Consultation
Test Strategy Engagement
A time-boxed engagement that produces a written test strategy your planning meetings can actually use.
Who this is for
Product leads, QA managers, and engineering managers who are about to expand automation or rewrite a brittle suite—and need a strategy that names risks, owners, and sequencing before tool choices harden.
Result you leave with
A concise strategy document covering risk areas, recommended automation depth by layer, environment dependencies, and a staged backlog with effort ranges. It is written for planning conversations, not as a slide deck of principles.
What is included
- Kick-off call to confirm release model, squads involved, and non-negotiable dates
- Stakeholder workshop (half-day) to surface known incidents and unspoken release fears
- Review of existing automated checks, CI gates, and manual regression paths
- Draft strategy, one revision cycle, and a walkthrough with your nominated owners
What is excluded
Implementation of new automated tests, vendor selection bake-offs, and long-term staff augmentation. Those can follow under separate consultations if useful.
Provider and delivery
Work is led by a StoneCore consultant with hands-on QA automation and programme experience. Sessions run in Melbourne when useful, or fully remote for teams elsewhere in Australia. We ask for read-only access to repositories and CI, plus one hour with someone who knows the last three production incidents.
Process
- Brief — you share release calendar, current automation inventory, and decision owners.
- Discovery — workshops and artefact review.
- Draft — strategy circulated for comment.
- Close — final document and backlog hand-off.
Pricing basis
Quoted as a fixed fee once scope is clear. Typical engagements fall in a mid four-figure to low five-figure AUD range depending on number of products and environments. Ask for an estimate from the contact form; no payment is taken on this site.
Next step
Ask about a Test Strategy Engagement and mention your next release window. We reply within two business days with availability and a short questionnaire.