User Acceptance Testing Job Description
User acceptance testing
provides team leadership, analysis and documentation in support of Claims systems in terms of business strategy, requirements, and acceptance testing.
User Acceptance Testing Duties & Responsibilities
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An excellent communicator, influencer and stakeholder manager, able to excel in a matrix environment
Communicate with senior stakeholders using clear and concise verbal and written communication both remotely and face-to-face using a variety of techniques such as virtual desktops, data visualization techniques such as pie charts and flow charts, powerpoint presentations etc by using standard tools such as MS Powerpoint, Excel, MS project
Executing test cases and evaluating actual vs
Work collaboratively with Technology development staff, Business, and Operations teams to maintain thorough knowledge of product capabilities
Maintain timelines and target dates in dedicated Advisory Sharepoint sites
Work with QA team to develop a comprehensive set of Use Cases
Author all required BMO documentation – including Test Cases which must be written from the perspective that they could be executed by someone who is not familiar with the respective Advisory application
Running the regulatory reporting operations processes using current architecture and controls
Remediating gaps in architecture, process or controls for any element data capture and processing that impacts the success of regulatory reporting
Building operational controls to enrich the current processes in order to fulfil GM’s regulatory obligations
User Acceptance Testing Qualifications
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Licensing or Certifications for User Acceptance Testing
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: ITIL, PMI, CQA, CSTE, ISTQB, ASTQB
Education for User Acceptance Testing
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the user acceptance testing job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Collage Degree in Education, Computer Science, Business, Engineering, Finance, Management, Science, Information Systems, Technology, Information Technology
Skills for User Acceptance Testing
Desired skills for user acceptance testing include:
WCAG2.0
Lender Placed Insurance requirements
NGLS TrackGuard System
Policies
Excel
Industry practices
Microsoft tools
Practices and systems
Supported business functions
Systems and transactions
Desired experience for user acceptance testing includes:
Ensuring that the Regulatory Operations team is ready and actively participating in the process and system deliveries across Regulatory Operations
Ensuring that the delivery timeline is understood across each of the Technology Books of Work
Ensuring that Regulatory Operations are correctly resourced to contribute to and validate test packs
Providing effective feedback on User Acceptance Testing (UAT) results and working with the Business Analysts and Technology delivery teams to ensure any issues or defects are remediated as part of the testing cycle
Ensuring that the process deliveries are documented, communicated and changes are understood pre- and post-delivery
Working closely with the Regulatory Operations Consumer Price Index and Run the Bank (RTB) teams, the Global Technology delivery teams, Business Analysts’ and Regulatory Management to ensure the co-ordination of operational input and support
User Acceptance Testing Examples
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User Acceptance Testing Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking for an user acceptance testing. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for user acceptance testing
- An organised and structured approach to UAT management as part of an overall programme
- Management skills and the ability to report on progress and escalate issues in a transparent, regular and timely way
- A professional qualification (Prince 2 / Project Management Professional - beneficial)
- A proven track record of running complex projects / programmes, driving them towards delivery / success and a track record of collaboration in a matrix environment
- Experience in a ‘Change the Bank’ environment with proven change management skills
- Knowledge and understanding of GM products
- An excellent awareness of regulatory and other risk and control mechanisms
- A track record of collaborating with other functions to deliver robust solutions
- Able to apply knowledge in moving requirements and deliverables forward, into areas in which you may have no expertise, working with incumbent experts in order to extract the right information or delivery requirement for CB&S and working within very aggressive time lines and significant delivery congestion
- A strong problem solver and strategic thinker
Qualifications for user acceptance testing
- A people and process manager with a proven track record of success in designing and delivering change which addresses operational and control needs
- Flexible, organised and able to adapt to the changing demands of a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders with the strength and determination to drive through the resolution of issues
- Responsible for defining/documenting UAT Test Execution Plan
- Manage the UAT Test Execution plan, ensure that resources are executing UAT Test Cases, logging results and any defects
- Provide input to DICE Go/No-Go decision for all DICE application deployments
- Coordinate the schedule and sequence of testing activities and provide a forum to discuss and resolve issues
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Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of user acceptance testing. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for user acceptance testing
- Provide support for other UAT activities as required
- Act as a liaison with other business units or IT teams and vendors in support of assigned initiatives
- Report functional defects, usability variances, and business process issues that may negatively impact production readiness or agreed upon acceptance criteria
- Test execution for this role will include both “Run the Shop” work that focuses on keeping the systems running and small enhancements, large scale strategic programs that focus on “Grow the Business” and New Business Technology Modernization
- Work with all levels of Leadership within Operations and our partners in Technology, Institutional and Retail to collaborate, plan, prioritize, provide status and updates, escalate and resolve issues for multiple initiatives
