Case Study.

About the Client.

One of the Leading Banks in Oceanic Region with large presence in Asia- Pacific and Europe

About the project.

UAT of Customization done for the Bank’s Asian Entities (Acquired by the Bank in Retail, Institutional and Credit card business)

Functionalities involved.

Asset: General Loans, Corporate Loans, Syndicated Loans, Collaterals, Limits

Liabilities: Current A/c, Savings A/c, Term deposits

Others: EOD/BOD, SI, Inventory Reconciliation, Payment Systems

External Interfaces Tested.

PSGL (General Ledger System): Outbound, and Inbound Txn interface

SPARROW / IST: ATM Switch

IVR: Interactive Voice Response

AML

Different Testing Aspects covered.

MAT: Minimum Acceptance Testing: This is a Sanity test don e to ascertain the quality of the Build and the environment being used for testing

Progression Testing (ST): The cycle wherein the Enhancements / Patches are being tested in depth and certified as per the business requirement

System Integration Testing (SIT): This is done to ascertain if the System is in Sync with all the required Interfaces and there is no Downstream impact

Regression Testing: The cycle wherein the existing Functionalities are being tested and ensured that it does not break

End to End Testing (ETE): This is done to certify that the required data is in the defined format which is being passed on to the Downstream systems and are successfully uploaded in all the required Interfaces.

Back out Testing: The cycle wherein the new Enhancements / Patches are reverted and ensured that the system comes back to the original shape in case of any unforeseen issues during deployment

Major Roles of Team.

SME’s- Reviewing UAT detailed test plan and Test scenarios, Supporting test execution, Liaising with test team, Interacting with end users

UAT Lead- Leading the respective test phase from planning to completion

Test Analysts– Developing test cases, Executing Test cases, Raising defects, Retest Defect Fixed

Major Responsibilities of Team.

Involved in all the phases of testing right from the requirement discussions to certifying the enhancement / Patch. Testing Estimation and resource allocation. Knowledge Transfer and Hand holding to the new team members

Preparation of HLTC’s, DLTC’s, Uploading the same to QC, Test case execution, Raising defects, follow up on the defect status, Retesting of defects, publishing the various Testing Matrix reports as per the clients requirement

Major Highlights.

A Team of 20 members on an average were involved.

Experience Range of 3 – 12 years in various aspects of banking domain including Testing

Average Experience of Team members 3- 4 years

Parallel work on Multiple tracks to meet schedules

Team Involved in End-to-End Testing, System Testing, System Integration Testing

Core Team involved in Critical Functional Testing