Ian Harris

Ian Harris

Test Analyst

About

Was a highly focused ISEB / ISTQB qualified contract Business Test Analyst with over 26 years experience developed in the UK’s utility industries, financial services sector and Welsh government, now officially RETIRED. Full hands-on software development life cycle (SDLC) experience incorporating Waterfall, V-model, Incremental and Agile methodologies, successfully planning, testing, implementing and supporting many business critical projects and business change programs. Able to build and manage stakeholder relationships, gather, analyse and document business requirements, translate as-is and to-be business processes, define use cases and data flow diagrams and convert these into test conditions, test cases and test scripts. Proficient in the creation of project test deliverables, ie. Test Approach and Strategy, Test Plans and Test Exit Reports. Proven ability to complete projects to the highest standards with meticulous attention to detail and deliver within agreed timescales. Excellent analysis, organisation, communication and documentation skills and also proficient in the use of project management tools; Azure DevOps, Smartbear QA Complete and HP Quality Centre.

Country

United Kingdom

City

Cwmbrân

Industry

Information Technology & Services

Skill

User Acceptance Testing, Regression Testing, Quality Center, HP Quality Center, ISEB, Testing, System Testing, V-Model, Business Requirements, Agile Testing, Integration, Test Planning, Test Management, System Integration Testing, Test Strategy, Test Execution, Non-functional Testing, Test Estimation, ISTQB Certified, Waterfall

Experience

Natural Resources Wales

Test Analyst

Natural Resources Wales

2015-1 - 2022-5 · 7 yrs 5 mos

Cardiff, United Kingdom

Department - Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Program – Development and Innovation (D&I) . Projects (MS Dynamics 365 - CRM): Waste Carriers Brokers and Dealers (WCBD) - Water Environment Monitoring System (WEMS) - Timber Sales System (TSSv2). . Projects (Other): Customer Identity Management Service (CIMS/B2C), ie. a MS Azure facility providing authentication to NRW's web portal - CIMS Administration system - Waste Carrier Portal (WCP), ie. web application service accessed via CIMS - Content Management System (CMS), ie. Umbraco upgrade - NRW website & Wales Coastal Path, ie. WCAG2.1 compliance - Flood Risk Assessment Wales Data Management (FRAW DM). Program – Transformation . Projects (MS Dynamics 365 - CRM): Permitting solutions Waste & Installations, Water Abstraction, Water Quality (Water Discharge Activities & Landspreading) regimes - Timber Management Package (TMP v1 (MVP) & v1.5) encompassing incoming / outgoing API's, ie. eFIDS, eSales and Justfone plus feed to NRW Finance team. . Projects (Other): Subsistence Billing solution encompassing API's to NRW Finance (MyNRW / Agresso) & CARS database - Wiski. Program - Transition . Projects (MS Dynamics 365 - CRM): - Waste Exemptions - Waste Returns . Projects (Other): Wales Coast Path website (lift & shift) - Waste Carriers & Brokers - GIS upgrade - NRW website improvement. Description - Rationalise & modernise NRW's ICT estate using Microsoft Azure cloud based platforms following merger of the Environment Agency Wales, Countryside Council for Wales and Forestry Commission Wales & associated legacy systems. Development methodology - Agile (up to 12 sprints). Functional testing - Static, Smoke, PAT/ Sprint, UAT, End To End (incl System Integration), Exploratory, Live Data Testing (LDT), Comparative (Billing) and Regression. Non-functional testing (NFR) - Accessibility, Compatibility (BrowserStack, WAVE), Operational Acceptance Testing (OAT), Performance & Load, Security / Penetration and Usability.

Lloyds Banking Group

Business Test Analyst

Lloyds Banking Group

LinkedIn
2014-8 - 2014-12 · 5 mos

Bristol, United Kingdom

Program – HR Transformation Project – MI Reporting Description - Replacement of the HR Core Administration System with a SAP Business Warehouse (SAP BW) solution. Summary - Based on an agile approach to development and technical testing with business test and implementation based on the waterfall model. MI reports launched in SAP BExWeb, InfoObjects (prompts, key figures, characteristics and fixed filters) validated against functional specs and in BEx Query Designer, data modelling validated against SAP BW InfoProviders (InfoCubes), output reconciled to source systems via SAP BW GUI front end transactions. ABAP (Advanced Business Application Programming) data feeds – launched via SAP GUI front end, characteristics and key figures validated against functional specs, output reconciled to source systems via SAP BW GUI transactions. BOBJ (Business Objects) data feeds - WEBI (Web Intelligence) reports executed via BI launch pad, InfoObjects (prompts, key figures, characteristics and fixed filters) validated against functional specs and in BEx Query Designer, output reconciled to source systems via SAP BW GUI transactions. Adhoc Webi reports – executed in SAP BEx Web, report characteristics, key figures and default values evaluated, data modelling interrogated against SAP BW InfoProviders (InfoCubes), output reconciled to source systems via SAP BW GUI front end transactions. Development models - Agile (dev), Waterfall (test) Testing - Static, UAT, BAT, AdHoc Status - Testing of releases 1, 2 and 3 successfully completed.

Harrian Limited

Business Analysis

Harrian Limited

2014-6 - 2014-7 · 2 mos

Llantanam, Cwmbran, Torfaen.