- Maintain solid working relationship with business partners in Brokerage Operations to ensure knowledge of key functions, process and alignment in the Operations ecosystem
- Analyze changes to identify upstream/downstream impacts and engage with all impacted groups to avoid potential client disruption
- Manage testing needs and logistics across all Brokerage Operations departments, orchestrate validation responses, and escalate issues upon discovery for remediation
- Agile whole team release support on an as needed basis
- Advocacy and representation for Operational needs on infrastructure projects
Qualifications for user acceptance testing
- Passion for customer/user experiences
- Some experience using QA Testing tools (JIRA, HP - Quality Center, Rally, etc)
- Document test results, and compile results of other testers into consolidated report for management, clients, applications staff
- May test production software that had bugs or breakdowns in production
- Bachelor’s degree required with 10-12 years of relevant work experience
- Experience with Oracle E-business suite and Microsoft’s TFS application preferred
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Our company is looking for an user acceptance testing. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for user acceptance testing
- Participation in Lean activities, such as team huddles and problem solving sessions
- Minimum 4 years of progressive experience, or equivalent
- Ensuring availability of the correct test environment with required test data setup, Login for the users, space for any special high volume test requirements , using a checklist
- Responsible for overall success of UAT activities
- Responsible for “run the shop” work that focuses on keeping the systems running, small enhancements, large scale strategic initiatives
- Build and manage team of UAT Analysts that are responsible for acceptance testing of technology solutions, business requirements, design specifications and production readiness
- Design and mange UAT processes and controls to ensure testing meets agreed upon quality standards
- Develop and execute test plans/conditions and acceptance criteria that are designed to validate software solutions using real-world scenarios and proposed business processes
- Partner closely with Requirement Leads, Business Analysts, and IT Testing Professionals to ensure appropriate test coverage, test scenarios and testing strategy based on business requirements
- Report usability and business process issues that may negatively impact production readiness or agreed upon acceptance criteria
Qualifications for user acceptance testing
- Knowledge of Projects in the National (PitN) or an equivalent project methodology
- Strong background in UAT Coordination
- Ability to operate within an ‘agile’ or ‘waterfall’ methodology
- Superior communication skills combined with solid influencing skills
- Proactive approach to issue identification and resolution
- Strong interpersonal skills with ability to work through complex technical situations by communicating with both technical and non-technical audiences while maintaining the best interest of the firm
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Our growing company is hiring for an user acceptance testing. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for user acceptance testing
- Provide regular UAT progress and status to project stakeholders
- Provide certification and signoff of UAT
- Lead UAT team and interface with product and business leads for project delivery
- Represent UAT team with PMO and Technology Teams to ensure UAT participation and contribution in key initiatives
- Oversee standard process and procedure for UAT Plan, high-level UAT scenarios, and test case completion and documentation
- Ensure / Provide the necessary support for effective UAT-QA-DEV collaboration
- Participate in BRD creation process and ensure acceptance criteria is documented
- Ensure test data setup for UAT and to allow for Sanity Testing in UAT environment
- Enforce & participate in QA-UAT handoff by validating the entry/exit criteria for UAT
- Lead team in UAT Test Cases execution and standardized procedures supporting issue log and defect tracking
Qualifications for user acceptance testing
- Excellent leadership skills with experience leading change and the ability to handle escalations of issues from other Operations associates
- Action oriented individual who uses strong time management skills to meet deliverables
- Analytical and organized individual responsible for managing multiple projects simultaneously, leading change within and outside of the organization
- Displays professionalism, emotional intelligence and composure across all circumstances, environments and with all associates
- Knowledge of project management methodology, analytical background with an understanding of milestones and deliverables management
- Work effectively in a team setting independently with minimal supervision and direction
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Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of user acceptance testing. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for user acceptance testing
- Status Reporting- Report UAT Progress and key UAT metrics to all required stakeholders
- Log and track the hours of effort in WUPPM
- Conduct Root Cause Analysis for defects slipped into production in collaboration with QA
- Attend/Conduct cross-functional training across the team
- Bachelor's Degree in IT related field a plus and/or 4+ years of related experience
- Proven competence in team leadership in IT / UAT
- Competent in providing constructive feedback
- Able to maintain focus and effectively prioritize tasks while dealing with multiple projects
- Coordinate with the project workstreams and application teams in the creation, maintenance and execution of test cases and end to end business scenarios
- Communication of test metrics for Testers, Coordinators, Project Managers, Vendors, Lines of Business and IT and Business Test Manager
Qualifications for user acceptance testing
- Experience working in and/or across the life Investment industry including understanding of the Investment end to end value chain
- Series 7 and 63 preferred or ability to obtain within 6 months
- Bachelors degree in Business Administration or Information Systems
- 5 – 7 years testing software in a complex project environment
- 5 – 7 years of Insurance & Annuity business experience
- Extensive systems knowledge