Saturday, May 3, 2025

QA Leads Checklist

 QA Leads Checklist:

Activities:

Design/Planning

  1. QA Services and Estimation deck
  2. Test Strategy document downloaded from Project Access Library
  3. Test Plan document downloaded from Project Access Library
  4. Raise SNOW request (as applicable)
  5. Test plan peer review
  6. QA project plan update
  7. Lead Assessment Checklist
  8. Test plan review with Customer Solution managers
  9. Test Plan walkthrough with IT stakeholders
  10. Test plan walkthrough with Business
  11. Test plan Approval/Sign off

Execution

  1. Send OUT Daily status report to the project team
  2. Update project status in WSR
  3. Update KPI monthly matrix

Closure

  1. Test Summary document downloaded from project access library
  2. Update production readiness QA checklist
  3. Review test summary with Solution managers
  4. Test Summary walkthrough with IT Stakeholders
  5. Test Summary walkthrough with Business
  6. Test Summary Approval/Sign off
  7. Upload test artifacts to project SharePoint

Knowledge Transfer

  1. Provide KT session to the team

QA Expectations and Evaluation Criteria

 QA Expectations and Evaluation Criteria:

  1. Weekly Status Report
  2. Daily Execution Status Report
  3. Financial Reports

QA Project Artifacts - SM & Peer Review Feedback

 QA Project Artifacts:

  1. QA Estimates
  2. QA Project Planner
  3. Test Strategy and Test Plan
  4. Test Risk Management
  5. QA Reporting
  6. QA Escalation Management
  7. Test Closure
No, Project Name, Feedback, Provided By, Status (Open/Closed), QA Lead Comments (In case of open items), Review Date

QA Services Scope

 QA Services Scope

Service Category

QA Service

Service Scope

Deliverables

Testing Services

Project Testing: Functional/Others

Functional Testing: Smoke

Smoke Test the Environment

Functional Testing: Application

 

Functional Testing: TBT

 

Functional Testing: E2E

 

Functional Testing: Regression

Test Plan
Test Design
Test Summary Report

Functional Testing: ETL/Reports/Batch

 

Mobile Testing

 

Usability Testing

 

Accessibility Testing

 

Production Readiness

Production Readiness checklist

Prod Support Testing

Hot Fixes Testing

 

Ad-Hoc Fixes Testing

 

Monthly Releases Testing

 

Monthly Patch Testing

 

Performance Testing

Peak Load Test

Performance Test Plan
Performance Test Summary Report

Stress Test

Endurance Test

Application Performance Monitoring

 

Capacity Testing

 

Test Automation

Functional Automation

 

Regression Automation

Test Summary Report

Smoke Test Automation

Test Summary Report

Mobile Automation

 

QA Support Services

BAT Coordination & Support

 

Test Environment Readiness

Test Environment Readiness Results

Automated Test Execution and Maintenance

 

Test Data Management

Test Data Build and Provisioning

De-Identification Strategy

 

Unmasked MDS

 

Masked MDS

 

Test Data Subset for Application

 

Test Data Cloning and Generation

 

Test Data Related Solutions

 

Test Data Analysis and Profiling

Structural and quantification data analysis

 

Usability Analysis

 

Sensitivity Analysis

 

SEED/SEQUENCE Values Analysis

 

Standard Profiles

 

Ad-hoc Profiles Services

 

Troubleshooting of Test Data Defects/issues

 

Test Data Delivery and Governance

Test Data Delivery Planning and Monitoring

 

MF Files Delivery to Test Environments

 

Test Data Snapshot Maintenance

 

Deployment Plans Templates Maintenance

 

Test Data Delivery Consulting Services

Data Protection options

 

Test Data Approach

 

New Test Data Requirements currently uncovered by utilities

 

Impact Analysis

 

Test Data Synchronization

 

Test Advisory and Quality Governance Services

Document Review Services

Document Review Services

 

Deployments Acceptance and CAB Approvals

Deployments Acceptance and CAB Approvals

 

Vendor Deliverables Acceptance

Vendor Deliverables Acceptance

 

Blueprint and Estimation

Blueprint and Estimation

 

Defect Analysis, Reporting and Metrics

Defect Analysis, Reporting and Metrics

Test Summary Report

Vendor Deliverables Acceptance

Vendor Deliverables Acceptance

 


QA Leads Assessment Templates

 QA Leads Assessment Templates

  1. QA Project Plan Assessment
  2. Test Plan Assessment
  3. WSR Assessment
  4. Risk Management Assessment
  5. Escalation Management Assessment
  6. Test Summary Assessment


QA Project Plan

 QA Project Plan

#

Major/Minor Milestones

Tasks

(Additional tasks to be added/modified as per project needs)

1

QA Resource Onboarding

 

1.1

 

