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Strategic QA and Platforms
10.1OverviewQA leaders think in leverage. The two highest-leverage activities at this level are repositioning QA from a cost center to a strategic…10.2Turning QA Into a Strategic AssetAnti-Pattern: QA is positioned as a cost center that exists to prevent bugs. Budget is justified by vague appeals to "risk reduction." QA…10.3Building Internal QA PlatformsAnti-Pattern: Testing infrastructure is fragmented across teams. Each team builds its own CI integration, reporting, and test environments…10.4Key Takeaways- Reposition QA from cost center to strategic asset by connecting quality metrics to business metrics (revenue, velocity, incidents)…