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SQA, Test Automation & SDET · Course #065

Test Management & Governance

Teams create better software when quality activities are deliberate, explainable and proportionate to risk. Test Management & Governance helps participants establish decision rights, controls, evidence and oversight for testing across projects, products and suppliers through a progression covering governance purpose, principles and operating context, organisational strategy, policies and project tailoring and roles, decision rights, independence and accountability. Participants define governance layers, align strategy and plans, review risk, resources and independence, create reporting and escalation rules and assess auditability without imposing one heavyweight process everywhere. Each exercise asks learners to interpret evidence, refine their approach and communicate findings in language that technical and non-technical stakeholders can use. They produce a proportionate governance model that supports timely decisions and transparent accountability.

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Overview

Teams create better software when quality activities are deliberate, explainable and proportionate to risk. Test Management & Governance helps participants establish decision rights, controls, evidence and oversight for testing across projects, products and suppliers through a progression covering governance purpose, principles and operating context, organisational strategy, policies and project tailoring and roles, decision rights, independence and accountability. Participants define governance layers, align strategy and plans, review risk, resources and independence, create reporting and escalation rules and assess auditability without imposing one heavyweight process everywhere. Each exercise asks learners to interpret evidence, refine their approach and communicate findings in language that technical and non-technical stakeholders can use. They produce a proportionate governance model that supports timely decisions and transparent accountability.

Course Highlights

Governance operating model

Decision rights and accountability

Risk and resource oversight

Evidence and assurance controls

Escalation and exception management

Supplier and portfolio visibility

Modules & Curriculum

Governance purpose, principles and operating context

Organisational strategy, policies and project tailoring

Roles, decision rights, independence and accountability

Risk-based planning, resources and capability oversight

Test assets, traceability, configuration and evidence control

Progress, quality and residual-risk reporting

Entry, exit, release and exception decisions

Supplier, outsourced and cross-team governance; auditability, lessons and process improvement

Governance model and implementation roadmap

Learning Outcomes

  • Distinguish test management, governance and independent assurance.
  • Define decision rights, responsibilities and escalation routes.
  • Align organisational strategy with project-level test approaches.
  • Evaluate risk, resources, environments and supplier evidence.
  • Design reporting that supports governance decisions.

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Create proportionate test governance with clear ownership, evidence and decision paths.

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