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2.5Quality Champions Program
A Quality Champions program embeds quality advocates in every development team. These are not additional QA hires -- they are developers, product managers, or designers who take on a secondary role as quality advocates for their team.
How It Works
- Recruit one champion per team (voluntary, not assigned)
- Train them on testing basics, quality mindset, and your QA processes
- Give them a clear mandate: review test coverage, raise quality concerns in planning, mentor teammates on testing
- Meet monthly as a champions group to share learnings and align on standards
- Recognize their contributions (publicly, in performance reviews)
Champion Responsibilities
| Responsibility | Time Investment |
|---|---|
| Review test coverage for new features | 30 min/sprint |
| Raise quality concerns in sprint planning | Built into existing ceremony |
| Pair with QA on exploratory testing (once per sprint) | 1 hour/sprint |
| Attend monthly champions meeting | 1 hour/month |
| Share testing best practices with their team | Ongoing |
Measuring Champion Program Success
- Number of bugs caught in code review (before QA)
- Developer-written test coverage trend
- Reduction in escaped defects per team
- Team satisfaction with quality processes (survey)