Zainab Abdulghafoor

A software professional who is highly knowledgeable in Quality Assurance methodologies and able to perform in a fast-paced agile environment. Experienced in all test activities including planning, test execution, and reporting test results to multiple teams across the organization. Highly organized individual with the ability to troubleshoot complex problems. Experienced Black Box tester with approximately 4 years of Test Experience Strong understanding of Software Development Life Cycle and SQA methodology. Work closely with developers in addressing and capturing bugs.

Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst

Managed team of multiple employees, overseeing hiring, training, and professional growth of

employees.

Created plans and communicated deadlines to ensure projects were completed on time.

Actively listened to customers' requests, confirming full understanding before addressing concerns.

Develop and manage Product Backlog, Release and Sprint Planning along with conducting Scrum

meetings under the consultative direction from the management.

Assist project manager to develop manage and execute project plans, defining scope, schedule, risk,

deliverables and resources.

Understand web-based application development and industry trends.

Manage, monitor, and motivate the cross-functional team assigned to the project.

Reporting on burning down sprint charts and team velocity with resource allocation and story points

planning.

Hands on experience on manual testing, by applying various testing techniques including functional,

regression, integration, UI etc.

Hand on experience to manage and maintain test documentation, test cases, test matrices etc.

Hand on experience on Mobile testing.

Hands-on familiarity with SQL query language and relational databases.

Strong ability to understand business processes/logic and think outside the box for testing applications.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Ability to escalate issues to the relevant teams in a timely manner.

Ability to perform comfortably in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented work environment.

Ability to work with minimal supervision.

Government College University, Lahore

Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering

2013 - 2017