Core service

Executive QA Assessment

Understand where your QA practice stands and what to improve first.

A clear diagnostic to identify gaps, prioritize improvements, and define a quality roadmap aligned with your business and delivery rhythm.

The problem we solve

Most teams feel something is off — but nobody has mapped the full picture.

Many organizations know their quality practice isn't working as it should, yet they lack a complete view of the problem. Late defects, rework, extensive manual testing, poor risk visibility, uncertain coverage, and disconnected automation all coexist — but no one has structured the landscape to decide what to fix first.

Scope

What the Assessment covers

  • Kickoff with technology and product leaders
  • Review of the current testing process and delivery cycle
  • Artifact review: test plans, cases, evidence, reports, defects, dashboards, acceptance criteria, and pipelines
  • Interviews with key team members
  • Gap and risk identification by area
  • Prioritization of quick wins and highest-impact improvements
Deliverables

What you receive at the end

  • Executive diagnostic of the current QA practice state
  • Map of identified findings and risks
  • QA/QE maturity reading by dimension
  • Actionable recommendations with context and rationale
  • 30-60-90 day improvement roadmap
  • Proposal for next steps and applicable services
Benefits

What this service gives you

Clarity to decide what to improve first — without relying on gut feeling

Better alignment between technology, business, and quality

Visibility into gaps that are currently blind spots

A concrete foundation for prioritizing QA investments

An executive-level conversation backed by data and sound judgment

When to engage

This service is right for you if…

  • Your QA team operates reactively and lacks strategic direction
  • Releases generate anxiety because coverage confidence is low
  • You have automation that delivers no real value or is disconnected from delivery
  • You need metrics, traceability, or QA governance but don't know where to start
  • You want to improve quality but have no reliable baseline of the current state

What comes after the Assessment?

The diagnostic defines the path. Depending on findings, the natural next step is either the Automation Starter (when focused automation is the priority) or QA Governance / Fractional QA Lead (when the focus is on ordering leadership, criteria, and metrics).

The best starting point for bringing quality into order

The Executive QA Assessment is the best starting point when there is a clear sense that quality needs structure, but no reliable diagnostic exists yet on the real state of the QA practice. Without a clear map of where the gaps are, any improvement effort risks treating symptoms rather than root causes.

This service is not an academic audit or a compliance report. It is a practical diagnostic built from the team's real context: its delivery cycle, its artifacts, its conversations, and its risks. The result is a clear map of what works, what doesn't, and what should be addressed first based on impact and urgency.

The founder of IT Solution Company brings over 12 years of QA/QE leadership experience to this process — enabling a reading of the context through a business lens, not just a process lens. The output is not a generic diagnosis: it is a finely tuned reading of the team's current moment and reality.

Ready to understand the real state of your QA practice?

The first step is a brief conversation to understand your context. No commitments, no pressure.