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Transforming QA for
Inkblot Therapy

STS partnered with Inkblot Therapy to build a structured QA foundation for their mental health platform, taking them from reactive testing to a mature, repeatable quality process their team could own long term.

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Overview

Enhancing QA Processes and Product Quality for Inkblot Therapy

Inkblot Therapy, a leading digital mental health platform in Canada, sought to address significant challenges in its software QA department. They partnered with STS to improve product quality and strengthen their development process.

Recognizing the critical role of robust QA in delivering a seamless user experience, Inkblot Therapy decided to restructure its testing approach. They partnered with STS to transform their QA function from reactive and inconsistent into something structured, end-to-end, and built to scale with their platform.

"At Inkblot, we were facing a lack of structure and tooling in our QA department. This resulted in a lack of quality in our product, causing a trail of destructive effects across teams towards production and often by customers."

Client
Inkblot Therapy
Industry
Mental Health Care
Service
End-to-End QA
Location
Canada
The Challenge

A Growing Platform Without a QA Foundation

Inkblot Therapy was scaling fast, but their QA process had not kept pace. Testing was reactive, documentation was sparse, and defects were escaping to production on a healthcare platform where reliability is non-negotiable.

No Structured Test Coverage

Critical user workflows had never been systematically tested. There were no documented test cases, no coverage matrix, and no repeatable process for sprint-over-sprint verification.

Unpredictable Releases

Without exit criteria or sign-off processes, every release was a judgment call. Stakeholders had no objective signal to determine if a feature was production-ready.

No Regression Safety Net

Regression testing was ad hoc. Previously working features could break between releases without detection, creating risk on a platform handling sensitive healthcare interactions.

Our Solution

A Structured QA Rebuild from the Ground Up

STS embedded into Inkblot's sprint workflow and built the documentation, processes, and tooling needed to deliver repeatable, measurable quality.

01

Sprint-Embedded Testing

We joined planning sessions, reviewed user stories before development, and built test documentation alongside each feature.

  • Test case library from day one
  • Story-level test coverage
  • Sprint planning integration
02

Defect Management

Structured defect triage gave stakeholders full visibility into severity, trends, and resolution status.

  • Full reproduction steps on every bug
  • Severity and priority classification
  • Trend reporting for stakeholders
03

Knowledge Transfer

HANDOFF

We identified gaps in tooling and workflow, then built sustainable improvements Inkblot's team could own long term.

  • Process documentation handover
  • Tooling adoption and training
  • Internal team self-sufficiency
The Results

Measurable Impact Across the Board

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Bugs Discovered

Identified and documented across the entire therapy platform during testing cycles

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Test Cases Executed

Covering all core workflows, user journeys, and regression scenarios

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Smoke Testing Reduction

Through automation of repeatable regression checks and test suite optimization

Internal QA team developed their own expertise with STS guidance

Reusable test documentation library built for long-term ownership

Cross-functional collaboration improvements across dev and product teams

Structured processes and tooling adopted by Inkblot's internal team

Services Provided
The STS team was instrumental in helping us accelerate the maturity of our QA function here at Inkblot. They partnered with our internal QA team to create documentation, implement processes, and drive the adoption of tools that allowed us to leverage their leadership to develop our own QA expertise. The STS team was thoroughly professional and communicative, got onboarded onto our projects at a phenomenal speed, and integrated with our team without challenges.
YW
Yiwen
VP of Product, Inkblot Therapy
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