PRATIK KOTHARI

Software Test Analyst

: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pratik-kothari19

About Me

  • Enthusiastic Software Test Analyst with over 4+ years of experience, well acquired with the knowledge of SDLC, Software testing and Agile methodologies and skilled in using testing tools like Azure Devops, and types of testing documentations: Test strategies, Test plans, Test Scenarios, Test Cases and project learning documents etc. for different stage of testing making sure the reduction of defects ratios and enhancing stability of the project.

Work Experience

Test Analyst
- Civica Resource Pvt Ltd.
  • Constant dedication to improve software testing in an ever-changing environment.
  • Support test lead to identify risks and develops mitigation strategies
  • Review program/project documents and provide relevant comments from a test perspective.
  • Develop effective working relationships with primary and other project stakeholders.
  • Create, execute, and keep detailed test plans and test cases.
  • Participating in the retro meeting and sprint planning meetings and test progress meetings with the managers and the team.
  • Responsible for test activities for assigned projects in an Agile development environment.
  • Design, develop and keep commissioning test suites providing functional testing, regression testing, exploratory testing, adhoc testing, smoke testing.
  • Raising different bugs and production defects with proper priority and severity and reproduction steps and screenshots.
  • Documents necessary QA artifacts based on established QA processes and procedures.
  • Looking and guiding the junior team member and guiding them to work according to the requirements defined.
  • Supporting the project by providing effective demos to the teams and stakeholders.
  • Reviewing test cases of the fellow tester and suggesting changes on them to the team members.
  • Supporting the project by handling issues of the customers and stakeholders.
1st Oct 2023 - Present
Jr Test Analyst
- Civica Resource Pvt Ltd.
  • Participating in the retro meeting and sprint planning meetings and test progress meetings with the managers and the team.
  • Responsible for test activities for assigned projects in an Agile development environment.
  • Understanding requirements and functional Specification of the application and design, develop and create, execute, and keep detailed test plans and test cases.
  • Testing different scenarios using the sql queries to check the data for testing.
  • Raising different bugs and production defects with proper priority and severity and reproduction steps and screenshots.
  • Supporting the project by providing effective demos to the teams and stakeholders.
1st Oct 2020 - 30th Sept 2023
Graduate Trainee
- Civica Resource Pvt Ltd.
  • Learning new skills and training to be Self-awareness with the confidence to work independently and take responsibility for your own development.
  • Improving knowledge about software testing and understanding Agile methodologies.
  • Undergoing all different training courses to improve all the skills that are been needed to work with a project and a team as a software tester.
4th Aug 2020 - 1st Oct 2020

Education

SSC
March-2013
Gujarat Board
Diploma in Computer Engineering
June-2016
R.M.S Polytechnic (Sigma Polytechnic)
B.E
June-2019
Vadodara Institute of Engineering

Projects

Project #1
  • Client: Civica Pvt Ltd
  • Writing test cases and test scenarios for the defined userstories, adding test steps and managing the test scenarios.
  • Using different tools to evaluate the different scenarios and making sure the bugs and defects are being managed correctly.
  • Providing feedback to the test managers and team members by providing proper documentation.
  • Using tools like AzureDevOps, My SQL, Postman.
  • Taking part in Agile summaries and giving constructive feedback.
  • Doing Functional testing, Adhoc Testing, Smoke Testing, End to End Testing and Regression testing on different scenarios.
Oct 2020 - Till Date
Project #2
  • Client: Civica Pvt Ltd
  • Writing test cases and test scenarios for the defined userstories, adding test steps and managing the test scenarios.
  • Using different tools to evaluate the different scenarios and making sure the bugs and defects are being managed correctly.
  • Taking part in Agile summaries and giving constructive feedback.
  • Doing Functional testing, Adhoc Testing, Smoke Testing, End to End Testing and Regression testing on different scenarios.
  • Working as a platform change from Desktop application to a Cloud based application and did full regression testing for the system.
  • Provided support to the stakeholders and collaborated closely with the respective teams.
Oct 2021 - June 2022