NANDAKUMAR P. S. Software Engineering Consultant (Software Testing)
Software Engineering Consultant with vast experience in designing and implementing automated Software Testing and Requirement Management solutions for projects of various sizes and complexities for over 14 years.
	IBM Rational certified Consultant & Instructor with wide experience in conducting corporate training on IBM Rational Robot (Functional & Performance), IBM Rational Performance Tester, IBM Rational Functional Tester, IBM Rational Test Manager, IBM Rational Clear Quest (CQTM), IBM Rational Purify Plus and IBM Rational RequisitePro.
Instrumental in success of Techno park Software Engineering Competency Centre (TSECC, a non-commercial, joint initiative of Techno Park - Govt of Kerala, IBM Rational Software, and Astra InfoTech Pvt Ltd, Chennai. Conducting various corporate training on IBM Rational Robot (Functional & Performance), IBM Rational Performance Tester, IBM Rational Functional Tester, IBM Rational Test Manager, IBM Rational Purify Plus. Presented a Paper in Rational Software Development Conference 2006 in Requirement Management area.
Skills
Excellent Customer & Inter-personnel relations Project Management (Currently managing a team of more than 30 software test engineers) IBM Rational Unified Process, IBM Rational Requisite Pro, IBM Rational Test Manager, IBM Rational Robot and IBM Rational Purify Plus. Knowledge and practice experience of setting up IBM Rational Unified Process, industry standard software engineering process framework Enabling corporate teams on Software Testing and requirement management using Software engineering tools from IBM Rational.
Partial list of customers
Accenture (Chennai) Cochin Computer Systems (Kottayam) Covansys (Chennai) IBM (Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Delhi) IBS Software Services (P) Ltd (Trivandrum) Information Kerala Mission (Trivandrum) National Infomatics Centre (Trivandrum) Polaris (Hyderabad) Premier Polytronics (Coimbatore) Satyam (Chennai) Suntec (Trivandrum) TCS (Chennai) US Technology (Trivandrum) Vikram Sarabai Space Centre (Trivandrum) Wipro (Hyderabad)
Functional skills in Software Testing
Identify the Objective and Scope Creating  Test Plan Test plan review Identify the Test inputs from the requirements document Create Test cases based on the requirement Based on FURPS + Establish Relationship with requirement to make sure the coverage Create the test cases with sufficient Test Data using different testing approaches Identify the candidates for automation Create automated scripts with test automation tool with appropriate validations Create Suites by organizing test cases in sequential flow Execute Manual and automated test cases Reports bugs in case of unexpected behavior Analyze the results/defects and suggest the improvement plan
Functional skills in Requirement Management
Identify and classify the requirement documents Elicit the requirements from the documents as Stake holder Request, Vision Document, SRS, Use cases etc Identify the high risk requirements by brainstorming with the team and help the team to document it Organizing the requirements, prioritizing the requirements and managing the requirement changes, and track changes that affect them Establish relationships between requirement for better impact analysis and coverage analysis Facilitating the process Generating SoDA report from RequisitePro
Experience
Currently working as a Software Engineering Consultant at SE-Mentor Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Trivandrum, specializing in Software Testing and Requirement Management.
[1999 – 2007]		Astra Infotech (P) Ltd, Chennai
Worked as a Software Engineering Consultant specializing in Software Testing and Requirement Management, based at Technopark Software Engineering Competency Centre, TSECC, a non-commercial, joint initiative of Technopark – Govt. of Kerala, IBM Rational Software and Astra Infotech (P) Ltd, Chennai.
[1997– 1999]		Astra Infotech (P) Ltd, Chennai
Worked as Project Manager for various software products and custom projects
[1993 – 1997]		Traders & Traders, Chennai
Worked as Project Lead for in-house software application development
Professional Qualifications
Certified by IBM Rational University (USA) on IBM Rational Robot and Test Management Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications from NICT
Training programs undergone
Trained on IBM Rational Robot, Test Manager, Functional Tester, RequisitePro and Rational Unified Process from Rational University. Trained on Quick Test Pro & Mercury Quality Center from Mercury Interactive