IT Quality Test Analyst at Pepkor Payments & Lending

Requirements

Test Planning

Produce project test plans by:

• Identifying the objectives of testing and the specification of test activities in order to meet the project objectives.
• Integrating and coordinating the testing activities into the software life cycle activities.
• Defining the amount, level of detail and templates for the test documentation.
• Setting the level of detail for test procedures in order to provide enough information to support reproducible test preparation and execution.
• Determine the activities required to successfully meet the objectives of the project.
• Scheduling test case analysis and design.
• Scheduling test execution.
• Monitor testing activities throughout the project.
• Creation of the relevant test project in the applicable test management tool, together with applicable sub structure.
• Assist automation team with automated regression initiatives (for e.g., assisting with the application and business landscape).
• Include non-functional test planning within scope of testing.

Test Analysis and Design

• Reviewing the test basis (such as requirements, design, interface specifications).
• Evaluating testability of the test basis and test objects.
• Identifying and prioritising test conditions based on analysis of test items, the specification, behaviour, and structure of the software.
• Designing and prioritizing high level test cases.
• Identifying necessary test data to support the test conditions and test cases.
• Designing the test environment set-up and identifying any required infrastructure and tools.
• Creating bi-directional traceability between test basis and test cases.
• Be able to derive non-functional testing requirements from the applicable test basis.

Test Implementation and Execution

• Finalising, implementing and prioritising test cases (including the identification of test data).
• Developing and prioritising test procedures.
• Creating test suites from the test procedures for efficient test execution.
• Verifying that the test environment has been set up correctly.
• Executing test procedures according to the planned sequence (functional testing).
• Logging the outcome of test execution and recording the test results.
• Comparing actual results with expected results.
• Reporting discrepancies as defects and analysing them in order to establish their cause (e.g., a defect in the code, in specified test data, in the test document, or a mistake in the way the test was executed).
• Repeating test activities as a result of action taken for each discrepancy, for example, re-execution of a test that previously failed in order to confirm a fix (confirmation testing).
• Execution of a corrected test and/or execution of tests in order to ensure that defects have not been introduced in unchanged areas of the software or that defect fixing did not uncover other defects (regression testing).
• Ensuring the project in the applicable test management tool is up to date and reflects the correct test execution status.
• Assist automation test team with performing non-functional testing.

Evaluating Exit Criteria

• Assess the test execution against the defined objectives for each level of testing to determine if enough testing has been done.
• Check if defects raised have been resolved, confirmation tested, or are outstanding.
• Preparation of test coverage and clearance reports (functional and non-functional).
• Preparation of defect status report.

Test Closure

• Finalising and archiving test results for later reuse.
• Analysing lessons learned to determine changes needed for future releases and projects.
• Using the information gathered to improve test maturity.
• Maintenance of the regression test suite post signoff.
• Assisting with post deployment (to production) sanity testing.

Qualifications & Experience

• 3-year Tertiary Qualification in a relevant financial/IT Related field of study
• ISTQB Foundation Certification in Software Testing
• 4 years’+ experience in the Software Testing discipline
• Automation testing exposure
• Exposure to an agile development methodology (example Scrum)