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Project Based QA

Fixed-Scope QA for
Your Next Launch

Scoped around a specific release, migration, or feature set. Defined deliverables. Predictable timeline. No ongoing commitment required.

15+
Years Experience
100+
Projects Delivered
6+
Industries Served
When It Matters

When You Need Project Based QA

Most projects don't fail because of bad code. They fail because quality was never built into the plan. If any of these sound familiar, it's worth a conversation.

No dedicated QA on the team

Consequence: Bugs reach production, user trust erodes fast.

Without a dedicated QA function, testing falls through the cracks. Developers test their own work, coverage is inconsistent, and users find what the team missed.

Release deadlines are slipping

Consequence: Pressure builds, quality gets cut. It shows.

Late defect discovery pushes timelines, and under deadline pressure, teams skip coverage to ship. The result is a release that goes out fragile and comes back as a support crisis.

Manual testing isn't scaling

Consequence: Coverage gaps grow as your product does.

As your product grows, manual-only testing becomes a bottleneck. Regression cycles take longer, automation ROI gets ignored, and coverage starts falling behind velocity.

Dev and QA aren't aligned

Consequence: Defects found late cost 10x more to fix.

When QA is bolted on at the end instead of embedded throughout, defects surface after development is "done." Rework is expensive, timelines slip, and trust between dev and QA erodes.

You need testing coverage now

Consequence: Delayed QA onboarding equals delayed releases.

Hiring a full-time QA engineer takes months. A project engagement gets you structured coverage within weeks: scoped, executed, and documented without the overhead of a permanent hire.

How We Work

How Project Based QA Works

Three phases that move your project from kickoff to confident release.

01

Project Kickoff & Discovery

Kickoff

We embed with your team, review your codebase and release roadmap, and define scope, coverage targets, and testing types.

Scope & risk Coverage targets Environment review
02

Build & Execute Test Coverage

Execution

We build test cases, run functional, regression, and exploratory testing with automation where it adds speed. Daily defect reporting keeps your team unblocked.

Test case build Regression execution Defect reporting
03

Release Sign-Off & Handover

Delivery

Go/no-go release sign-off with full defect closure reports. We hand over all test artifacts, automation scripts, and documentation.

Go/no-go sign-off Defect closure Artifact handover
Why STS

Why Teams Choose STS for Project Based QA

We've delivered project QA across healthcare, legal, fintech, and eCommerce. Here's what sets us apart.

Full Coverage, One Team

Functional, mobile, automation, accessibility, and performance testing. All delivered by one integrated QA team.

Built for Your Stack

We adapt to your tools and workflows. TestRail, Jira, Confluence, Cypress, Playwright. We work in your environment, not ours.

Defect Reports That Ship

Every defect comes with reproduction steps, severity, environment, and recommended fix. No ambiguity.

Nearshore Speed Advantage

Our Canadian-based nearshore model means real-time collaboration with your team, not delayed async reviews.

Trusted by leading organizations

Global Law Firm Inkblot Akerna dotfusion Manyways Pound & Grain Shopify Partners

"It has stripped away a lot of the fear of deploying software that isn't great because whenever something doesn't work, or when things aren't perfectly logical, STS always catches it."

Steph Bigue
CEO, Manyways

"They provide not only a deep level of expertise in testing, both manual and automated, but they also bring project leadership with an approach that pulls deliverables into QA rather than waiting for them to arrive."

Karl Dionne
President & CEO, KPDI
By the numbers
98%
Average defect detection rate
6 Weeks
Average project engagement
Zero
Production incidents post-release
Tools

Tools We Work With

We plug into your existing stack. No migration required.

Test Management

TestRail Jira Confluence Zephyr Trello

Test Automation

Cypress Playwright Selenium Appium

DevOps / CI-CD

GitHub Actions Jenkins GitLab CI Azure DevOps

API Testing

Postman REST Assured Insomnia

Accessibility

Axe WAVE Lighthouse

Load & Performance

JMeter k6 Artillery
Industries

Industries We Serve

Project QA works best when testers understand the domain. We have deep experience in industries where software failures have real consequences.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

We cover functional, regression, exploratory, mobile, accessibility, performance, and test automation. The right mix depends on your scope, timeline, and where the real risk sits. We work that out together during kickoff.

Usually within one to two weeks. If you have an urgent release coming up, reach out and we will tell you honestly whether we can make it work.

Yes. We embed directly into your sprint cycles, attend standups, pick up stories, and report defects through whatever tools you are already using, whether that is Jira, Azure DevOps, or something else.

Defect closure reports, test case documentation, automation scripts if that was part of the scope, and a release readiness summary. It is all yours to keep and build on after we wrap up.

Let's talk

Ready to Ship
With Confidence?

Let's talk about your project timeline and what coverage you actually need.