Governance Model for scaled QA Automation.

As organizations expand their digital platforms and accelerate delivery, QA automation often scales faster than the processes designed to support it. What begins as a high-impact initiative can quickly turn into a complex ecosystem of scripts, tools, and frameworks that are difficult to govern, maintain, and evolve. Without a clear governance model, teams face duplicated effort, unstable automation, rising maintenance costs, and diminishing returns.

This in-person session is designed to help QA leaders, Quality Engineers, automation architects, and delivery teams understand how to build and sustain a governance model that supports QA automation at scale. The focus is on creating structure without slowing teams down, enabling innovation while maintaining consistency, and ensuring automation remains reliable as organizations grow.

During this session, we will explore how successful enterprises define ownership, establish standards, select and manage tools, and implement operational controls that allow automation programs to scale confidently across multiple teams and portfolios. Attendees will gain insight into how governance can serve as an enabler rather than a constraint when implemented thoughtfully.

The discussion will draw from real-world experiences in large and complex environments, covering both successes and lessons learned. We will examine how organizations balance flexibility with guardrails, empower distributed teams while maintaining alignment, and measure automation success beyond execution metrics. The session will also address how governance evolves over time as automation maturity increases.

• How to design a governance framework that supports scalable, enterprise-grade QA automation
• Key roles, responsibilities, and decision models required to sustain automation across teams
• Best practices for managing automation tools, frameworks, test data, and shared assets
• Strategies to ensure automation remains reliable, maintainable, and cost-effective over time
• How to measure ROI and business value from automation initiatives
• Common pitfalls organizations encounter as automation scales and how to proactively avoid them

• QA and Quality Engineering leaders responsible for automation strategy
• Automation architects and senior engineers designing frameworks and tooling
• Test managers and delivery leads overseeing large or distributed teams
• Developers and DevOps professionals involved in test automation pipelines
• Professionals interested in building resilient, scalable, and future-ready automation programs

This session goes beyond theoretical models and focuses on practical, actionable guidance you can apply in your organization. Attendees will walk away with a clearer understanding of how governance enables consistency, reduces operational risk, and supports long-term automation success.

You will also have the opportunity to connect with peers from across the QA and technology community, share challenges and perspectives, and learn how other organizations are tackling similar scaling problems.

Join us in person to learn, network, and elevate your approach to QA automation at scale.

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