QA Team Onboarding

1.2

 

System and Environment Access Provided

2

Test Planning

 

2.1

Requirement Analysis

Tasks/Dependency

BRD Walkthrough

SAD Walkthrough

NFR Requirements & Gap Analysis

Walkthrough Completed

2.2

Test Strategy

Draft

Review with SM

Review with IT Project team

Review with Business

Test Strategy Sign off

2.3

SIT Test Plan

Draft

Review with QA/SM

Review with IT Project team

Review with Business

Test Plan Sign off

2.4

Performance Test Planning

Draft Test Plan document preparation

Performance Scop/Scenario preparation and review

Workload Model

Review with QA/SM

Review with IT Project team

Review with Business

Engage Support(Customer Infra, Networking, Application) team for performance monitoring

Engage support team for databack/restore required and duration

Test Plan Sign off

2.5

QA-De-identification Strategy

Draft

Review with QA/SM

Review with IT Project team

Review with Business

DI-Strategy Sign off

2.6

Test Data Generation

Identify Test data from Data profiles

Create Test Data

3

Test Case Design

 

3.1

Test Coverage Matrix

Dependency

Draft

Review with QA/SM

3.2

Functional Test Cases

Prepare Draft test cases

Review with QA team

Upload in HP-ALM

Identify Test data from Data profiles

Create Test Data

3.3

Integration  Test Cases

Prepare Draft test cases

Review with QA team

Upload in HP-ALM

Identify Test data from Data profiles

Create Test Data

3.4

End-End  Test Cases

Prepare Draft test cases

Review with QA team

Upload in HP-ALM

Identify Test data from Data profiles

Create Test Data

3.5

ETL/Reporting  Test Cases

Prepare Draft test cases

Review with QA team

Upload in HP-ALM

Identify Test data from Data profiles

Create Test Data

3.6

Regression Test Cases

Prepare Draft test cases

Review with QA team

Upload in HP-ALM

Identify Test data from Data profiles

Create Test Data

3.7

Performance Test Design & Scripting

Understanding the workflow

Creation/development scripting for workflow

Enhancing/Customizing script

Validation in SIT/Perf env

Update data parameter file for each script

Validation of existing scripts

Existing script maintenance

 

 

Test Data Identification and Creation/Set up

4

Test Automation

 

4.1

Test Script Preparation

Identify automation test cases

Enable/set framework and access

Test script draft

Existing script identification

Existing script Maintenance

5

Environment Readiness – QA

 

5.1

Environment Readiness

Key dependency

Submit Smartsheet – Environment Intake

Access raised and completed

Test Data required for Batch

Smoke Testing

5.2

Performance Environment Readiness

Submit Smartsheet – Environment Intake and Data Back up’s

Code Deployment into Perf env (as applicable)

Configuration changes and Pre requisite required.

Data Backup (Gold/Platinum/Titanium)

Environment shakedown testing

6

Test Execution – SIT

 

6.1

Cycle_1

Dependency

Application Test Cases

Integration Test Cases

ETL/Reporting Test Cases

Defect Remediation

6.2

Cycle_2

Dependency

Application Test Cases

Integration Test Cases

ETL/Reporting Test Cases

Defect Remediation

6.3

Cycle_3(Regression)

Clean Regression

Defect Remediation

6.4

BAT Support

Support Bat Test Plan

Support BAT HPALM activities

Defect Triage

Test Data for BAT

6.5

PPD Testing

Dependency

PPD Project Regression Testing

6.6

Performance Testing – Baseline Testing

Execute Baseline Scripts

Performance Monitoring and Metric

Results validation

Defect Remediation

Data Restore

6.7

Performance Testing – Cycle 1(multiple Runs)

Execute Cycle 1

Performance Monitoring and Metric analysis

Results validation

Defect Remediation

Data Backup/Restore

6.8

Performance Testing – Cycle 2(multiple Runs)

Execute Cycle 2

Performance Monitoring and Metric

Results validation

Draft

Data Backup/Restore

6.9

Roll back testing

Dependency

Baseline testing

Rollback testing

7

Test Closure

 

7.1

SIT Test Summary Closure Report & Sign off

Draft

Review with QA/SM

Review with IT Project team

Review with Business

SIT Closure report Sign off

7.2

Performance Test Closure

Consolidation of Perf monitoring metrics/Loadrunner results

Draft

Review with QA/SM

Review with IT Project team

Review with Business

Performance Closure report Sign off

8

Production Readiness

 

8.1

QA Production Checklist

Draft

Review with QA/SM and Sign off from SM

Review with Production readiness team

Closure

8.2

Knowledge Transfer

KT/Transition to Product QA Team

All Project Related document in Teams path

9

Warranty Support

 

9.1

Warranty Support

Warranty release activities

 

 

 


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