Test strategy & planning
Risk-based test plans that focus effort on the flows that matter most to your business.
Platform & quality
Quality assurance and test automation for confident releases
Sharp Minds QA engineers embed in your delivery process, automate the regression suite and catch defects before your users do. The result is a release cadence you can trust, whether you ship weekly or daily.
At a glance
- Typical first release
- 3-4 weeks
- Typical team
- 1 automation engineer
- Kick-off
- Discovery week, scheduled at sign-off
- Delivered from
- Ferizaj, Kosovo · CET
- Ownership
- All code and IP assigned to you
What testing services does Sharp Minds offer?
We provide test strategy, manual and exploratory testing, end-to-end automation with Playwright and Cypress, API testing, mobile testing on real devices, performance and load testing, and security testing against the OWASP Top 10. QA runs inside your CI/CD pipeline so every pull request is verified automatically.
What is included
Manual & exploratory testing
Experienced testers who find the issues scripts miss, with clear reproducible reports.
Test automation
End-to-end, API and component tests with Playwright, Cypress, Jest and Pest, maintained as the product changes.
Mobile testing
Real-device testing across iOS and Android versions, plus automation with Appium and Flutter integration tests.
Performance & load testing
k6 and JMeter scenarios that show where the system breaks before launch day does.
Security testing
Automated scanning and manual checks against OWASP Top 10, with a prioritised remediation list.
What does the process look like?
A short discovery phase that fixes scope and price, then weekly increments you can see and test.
- 01Week 1
Audit
Review of current coverage, defect history and release process. Output: test strategy and automation plan.
- 02Weeks 2-4
Critical-path automation
The 20 percent of flows that carry 80 percent of the risk, automated and running in CI.
- 03Weeks 5-8
Expand coverage
Regression suite, API tests and performance baselines added sprint by sprint.
- 04Ongoing
Embedded QA
QA engineers in your sprints, reporting on quality metrics with every release.
How long does it take?
Typical durations and team sizes for common scopes. Discovery confirms the exact plan before we start.
| Scope | Duration | Team |
|---|---|---|
| QA audit and test strategy | 1 week | 1 QA lead |
| Automation of critical user journeys | 3-4 weeks | 1 automation engineer |
| Embedded QA for a product team | Ongoing | 1-2 QA engineers per squad |
What you get
- Regressions caught in minutes, in the pipeline, not in production
- Release cycles shortened because testing no longer blocks
- Objective quality metrics for every release
- Lower cost of defects and happier users
Tools and stack we use
- Playwright
- Cypress
- Jest
- Vitest
- Pest / PHPUnit
- Postman
- Appium
- k6
- JMeter
- OWASP ZAP
- BrowserStack
We choose the stack that fits your team and constraints. If you already have one, we work in it.
Questions about this service
01Can QA start on a product that has no tests?
Yes, that is the most common starting point. We begin with exploratory testing of the critical flows and automate those first, so you get value in the first sprint.
02Do you test mobile apps on real devices?
Yes. We maintain a device lab and use cloud device farms for wider coverage across OS versions and screen sizes.
03How do you report quality?
Every release gets a short report: test coverage, pass rates, open defects by severity and performance against baselines. Dashboards are available in your tools.
04Can you work with our existing developers?
Our QA engineers join your sprints, review acceptance criteria before development starts and pair with developers on test automation.
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Ready to scope your project?
Tell us about your product, timeline and constraints. We reply within one business day with a proposed team, a delivery plan and a fixed price for the first release. Quality Assurance & Testing engagements start with a discovery week.