Deepu Kumar

Experience

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  SLK

  Jul 2013 - Jul 2016

  Associate Engineer - Process

  • Involving in identification of the appropriate life cycle model, which is suitable for the project and, facilitate tailoring of the checklists, guidelines and templates to suit the project• Performing gap analysis and identifying process improvements in organization QMS for making compliant with CMMI• Quality facilitation to project teams and ensuring the process compliance across the project• Preparing and tracking of software quality assurance plan• Conducting quality audit for various projects across organization• Collecting and analyzing different metrics at every stage of the project life cycle and presenting the analysis report to senior management• Preparing and sharing the project health index report to senior management on weekly basis• Periodic audit/monitoring during all phases of the project to ensure the traceability back to requirement• Conducting release audit by assessing the code quality, test results and process adherence Show less

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  Capgemini

  Jul 2016 - Oct 2017

  Consultant

  • Assisting the project owners and management in the successful implementation of MTS process (Managed Test Services)• Identifying process improvement for delivering high quality product and, providing suggestions on process optimization and area of automation for effort/cost saving• Assisting the project owners in orienting the project team on project’s defined process• Auditing the process implementation against project plan• Preparing and reporting the audit dashboard to senior management• Assisting project owners and management in collecting and analyzing metrics and, taking appropriate actions for any deviations from the defined goals• Preparing and presenting a monthly report to senior management on resource utilization and, effort/cost saving through process optimization and automation Show less

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  KPIT

  Oct 2017 - Mar 2022

  Senior QA Engineer

  • Understanding the nature of the project, facilitate the project manager in understanding the type of processes to be followed and help them adhere to the organization QMS• Conducting trainings to the project team on QMS, risk management, change management, project plan, metrics plan, project monitoring & control, project management tools (Unipro, Jira etc.)• Performing audit/gap analysis in the project against Org. QMS, ASPICE and ISO 9001• Recommending process improvements at project and organization level• Participating in customer audit, ASPICE assessment and ISO 9001 audit for certification• Performing process compliance check to ensure adherence to the defined process and reporting non-conformances through red flag report for any deviations• Review of project plan (including tailoring and quality plan), templates, checklists and customer provided inputs during planning phase• Monitoring and analysis of quality metrics/KPIs and reporting non-conformances for deviations• Identification and reporting PHR (project at high risk) to the management• Participating in governance review meetings (WSR and MSR)• Participating in CCB meeting, reviewing impact analysis report, and providing support in implementation of the changes• Performing screen before baselining of the work products at each phases (SRS, design, code, test report, user guide etc.)• Conducting release audit during delivery of work products to customer• Facilitation in conducting RCA using why-why analysis, fishbone, pareto, brainstorm and 8D techniques• Analyzing CSAT and identifying CAPA for any customer dis-satisfaction• Establishing skill/knowledge management across all projects• Providing supporting in the implementation of project and organization level initiatives Show less

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  Continental

  Mar 2022 - now

  Technical Lead

  • Defining and maintaining specific software quality strategy• Review and agreement to process tailoring• Maintaining and publishing SW Q report for the projects/product center which include risks, deviations, tracking of SW quality metrics, review status of the work products, finding status ASPICE assessment/PDA/spot check etc.• Escalation to the management for any major process/quality deviations• Performing spot checks and reviews on SW engineering, planning and strategy work products• Conducting gap analysis/PDA• Preparation and presentation of SUP.1 work products during ASPICE assessment/PDA• Defining, tracking and verification of improvement actions for the reported weaknesses/findings during ASPICE Assessment, PDA and spot check• Supporting, coaching, and training to the project team regarding SW development process, quality process and tools (also providing support and coaching for ASPICE assessment and PDA)• Reviewing and approving of customer, milestone, and gate releases• Providing support in performing Structured Problem Solving using A3 and 8D• Recommending process improvement at the Org. QMS Show less