Pauravi (Pari) Shah

Experience

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  Compuware

  Sept 1999 - Oct 2006

  QA Analyst

  QA/Tester for Compuware's Automation Test Tool "TestPartner".Participated in CMMI level 2 certification initiatives.

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  Expeditors International

  Nov 2006 - May 2011

  Quality Assurance Specialist

  • Involved in a project that uses agile and rapid application development, daily scrum, and Test Driven development approaches.• Involved in Automated testing:UI Automation – create, maintain and execute scripts for automated regression test coverage. SOA and web service automation – plan, develop, maintain, execute and gather metrics on automated functional, integration and regression testing of our application and services using Parasoft’s SOAtest and Webtest.• Test metrics gathering and reporting.• Training and mentoring colleagues.Test Environment:Tools: * Parasoft's SOAtest and Webtest, IBM's Rational Robot, Bugzilla.Database: DB2 UDBOperating System: Windows XP and Windows 7Other: Microsoft Word, Excel, Visio, Project, PowerPoint. Eclipse, and CVS. Show less

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  Costco Wholesale

  May 2011 - now

  As a Business Analyst, I work closely with business stakeholders, other Costco IT departments and the Enterprise Data Management teams in efforts to deliver data and reporting solutions to business stakeholders and end users.My Job Responsibilities include: 1. Plan and prioritizes product feature backlog for development of requirements and business process change management plans using Agile processes.2. Participate in requirements gathering workshops. Identify and understand business and requirement needs. 3. Lead functional and business requirements gathering sessions.4. Develop business analysis artifacts (use cases, business models, flow charts, etc.) to document “as-is” and “to-be” requirements and change management plans for projects and functional areas.5. Prioritize requirements effectively based on appropriately identified factors (estimation points, business needs, product backlog, etc.). Document and communicate risks and issues that may require changes to plans or scope. 6. Ensure that all requirements support the delivery of business value, fulfills goals and objectives and meets stakeholder needs.7. Lead and participate in User Acceptance sessions for confirmation of requirements implementation prior to deployment. Show less I am currently involved in the QC and QA activities related to Costco's eCommerce application which is currently being re-engineered with IBM's Websphere Commerce solution. My tasks and responsibilities include:* Participating in all the phases of an agile test development life cycle for various functional areas.* Story and task creation for each iteration and attending daily scrums.* Automated and manual Web service testing.* Automated smoke testing using HP - Quick Test Pro and HP - ALM.* Smoke, component, system, integration, regression and usablity testing of a complex, multi-tier, multi-platform system.* Creation of test related documentation and test reporting.* Helping train and mentor team members.Test Environment:Tools: * Test Case Management using HP Application Lifecycle Management suite of tools (formerly called "Quality Center").* Automated UI testing using Quick Test Pro.* Automated web service testing using soapUI and HP Service Test.* IBM's ClearQuest for bug tracking.Databases: * IBM DB2 UDB, MS SQL ServerOperating Systems: * Windows XP and Windows 7, Windows 8, UNIX - AIXBrowsers: * Firefox, Chrome, IE, Safari.Other: * Messaging using IBM's MQSeries, Job scheduling via Opalis, VMware and virtual test environments. Show less

  • Business Analyst

    Aug 2019 - now

  • Test Analyst

    May 2011 - Aug 2019