2. CURRICULUM VITAE OF Ziyad Zakaria zzsz77@hotmail.com
•Supervise proper resolution system management issues (installations, test data,
configurations and environments)
• Manage the team within defined program quality plan
• Monitor and evaluate the quality of judgments made in respect to regression test of
identified corrections
• Coordinate automated test efforts with functional test manager
• Chair daily meetings to review status of today's tests and assign proper actions on found
deviations
Development Responsibility
• Plan and follow-up the Master Time Schedule, Scope of Content
• Define test plans for each test team
• Define and follow-up the environment utilization plan
• Plan and follow-up resource plan
• Clarify project responsibilities in the team
• Proactively resolve escalated issues
• Develop weekly status report to program director
• Actively participate in program management meetings
• Plan and chair the key quality checkpoints for stream
• Chair regular meetings with the whole test team
• Chair regular meetings with the Customer, the subcontractor and on/ off site counterparty
• Define and follow-up budget and forecast
• Maintain and report on test statistics
Verification responsibility
•Participate in verification of all test strategies and test specifications
•In cooperation with the program test architect, verify that all severe deviations have a rapid
and secure resolution
• Vendors test plan, test documents and test result
Approval responsibility
• Formally approve all test reports
• Sign-off all key QA checkpoints
• Sign-off All the User Acceptance Test UAT plans & Specifications.
Information responsibility
• Test strategy
• Test priority
• Test progress
• Test plans
• Resource plans
• Risks
• Forecasting (financial forecasting & Budgeting).
⇒ Market Readiness - Project Manager (Nov 06 – Feb 08)
Roles and Responsibilities Market Project Manager
Primary responsibilities – NASDAQ OMX
o Fully manage the project and ensure all deliverables are to schedule, according to the relevant
project Gantt, and to a suitable high level of quality
o Manage the project resources (if any) efficiently, ensure they are suitable for the roles allocated
and provide guidance or assistance where necessary
o Plan, design and run the pre-certification, certification, Market Wide Acceptance Test MWAT
phases with close coordination with the client “Tadawul”.
o Represent your project to NASDAQ OMX Management team, the Client, the Member Banks,
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Factory Acceptance Test FAT, Site Acceptance Test SAT)
o Evaluate and gain agreement with the Project Technical Design Authority (TDA), Suppliers
(eFunds & Open Solutions) and client SAMA on the scope, content, coverage and depth of
testing required for all testing in EMV Project.
o Prepare a complete and comprehensive test plans for all testing in the EMV project (System
Integration, Stress, Certification, Factory Acceptance Test FAT, Site Acceptance Test SAT),
which should cover all aspects of the proposed testing.
o Lead and manage the production of a complete set of Test Scripts in accordance with the test
plan.
o Ensure the test plan and all test scripts have been reviewed and agreed by the EMV Project
Manager, the Suppliers (eFunds & Open Solutions) & the client (SAMA).
o Ensure that participation by Member Banks is communicated and managed
Organization & Preparation
o Communicate the Test Plans and gain agreement from the project team, suppliers (eFunds, Open
Solutions), the client (SAMA) and the Saudi Member Banks to ensure acceptance and
understanding of the plans, the dependencies and demands placed on them and monitor all such
deliverables upon which testing is dependent.
o Prior to the start of testing communicate the test process from test through de-bug to re-test with
the project team and the test team to ensure a clear understanding exists Within the Test Plan
identify the test data required from SAMA, the Member Banks or other third party suppliers,
communicate this to all relevant parties and manage the delivery and implementation of such
data
o Prepare & communicate Work Instructions to all LogicaCMG participants in the testing, assign
activities based on the project Gantt and the Work Instructions and manage the day to day
activities of all testers assigned to the test team
o Maintain the Test Scripts and Test plans in PVCS and control all changes to them
Conduct & Execution of Testing
o Receive and where appropriate approve the unit tested code, approved by suppliers (e-Funds and
Open Solutions ), from the development teams prior to the start of testing
o Manage and monitor the activities and progress of all personnel involved in conducting the
testing on a daily basis
o Manage Observation Report OR’s (defects) raised during testing as documented in the test plan.
o Agree with the supplier the software release schedule for re-testing
o Attend weekly project review meetings to represent the testing work-stream
o Prepare a Weekly Status Report for the Project Manager
o Actively seek potential gains in implementation and discuss these with the Project Manage
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☼ Riyad Bank (http://www.RiyadBank.com) Dec. 2000 – July 2004
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
⇒ Quality Assurance Test Team Lead (consultant)
Roles and Responsibilities in Riyad Bank
Documents Review , Preparation of Test Plans, Test Procedures, Test Scripts and Test checklists based on
the Business Requirements Specification & Software Requirements Specification.
Test data preparation to cover all the test scenarios.
System/Integration Testing & User Acceptance Testing UAT (Black Box Testing) for :
Develop various project related documentation involved in the testing life cycles (defects log, execution
log …Etc).
E-Services Projects.
Riyad Bank Internet Banking
Siebel 6.0 Call Center (CRM Project) & Siebel 6.0 Call Center upgrade to Siebel 7.5.
ATM Switches & Debit Card Management System Replacement
B2B ePayments Gateway. ARAMCO-Riyad Bank
Internet Banking Monitoring/Availability Project Using BMC Tool
Other Projects.
Automatic Anti Money Laundering
Business Intelligence BI - Reporting Project
Customer Information System Project - Golden Service for VIPs
Riyadh Bank corporate Web site
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☼ Houston Technologies Limited Company. Nov 1999 – Dec 2000
Amman-Jordan
⇒ Oracle ERP Developer
Technical Skills & OS : Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP, DOS,.
Knowledge
CM Tools : Visual Source Safe, Rational Clear Case, Remedy.
Software Engg. :SDLC, Project Management
Applications: MS Office, Visio …etc.
Training Courses Project Management – PMP training, March 2009.
Rational Performance Automation Test 2002 & Rational Functional Automation Test 2002.
Window NT (Installation & Administration)
PC Repairing and Maintenance.
Internetworking with Microsoft TCP / IP.
Developer 2000 (SQL, Forms, Reports)
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Holding Driving License (Jordanian, Saudi, & UAE)
Driving License
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