How long does a QA audit actually take?

Two weeks total: kickoff and discovery, independent analysis, report writing, and a findings presentation.

What is actually in the audit report?

An executive summary, detailed findings by domain with severity ratings, a coverage gap analysis, and a prioritized 90-day roadmap. For a preview of the patterns an audit tends to surface, read what a QA audit usually finds.

What is the difference between an audit and an assessment?

Mostly terminology. An audit typically implies more formal, documented findings; an assessment can be lighter-weight. We run audit-depth engagements regardless of which word you use.

What happens after we get the report?

Some teams take the roadmap and implement it internally. Others bring us in for QA process design or an embedded engineer to run point on implementation.

How much does a QA audit cost?

It depends on team size, codebase complexity, and how much of the roadmap you want scoped. A discovery call gets you an accurate number.

A two-week audit, not a vibe check

QA audits that show you exactly where quality breaks down

Most teams know quality is a problem somewhere. Fewer can point to exactly where. GoGreenlit runs a structured two-week audit across your process, tooling, and coverage, and hands back a prioritized roadmap instead of a list of complaints.

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A page from an example audit report

Area: CoverageGap found
Evidence: Critical checkout flows have no automated check.
Recommendation: Add a regression check for each critical flow, owned by QA.

Signs

Signs you are overdue for a QA audit

None of these feel urgent on their own. Together, they usually mean nobody has an accurate picture of your actual risk anymore.

Nobody can say with confidence what percentage of the product is actually covered by tests
The same category of defect keeps escaping to production, and no one has traced why
The team or stack has changed significantly since anyone last reviewed the QA process end to end
Coverage and quality metrics get reported every sprint, but nobody has checked whether they predict anything real
Leadership is asking for a quality plan, and the honest answer is that one does not exist in writing

Six domains

What a QA audit covers

Six domains, each reviewed independently so a weakness in one does not hide behind strength in another.

Process

How testing actually happens today: when it starts, who owns it, and what triggers a release decision.

Tooling

Whether your test management, automation, and CI tools fit your stack, or are being worked around.

Coverage

What is actually tested versus assumed to be fine, mapped against where your real risk sits.

Documentation

Whether test cases and process docs describe the product you ship today, or one from two quarters ago.

Team skills

Where the team's QA capability is strong, and where a skills gap is quietly shaping what gets tested.

Reporting

Whether the metrics you track actually predict release risk, or just look good in a dashboard.

Day by day

How the audit runs, day by day

1
Kickoff and discovery (days 1-4)
Interviews with engineering and product, plus a first pass through your existing test documentation and tooling.
2
Independent analysis (days 5-8)
A structured review against all six audit domains, without sitting in on your day-to-day so findings stay objective.
3
Report writing (days 9-12)
Findings get written up with severity ratings and turned into a prioritized, sequenced roadmap.
4
Findings presentation (days 13-14)
A walkthrough of the report with your team, and a working session on what to tackle first.

Deliverables

What you get from the audit

Executive summary

The headline findings, written for whoever is making the budget and headcount calls.

Detailed findings by domain

Every finding rated by severity, with a recommended action attached.

Coverage gap analysis

Exactly where testing is not happening, mapped against actual product risk.

90-day roadmap

Ten to fifteen sequenced initiatives, ranked by impact against effort, so quick wins and structural fixes are both visible.

Questions

Frequently asked questions

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