QA Test Lead/Analyst

Link Technologies is currently seeking a QA Test Lead/Analyst for a contract assignment with a Hospitality/Gaming organization in Las Vegas, NV.

TEST LEAD ROLE

EXPLANATION OF ROLE

As a Test Lead (TL) you are responsible for managing the testing/quality effort for a given project.  This generally includes some of the following:

- Owner of overall Test Plan
- Acts as the Voice of Quality on the project
- Manages testing logistics
- Mentors resources on testing activities and tools
- Liaises with the Release Owner
- Provides timely input to the Project Leadership team for decision-making, issue resolution, and information gathering
- Manages the Testing Team to ensure testing Entry, Exit, and Acceptance criteria are defined, approved, and met for each Testing Phase

DETAILED ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

- The test lead will be responsible for the following project documentation:
- Weekly test status reports to the Dev Lead and Project Manager
- These may become daily during test execution cycles
- Detailed Test Plan documentation
- Creation of detailed testing tasks, dates, and ownership for the project plan
- The test lead will be responsible for leading testing efforts. This may include, but is not limited to, the following:
- Daily testing meetings
- Defect prioritization
- Defect Analysis
- Review and planning of testing scenarios/cycles
- Tracking completion of test scripts
- Planning detailed testing dates and dependencies
- Facilitation of test environment set up
- Ensuring test data is obtained
- Responsible for testing logistics (facilities, testing lab, etc.)
- Ensuring testing groups follow all documented standards
- Assisting with the development of new testing standards as appropriate
- Mentoring resources on testing activities
- Identifying and assisting with the resolution of risks and issues associated with testing
- Identifying conflicts and resolution ideas associated with concurrent activities
- Tracking plan tasks (specifically related to testing) and raising any issues with slipping dates
- Facilitates user testing sessions
- Liaises with the Release Owner
- Ensures necessary information is provided in a timely manner to the Project Management group for decision-making, issue resolution and information gathering.
- Works with the Dev Lead and Project Management group to ensure timely resolution of issues and defects
- Works with the testing team, to ensure Testing Acceptance criteria are defined and met.

Specific measurable objectives for the project assignment evaluation are:

- Complete/Approved Test Plan document
- Completed Verification activities as outlined in the Test Plan
- Complete/Approved Testing Cycles as documented in the Test Plan

CHARACTERISTICS OF THIS RESOURCE

- Strong analytical skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Processes ideas from people
- Shows a natural interest
- Listens well
- Maintains control
- Creativity
- Finds fault with things
- Ability to think outside the box
- Handles uncertainty
- Great conflict resolution skills
- Good understanding of project management techniques
- Devoted to the process
- Understands and constantly sells the process

REQUIREMENTS ANALYST ROLE

EXPLANATION OF ROLE

As a Requirements Analyst (RA) you are responsible for eliciting, documenting, and obtaining approval on all of the requirements for a given project.  This generally includes some of the following:

- Identification of the correct stakeholders
- Work sessions and/or meetings to elicit the requirements
- Document all project requirements using standard templates
- Work with stakeholders to assign the correct priority
- Work with stakeholders to receive approval on the requirements
- Review requirements with the technical team to ensure they understand what is being requested

DETAILED ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

- Prepare detailed requirements from which programmers use to write, design, code, test and debug the most complex programs.
- Demonstrate complex problem-solving skills by defining possible technical solutions to business issues, suggestions, requests
- Participate in functional designs and system analysis involving automated and non-automated solutions.
- Maintain and develop relationship with clients, users and other IT. employees, company-wide. Act as a liaison between IT. and user/client areas.
- Maintain frequent high quality communications with clients and all other affected individuals/areas of projects and support, including project meetings, project plans, financial performance, project scope and key assumptions, dates, etc.
- Establish and maintain good working relationship with clients, vendors, users, service providers, product managers and engineering team members.
- Lead the overall vision, planning, orchestration, and execution of all aspects of the workshop/meeting. Serve as the key stakeholder's primary point of contact for delivery of the workshop/meeting results. Can play the facilitator role during the actual running of large group sessions - including leading the interviews/discussion, sharing outputs/next steps, etc.
- Facilitate large group requirement gathering sessions and provide strategic context for stakeholder feedback. Ensure synchronization with overall business objectives.

Specific measurable objectives for the project assignment evaluation are:

- Complete/Approved Requirements document
- Complete/Approved Use Case document, as needed
- Complete/Approved mock up screens and reports, as needed

CHARACTERISTICS OF THIS RESOURCE

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Processes ideas from people
- Shows a natural interest
- Listens well
- Maintains control
- Empowers the group
- Handles uncertainty
- Is quick to connect with the group
- Focuses on the business not their own solutions
- Great conflict resolution skills
- Good understanding of project management techniques
- Devoted to the process
- Understands and constantly sells the process