SDLC Phases – Quality Gates
Epic / BRD Phase
In Sprint Development
In Sprint QA
Vertical Test (SIT)
High Level Scope & Funding
• Squad create Backlogs of User Stories from Requirements
• User Stories & Wireframes created
• Gate 1 met?

Requirement & Design
• Visual Designs Created by Designers
• Test-Driven Development of User Stories
• Gate 2 met?

Branch Code Development
• API Automation
• Review code for edge cases
• Test/re-test product with new features
• Gate 3 met?

In Sprint QA Done
• API call chain automation through SV
• All Functional Test Cases Completed
• Integration Testing Completed
•Gate 4 met?

VT Done On Code




Gate 1
Gate 2
Gate 3
Gate 4
Gate 5
Gate 6
Gate 7
Automation run in QRACE on Build
Final Build Performance Testing
• E-2-E journey test
• Automated regression
• Device & Browser compatibility test
• Gate 5 met?
• NFR testing for Performance
• Chaos testing
• Final build test plan baselined
• Final build test plan executed
• Gate 6 met?
• Build is released
• Post approvals build is deployed
• Support, operations and maintenance reviews
• Gate 7 met?



Release, Deployment & Support


Horizontal Test UAT
Central Build PT
Build Deployment
Post-Production monitoring

Quality Engineering across CoTS & Custom
How Quality engineering & Shift left impacts CoTS and Custom projects

Requirement
1. Feature requirement validation
2. Workflow validation
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1. Feature requirement validation
2. Workflow validation

Design + Build
1.Schema
2.Architecture
3.Integration
4.Security
5.Epics & Story validation
6.Integration validation
7.Field validation

SIT
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1.Epics validation
2.Service Virtualization
3.Dataflow validation
4.API Call-Chain
5.Early PT
6.Device compatibility
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​​​1.Dataflow validation
2.API Call-Chain
3.Early PT
4.Service Virtualization
5.Device compatibility

UAT

PT

Release
1.End to End Journey
2.UI & UX consistency
3.Regression
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1.End to End Journey
2.UI & UX consistency
3.Regression
1.Load Test
2.Scalability Test
3.Endurance Test
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1.Load Test
2.Scalability Test
3.Endurance Test
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