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PHASE 06 OF 07

Testing & QA

Quality is a budget we spend deliberately. Unit, integration, performance, security, accessibility — every gate documented, every failure traceable to a fix.

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DURATION
Parallel · 2 – 6 weeks per release
CADENCE
Daily test reports
LEAD
Principal QA
WORK-STREAMS
6

SEQUENCE · 7 PHASES

01Discover02Analyse03UI04Iterations05Development06Testing07Launch

THE WORK, IN ORDER

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STREAMS
06
WINDOW
Parallel · 2 – 6 weeks per release
LED BY
Principal QA
01

Unit Testing

Fast, isolated tests covering business logic with high signal.

WORK STREAM 01 / 06
02

Integration Testing

End-to-end scenarios across services, APIs, and external systems.

WORK STREAM 02 / 06
03

Performance Testing

Load, stress, and soak tests against realistic production traffic models.

WORK STREAM 03 / 06
04

Security Audits

OWASP Top 10, dependency scanning, and penetration testing before launch.

WORK STREAM 04 / 06
05

Accessibility Testing

WCAG 2.2 AA conformance, screen reader testing, and keyboard navigation.

WORK STREAM 05 / 06
06

User Acceptance Testing

Stakeholder-led UAT with clear sign-off criteria before each release.

WORK STREAM 06 / 06
PHASE 07

Hands off to Launch & Support.

Everything produced here becomes the input of the next phase — nothing is re-discovered twice.

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WRITTEN ARTIFACTS

What you keep after this phase.

Documents, diagrams, and recorded sessions that outlive the engagement and stay with your team.

PHASE 06 · 04 DELIVERABLES · YOURS TO KEEP

  1. A1

    Test Strategy

    PDF + Live doc

    Pyramid coverage targets, environments, tooling, and exit criteria.

  2. A2

    Automated Test Suite

    Cypress · Playwright · Jest

    Unit, integration, and end-to-end — wired into CI, gating every deploy.

  3. A3

    Security Assessment

    PDF · OWASP-aligned

    Penetration test results with severity rated and remediation owners assigned.

  4. A4

    Accessibility Report

    PDF · WCAG 2.2 AA

    Automated and manual conformance checks with named owner per defect.

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Brief the team.A phased plan with named owners and a calendar, returned within one business day.