Clarity is one of the Leading IT solutions providers which
include Portfolio Management, Project Management and Financial Management of the
services. The Clarity application is comprised of nine modules, five of which
are
used by people throughout your organization, while the others are used to
configure and extend the system, automate processes with workflows,
and to seamlessly integrate with adjacent systems
Responsibilities:
Automating the test cases using WATIJ.
Estimation of testing efforts.
Analysis of new enhancements and testing them.
Testing the Application in Major releases and fix packs and Hotfix.
Modify existing automated test cases and add new ones to better quality or
improve coverage of given features
Involved in Upgrade and Performance testing.
Involved in Regression testing, Sanity testing, Adoc tesing, XOG (XML OPEN
GATEWAY) testing
Writing and Execution of Test Cases.
Project Name: PC Health
Client: Microsoft.
Role: SDET
Organization Wipro Technologies
Duration 12 months
Team Size 15
Project Description: Windows Sustenance Engineering is a group which takes over
the Windows operating system from the Core team after the Release to Market build
and maintains it by releasing Service packs, hot fixes, General Distribution
Rights and Windows Updates as and when required. AppCompat testing primarily
involves testing of applications on various Microsoft Operating System SKUs (like
WS03 (STD,ENT,DC), XP, Vista), Service packs, Hot fixes, Security RollUp packages
(SRP) and various other types of updates/patches. During execution phase we
analyze and execute various test cases, and write other relevant test cases
depending on the test pass. The testing methodology followed is usually WET
(Windows Exploratory Testing)
Responsibilities:
Developed new automation test cases and Automation frame work using C#
Reproduce complicated or not well described issues
Debugs the system and narrow down problems and identify possible mitigation
strategy
Develop new automated test case into the harness.
Modify existing automated test cases and add new ones to better quality or
improve coverage of given features.
Prioritize issues and resource-balance.
Make recommendations on increasing test coverage and/or shortening execution
time.
Project Name: Windows Test Technology Migration
Client: Microsoft
Role: Member of WTT Migration Team
Organization: Wipro Technologies
Duration: 4 months
Team Size: 15
Project Description:
WTT is an automation system which encompasses features for test case management,
test case automation, test case development, and lab management.
Responsibilities:
Took transition from core team and implemented set up in Wipro ODC
Giving transition to Wipro component owners to move automated test cases for
WTT compliant
Maintaining different OS builds, creating slipstream installations for various
SKUs
Point of contact for AppCompat team for any issues with WTT.
Project Name: Windows Sustained Engineering AppCompat, W2k/WS03 Server Apps
Client: Microsoft
Role: SDET
Organization: Wipro Technologies
Duration: 3 years
Team Size: 14
Environment:Windows 2000/Windows 2003
Project Description:
Windows Sustenance Engineering is a group which takes over the Windows operating
system from the Core team after the Release to Market build and maintains it by
releasing Service packs, hot fixes, General Distribution Rights and Windows
Updates as and when required. AppCompat Server app testing primarily involves
testing of applications on various Microsoft Operating System (WS03) (SKUs viz.,
STD, ENT, DC, WEB), (Win 2000) (SKUs viz., SRV, ADVSRV) Service packs, Hot fixes,
Security Rollup packages (SRP) and various other types of updates/patches. Server
App testing involves Installing and Configuring the server applications as well
as testing them for compatibility issues. During execution phase we analyze and
execute various test cases, and write other relevant test cases depending on the
test pass. The testing methodology followed is Exploratory Testing with emphasis
on effected binaries.
Responsibilities:
Test Requirement Analysis: Detailed Study of the Clients request on the
logged issues and understand the criticality of the issues.
Preparing the test strategy and test plan for Server Apps. Test Case design
for the appropriate applications affected by that particular release (Packages).
Writing Test cases by analyzing the impacted areas of the Operating System and
also by understanding the functionality of the applications.
Executing of manual test cases for Server Applications.
Review test results for quality assurance and submit review reports.
Work on hot fixes, Private fixes being released from Microsoft and tested
these packages to ensure that fix is proper and not leading for any regression.
Identify, investigate, triage and prioritize bugs.
Communicate with MS IDC - Software Design Engineers to resolve issues
efficiently.
Involve in the bug life cycle activity, where I contributed to add the new
tests to fill the test holes for testing the functionality of the component.
Project Name: Windows Sustained Engineering AppCompat - Desktop Apps
Client: Microsoft
Role: Testing Engineer
Organization: Wipro Technologies
Duration: 1Year
Team Size: 30
Environment: Windows 2003/ XP/ 2000 / 9x
Project Description:
Windows Sustenance Engineering is a group which takes over the Windows operating
system from the Core team after the Release to Market build and maintains it by
releasing Service packs, hot fixes, General Distribution Rights and Windows
Updates as and when required. AppCompat testing primarily involves testing of
applications on various Microsoft Operating System SKUs (like WS03 (STD, ENT,
DC), XP, W2k), Service packs, Hot fixes, Security Rollup packages (SRP) and
various other types of updates/patches. During execution phase we analyze and
execute various test cases, and write other relevant test cases depending on the
test pass. The testing methodology followed in AppCompat is usually WET (Windows
Exploratory Testing).
Responsibilities:
Test Requirement Analysis: Detailed Study of the Clients request on the
logged issues and understand the criticality of the issues.
Preparing the test strategy and test plan. Test Case design for the
appropriate applications affected by that particular release (Packages).
Writing Test cases by analyzing the impacted areas of the Operating System and
also by understanding the functionality of the applications.
Review test results for quality assurance and submit review reports.
Identify, investigate, triage and prioritize bugs.
Worked rigorously to reproduce the customer reported scenarios and fixes for
such bugs are tested in depth.
Involve in the bug life cycle activity, where I contributed to add the new
tests to fill the test holes for testing the functionality of the component.
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