Case Study: How The Home Depot Built Quality Into Software Development
JJHWS Responsibilites
1. -JJHWS Year in Review-2015
Ryan LaPensee-SQA Analyst
Teams
Integrations
- Responsible fortestingweeklydeploymentof pre-existingcode forcustomerspecificevents.
- Testedandsuccessfullyimplemented80+ instancesintoproduction
- Createddocumentation onhowtotestexternal websiteswe currentlysupporton Legacy
Platform
- Trainedandsupportedthe onboardingprocessfornew hires
- Mentoredonfile importprocess,database architecture,backendservices,SSO,frontend
testing,bugreporting,projectlife cycle process,code pipeline,buildprocessetc.
O & M
- Responsible fordatabase changestofix productionissuesonthe fly.Review the SQLproduced
by the developmentteamandsee thatit issubmittedthroughall testenvironmentsbefore
submittedtoDBA to run inproduction.
- Testedandsuccessfullyimplemented50+ instancesintoproduction
Core
- Ensure that newlyimplementedcode isthoroughlytestedthroughall testenvironmentsbefore
beingreleasedintoproductionduringamajorquarterlyor monthly maintenance release.
- Reportedon300+ bugsand createdover150+ testcases
- CreateddocumentationforproductteamonimplementingGoogle reCAPTCHA
- Demoedseveral new solutionstoproductteamafterQA andDev efforts
NonFunctional Platform
- Performedfull regressiontestof all siteswhenupgradestovariousapplicationsare being
performed.Also,testednumeroussecurityupdatestothe site anddatabase.
- Testedsuccessful upgradestoourJava instance aswell asOracle versiononbothour Fusionand
Legacy sites
- WorkedwithREST client & SoapUI to testoutboundservice callsduringJavaupgrade
- QA Leadon the implementationof several securityupgradestothe site
- WorkedwithTidal, a batch scheduler,toregressiontestemailbatchesaswell asfile import
processusingPentaho framework
- Helpedtocreate documentationonQA processusingTidal
- Createdan entire testsuite fortestingpasswordupgrade fromMD5 hashingtoSHA-512
2. Teams
Services
- Responsible fortestingnew andpre-existingcustomerimplementations.
- Projectorientedteamthatworksclose withPMteam to ensure all requirementsare met
- Aidedinthe migrationof several customersfromour Legacy site to our Fusionsite
- Trainedmembersonnewlyimplementedsolutions fromourCore team
External VendorMobile Apps
- Testedexternal vendor’smobileapplicationtoensure thatdataissynchronizedwiththe
application’sserverandourdatabase.
- Testapplication’sUI oniOS andAndroidensuring thatitsatisfiesrequirementsanduser
experience
- Workeddirectlyasthe QA Leadfor twoseparate projectsthatimplementedForeignAppsinto
our suite
- Coordinated/communicatedwithexternal vendor’sonbugfixes,new builds,timelines,and
functional/UIrequirements
- WorkeddirectlywithProduct/Developmentteamtoensure ourback endandfront endwere
communicatingwiththe ForeignApplication
- SuccessfullytestedandimplementedTrackYourHealthand Jiff appintoour solutionssuite on
bothiOS andAndroid
3. Kudos
Great to hear. Thanks Ryan!
DavidM
From: Ellsworth, Zac [WNPUS]
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2015 2:19 PM
To: McRoberts, David [WNPUS]
Cc: LaPensee, Ryan [WNPUS Non-J&J]
Subject: Kudos
Dave,
Justwantedto pointoutthat Prasad wasverycomplimentaryandthankful, forthe workthat Ryanhas
done overthe several months,withTrackYour Health. Specificallygiventhatthere isnoPM, noInternal
devor PO,and verylittle direction. Ryanhasworkedverywell withPrasadandthe folksattactio to
handle the certificationof anumberof small versionupdatestobothAndroidandiOSversionsof the
TYH app. Most recentlyrebrandingof the apphas beendone byTactio,alongwithhelpingtocreatively
testsome otherbug fixes.
I can attestto the lackof planningand/orleadtime we’regivenwhenTYHrequestscome in,andRyan
has been100% autonomousinhandlingall of them.
Zac Ellsworth | QA
zellswor@its.jnj.com
(734) 623-0000 x379Johnson & Johnson Health and Wellness Solutions, Inc.
130 South First Street | Ann Arbor, MI 48104
4. Kudos
ThanksAna, and thank you Ryan for continuingtoseeknew learningopportunities.Ihave heardseveral
data pointsabouthowgreat youare doing.
Keepup the good work!
Sincerely,
DavidM
From: Dyer, Ana [WNPUS]
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2015 4:43 PM
To: McRoberts, David [WNPUS]
Subject: Kudos to Ryan
He isa greatadditiontothe team.He has learnedsomuchsince he started.Eventhough,he askedme
not to sayanything, Iam goingto say it.He is a Tidal expert.He enteredhisownjobswhenhe tested
Oracle upgrade inFusionandnow inClassic.
5. Kudos
Thank youDeepa,itisalwaysnice to heargood feedback.
-Meghana
From: Akkala, Deepa [WNPUS Non-J&J]
Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 2:43 PM
To: Satish, Meghana [WNPUS]
Subject: Kudos to Ryan
HI Meghana,
I wouldlike togive KudostoRyan,its greatworkingwithhimandhe haslearntaboutthe
application reallyfast.
Thanks,
Deepa