Transition Work for Morgan Stanley Flashcards
What was your role in Transition
Transition Lead responsible for transition of the group that support Post Trade Technology applications
How many members that you transitioned
About 160
What was your transition approach
a) Identify the list of applications and the resources supporting
b) Identify the business critical applications and prioritize
c) Reconcile the resource requirements with the Pyramid
d) Work with the staffing team to identify, interview and onboard the resources
What was the transition process like once the resources were onboarded
It’s was a 8 week transition.
a) First week, they go through trainings in DB, QA concepts, Unix and General understanding of the MS systems
b) Week 2 thru week 4 - They go through application training and they perform secondary testing
c) Week 5 thru week 6 - They perform the primary testing
d) Week 7 and 8 - Buffer and QA lead sign off
Was there a final assessment performed
Yes the final assessment was done by the QA lead
What was the exit criteria for the secondary testing
candidates were able to perform 60% of the allocated tasks
What was the exit criteria for the primary testing
Candidates were able to perform 90% of the allocated tasks
What was covered in the QA concepts trainings
Guidelines to capture requirements, write test cases, report issues, defects
What was covered in Unix training
a) How to log on to the Unix box, check error codes, analyze and report defects based on the analysis
b) Start/Stop the process
c) Copy files, search files
What was covered in the DB training
a) How to connect to the DB
b) Run simple queries and Joins, group by
Did you do the reporting?
Yes reporting to the MS team on a daily and weekly basis