Course details: Name - BCS ISEB Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis Supplier - Assist e-Learning & Reed.co.uk Type - Online 30 day course Exam date - 25.07.2014 Exam result - Pass

Lloyds Bank

Senior Test Analyst

Lloyds Bank

LinkedIn
2013-9 - 2014-4 · 8 mos

Bristol, United Kingdom

Project - SME Network Simplification (SMENS) - System Segmentation Description - New SME and RBB target operating model within Commercial and Retail Banking divisions incorporating existing and new sector and segments. Summary - Document test model confirming test coverage, identifying front end applications and back end processes impacted by changes, perform testing within a controlled test environment. Development model - V-model. Testing - Static, UAT, BAT, Stakeholder & Regression. Status - Testing successfully completed, SMENS changes deployed into Live.

Lloyds Bank

Senior Test Analyst

Lloyds Bank

LinkedIn
2013-6 - 2013-8 · 3 mos

Bristol, United Kingdom

Project - LBG Rebranding Description - Rebranding of Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking following creation of new TSB Bank. Summary - For all Commercial internal and customer facing applications as well as all Commercial printed output including legal mandates and terms and conditions, test and prove Lloyds rebranding requirements have successfully been deployed and BOS branding remains unchanged. Development model - V-model. Testing - Static, UAT, BAT & Regression. Status - Testing successfully completed, Rebranding changes deployed into Live.

Lloyds Bank

Senior Test Analyst

Lloyds Bank

LinkedIn
2012-5 - 2013-5 · 1 yr 1 mo

Bristol

Project - Verde (Product Transition and Separation Day phases). Description - Creation of new Verde bank, transition to new products and separation of data and applications. Summary - Within a controlled environment, tested Verde code changes deployed against ITFR & Dependancy work stream applications in preparation of PT and SD implementation. Development model - V-model. Testing - SIT, UAT, BAT & Regression. Status - Testing successfully completed, new Verde Bank deployed into Live.

Lloyds Bank

Test Analyst

Lloyds Bank

LinkedIn
2009-10 - 2012-5 · 2 yrs 8 mos

Bristol

Project - Galaxy Description - New Commercial internet banking platform for LTSB and Bank Of Scotland brands. Summary - Engaged in workshop reviews validating business requirements, online security, user journeys, use cases, page layouts, wireframes, copy decks and print specs. Mapped E2E business process tests against workflow specs integrating many systems and applications. Provided impact assessments to change requests. Tested the new IB platform via front end input through to back end processing and delivery of 3rd party collateral. Engaged with Internet Banking Centre (IBC) verifying current procedures, validating changes and supporting IBC stakeholders. Following successful deployment to Live, tested and supported implementation of new IB initiatives, eg. Online Payment Control (OPC). Development model - Agile. Testing - Static, Web, Digital Banking, Content, Business Process, SIT, UAT, BAT, Stakeholder, Non-Functional (Functionality, Usability, Security) and Regression. Status - Testing successfully completed, new Commercial internet banking platform deployed to Live.

Harrian Limited

Test Analyst

Harrian Limited

2009-11 - 2009-11 · 1 mo

Llantarnam, Cwmbran, Torfaen.

Course details: Name - BCS ISEB / ISTQB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing. Supplier - Prometric Type - 3 day residential. Exam date - 21.11.2009 Exam result - Pass

Lloyds Bank

Test Analyst

Lloyds Bank

LinkedIn
2007-10 - 2009-7 · 1 yr 10 mos

Bristol

Programme - Commercial Transformation Programme (CTP): Project - Commercial Account Opening (CAO), Project - Commercial Lending (CL). Description - CAO, an internal E2E data capture & data validation system opening commercial primary and secondary accounts in real time. CL, straight through processing of commercial card, loan and overdraft applications. Development model - V-model. Testing - Static, Use Case, Business Process, UAT, Stakeholder, Non-Functional (Functionality, Reliability, Usability, Security) and Regression. Status - Testing successfully completed, CAO and CL applications deployed to Live.

RWE

Senior Test Analyst

RWE

LinkedIn
2006-2 - 2006-5 · 4 mos

Swindon

Project - OpenLink Endur. Description - Successful implementation of version 7.5 to the risk management trading system. Development model - Incremental. Testing - Quality Center co-ordinator, Static, UAT, BAT, Stakeholder and Regression. Status - Successfully deployed.

npower

Test Analyst

npower

LinkedIn
2005-4 - 2006-2 · 11 mos

Kingswinford & Worcester

Project - Quarterly Billing system maintenance. Description - Successful implementation of Regulatory changes. Development model - Agile. Testing - System, UAT and Regression. Status - Regulatory changes successfully deployed.

Lloyds TSB C&G

Test Analyst

Lloyds TSB C&G

2004-4 - 2004-12 · 9 mos

Gloucester

Project - Mortgage De-Regulation. Description - Successfully implemented FSA regulatory changes to the Unisys Financial Services System (UFSS). Development model - Waterfall. Testing - Static, UAT and Regression. Status - Regulatory changes successfully deployed.

npower

Test Analyst

npower

LinkedIn
2001-3 - 2004-4 · 3 yrs 2 mos

Kingswinford, Staffordshire

Project - Quarterly Billing system maintenance. Description - Successful implementation of MRA changes. Development model - Agile. Testing - Static, System Test, UAT and Regression. Status - Business changes successfully deployed.

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