QA process design that builds quality into every sprint
A missing QA process does not look like chaos, it looks like the same argument about whether something is ready to ship, every single release. GoGreenlit designs sprint-level testing process, defect triage, and release criteria around how your team actually works.
Triage a bug, see where it goes
Example bug
The checkout button does nothing on Safari.
- Fix now
The bug lands here.
- Next sprint
- Backlog
Blocker. The release holds until this is fixed and retested.
Warning signs
Signals your QA process needs a redesign
None of these look like a crisis day to day. Together, they are usually the reason quality feels inconsistent release to release.
- Testing starts after development is “done,” so every defect found is already expensive to fix
- Defects get triaged inconsistently, so release decisions depend on who is in the room
- Nobody can point to written entry or exit criteria for a sprint or a release
- QA finds out about a feature in the same standup as everyone else, not during planning
- Test documentation describes a version of the product that shipped two quarters ago
What shapes it
What shapes the process we design
A process copied from another company fits that company. Yours gets designed around these four factors instead.
Sprint length
A one-week sprint needs a tighter testing loop than a three-week one, the process has to fit the cadence, not fight it.
Team composition
How many developers, how many dedicated testers, and how much testing responsibility developers already carry.
Application architecture
A monolith and a microservices architecture fail in different places, and the process should watch the places yours actually fails.
Organizational risk profile
A fintech release and an internal tool have very different tolerances for what “good enough” means.
Rollout
Getting the whole team aligned on the new process
- 1
Team walkthrough
A working session presenting the new process to engineering, not a document dropped in Slack.
- 2
One-sprint pilot
The process runs for a single sprint before it is treated as final, so friction points surface while they are still cheap to fix.
- 3
Retrospective review
A dedicated retro on the process itself, adjustments get made based on what the pilot sprint actually surfaced.
Documentation
What good process documentation looks like
Short, specific, and actionable, four documents instead of one binder nobody opens.
Sprint QA runbook
What gets tested, when, and by whom, for a single sprint cycle.
Defect report template
A consistent format for severity, reproduction steps, and triage ownership.
Release checklist
Explicit entry and exit criteria, so a go or no-go decision does not depend on who is in the room.
Coverage report template
A running record of what got tested each sprint, and what did not.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
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