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The backbone for enterprise release management.

Plan, gate and run releases across every system in your portfolio, with live test results feeding every gate.

The problem

Every release team knows this story.

The same four problems come up in release after release.

Sign-offs that don't block.

A checklist says the gate passed. An open P1 says otherwise. The release ships anyway.

Status lives everywhere.

Azure DevOps, Teams, spreadsheets, email. Nobody sees the whole release at once.

Setup is manual, every time.

Work items, templates and stakeholders, wired up by hand for every release.

The process lives in one head.

When the release manager is away, the knowledge goes with them.

The platform

Four modules. One unified backbone.

Release governance, the framework behind it, QA automation and portfolio visibility, built to work as one system.

Release Manager Every release, phase and gate on one timeline, across all your systems.
Framework Builder Define your lifecycle once: phases, gates and RACI. Version it and reuse it per system.
QA Automation Playwright runs, live results and a triage queue that feed straight into your gates.
Executive View Pass rates, blocking gates and deadlines for the whole portfolio, on one screen.
See it in action

From test run to sign-off.

Real screens from the platform, shown with sample data.

How it works

From framework to first release in four steps.

01
Map

Map your systems

Import your system catalogue from a spreadsheet or sync it from SharePoint. Tag tier, owners and dependencies.

SharePoint
02
Configure

Configure the framework

Set phases, gate rules and RACI. Start from a template, an Excel import or a blank canvas. Version it and reuse it.

03
Connect

Connect your tools

Azure DevOps for work items, Teams and Outlook for alerts. Jira is on the way.

Azure DevOps Teams Outlook Jira Soon
04
Run

Run your first release

Test runs feed the gates, gates hold or pass, and every decision is recorded. You manage exceptions, not the scaffolding.

See it with your own release process.

A 30-minute walkthrough, mapped to the systems and gates you run today.

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Enforced gates

Gates that actually gate.

Most release checklists record that a gate failed. Ours stop the release. Until the gate clears, it can't move to its next phase.

  • Blocking, not advisory.A failed rule holds the release at its current phase.
  • Rules you set.Pass-rate thresholds, sign-offs and scope checks, set per system in the Framework Builder.
  • Overrides on the record.Every override needs a name and a reason, and stays in the release history.
Billflow v2026.12 MEDIUM
LIVE
Gate
Validation exit
BLOCKED
Regression threshold
91.3% pass rate, below the 95% threshold.
BLOCK
Business sign-off
Awaiting Business Process Lead.
PENDING
Scope locked
No changes since the scope freeze.
PASS
release.canAdvance() → false auto-evaluated 14s ago
The Team Behind It

Built by a QA consultancy, for people who actually run releases.

STS designs QA and release management frameworks for law firms, healthcare platforms and other regulated teams.

The platform is that methodology, from discovery through to enterprise playbooks, built into software. It isn't a generic SaaS tool we bolted governance onto. It's a framework that happened to become a product.

The STS Framework

Five milestones. One release engine.

M1
Discovery and Assessment
Pain point register, gap analysis, as-is QA posture.
M2
Release Management Framework
Governance model, readiness gates, release calendar.
M3
QA Governance Framework
Test strategy, coverage standards, traceability.
M4
Tooling Blueprint
Platform, adapters, integrations, automation targets.
M5
Enterprise Playbooks
Runbooks, training, lean-team sustainability.
Common questions

Questions we hear every engagement.

Does this replace Azure DevOps or Jira?

No. The platform sits above your tracker of record. It connects to Azure DevOps today, and Jira is on the way. Your team keeps working where it works now. What changes is the governance, visibility and automation around it.

Can we configure it for our compliance needs?

Yes. The Framework Builder sets the gates, sign-offs and evidence each system needs, so every lifecycle matches the rules it runs under. Every gate decision is recorded.

Do we need to run this on-prem?

It runs in the cloud, with each client's data kept separate. If you have data residency requirements, talk to us.

How does it handle multi-system portfolios?

It is built for them. Each system has its own framework and tier, and the Release Manager shows every system's releases on one timeline.

What does implementation look like?

We use our M1 to M5 framework: find where your current process breaks, configure the platform to match how you govern releases, connect your tools, and run a first release end to end with your team. Then we hand it over.

Demo · 30 minutes

Ship releases with discipline, not hope.

Book a 30-minute demo with our founding team. We'll walk through your current release process, show you where the gaps are, and map the platform to your governance posture.