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13. Reporting

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13.1 Overview

Reporting is a critical component of the QA process, ensuring transparency, accountability, and continuous improvement throughout the product lifecycle. This section outlines the reporting strategy for Spline Studio QA, specifying the types, frequency, and recipients of reports, as well as supported templates.

13.2 Reporting Cadence & Recipients

13.1. Feature Lifecycle Reporting (on PM Request)

  • Purpose: On request from the Product Manager (PM), the QA Lead prepares a report with the current quality status and risk assessment for the requested feature.
  • Trigger: Initiated by PM request at any stage of the feature lifecycle.
  • Content:
  • Test coverage and execution status (by workflow phase: test design, feature testing, integration, system, regression, acceptance, post-release)
  • Defect summary and severity
  • Identified risks and mitigation actions
  • Blockers and dependencies
  • Recipient: Product Manager (PM)

13.2. Daily QA Status Report

  • Purpose: Provide a daily summary of QA progress, blockers, risks, and next steps for both the Head of Assurance and the team. Used for daily stand-ups, end-of-day reporting, and as a basis for reporting to the Head of Assurance and team.
  • Frequency: Daily (end of business day or before daily meeting)
  • Content:
  • Summary of executed tests and progress by workflow phase
  • Task status (completed/in progress/pending)
  • New/critical defects
  • Blockers and dependencies
  • Risk updates
  • Planned actions for next day
  • Recipient: Head of Assurance, QA Team, PM

13.3. Pre-Release QA Status Report

  • Purpose: Provide a comprehensive QA status update before release, summarizing quality, risks, and readiness for release for both Head of Assurance and PM.
  • Frequency: Before each release (release candidate stage)
  • Content:
  • Test execution summary by workflow phase
  • Defect summary (open/closed/critical)
  • Outstanding risks and mitigation
  • Blockers and release readiness assessment Recipient: Head of Assurance, Product Manager (PM)

13.4. Sprint QA Report

  • Purpose: Summarize QA metrics and key findings for the completed sprint to support retrospectives and process improvement.
  • Frequency: At the end of each sprint
  • Content:
  • Total tests executed and feature coverage
  • Defects found/fixed (by severity)
  • Defect clusters and trends
  • Bug verification/fix times
  • QA failed statuses
  • Key insights and recommendations
  • Recipient: QA Team, Head of Assurance, Product Manager (PM)

13.3 Supporting Guides & Templates

Daily QA Status Report Template - Provides a daily summary of QA activities, progress by workflow phase, defects, blockers, risks, and planned actions for the next day.

Feature Lifecycle QA Report Template - Summarizes the current quality status, test coverage, defect summary, risks, and blockers for a feature at any stage, prepared on PM request.

Pre-Release QA Status Report Template - Pre-release summary: test results, defects, risks, and readiness.

Sprint QA Report Template - Sprint summary: tests, coverage, defects, and trends.

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