NML QA expectations

Posted on 17 January 2020

Expectations of QAs

Expectations:

NML time should be managed in the best interest of NML and its Clients
Testing should be done diligently and with meticulous attention to detail
Hours should be logged accurately in Harvest for billing purposes.
Commitment to being productive for at least 40 hours in the week
Even though flexitime is provided in terms of arrival, employees are required to arrive at work by 09:30
Employees should stay until 16:00 and work their 8-hour day within the office to ensure optimal team collaboration.
Lunch and smoke breaks are excluded from your 8-hour work day.
Give notice of your proposed leave preferably 1 month in advance. Alternatively, as much notice as possible.
Ask Claudia for a Leave Form and she needs to write your available days on the form.
Inform head of QA of proposed leave and discuss contingency plan
Complete form with note about the contingency plan and submit to PM

Analysis of requirements to ensure full requirement coverage & traceability within Azure DevOps Test Plan
Create, Review & Execute Test cases within Azure DevOps Test Plan
Create Regression Test Plan & Release Plan within Azure DevOps
Create Test Tasks & Test Cases Per User Story within Azure DevOps
Communicate with Role Players to define Test scenarios & Test cases by liaising with SME's to understand: Requirements / User stories / Acceptance criteria
End to end testing of systems, products and services
Responsible for creation of Test Plans & Test Summary Reports
Execute Test cases to cover all Requirements
Log defects & Creating Incident Reports within Azure DevOps
Logging defects throughout the SDLC by Retesting defects
Create Test Summary Reports to Communicate Status of Testing
Maintain test quality and testing best practices according to NML see NML Doc Site
Ensure that all software performs as expected
Communicate with external and internal clients as necessary
Attend daily or Virtual stand-ups, Iteration / Sprint Planning, Sprint Retrospectives;
Assist with training in user acceptance testing and share product knowledge
Manage Defects and management of test results.
Prepare Test Status Reports on the results of test activities.
Log hours Correctly in Harvest Daily
Work closely with Business Users/PM’s and assist with the coordination of UAT during Sprints / Releases