CASE STUDY

How QA Scaled Validation for 30% Higher Sprint Throughput

  • AI-assisted coding increased sprint delivery speed by ~30%
  • Enabled QA teams to scale validation using an AI-augmented testing model

Client Profile

The client, a mid-to-large product engineering organization, accelerated development through AI-assisted coding in agile sprints. However, QA resources stayed constant, and AI usage remained fragmented. Without an integrated validation process, testing timelines tightened, and release assurance weakened.

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Industry Focus
Software Product Engineering

Challenge

Teams using AI-assisted coding tools reported a noticeable (~30%) improvement in sprint delivery capacity. While development velocity increased, QA capacity remained unchanged. This led to:

  • Rapidly growing QA backlogs
  • Higher regression risk due to reduced analysis time
  • Significant drop in exploratory testing coverage
  • Unpredictable test cycles and frequent spillovers across sprints

QA workflows optimized for manual execution struggle to scale with a ~30% increase in sprint throughput, creating pressure on quality and release schedules.

QASource Solution

QASource implemented a scalable, AI-augmented QA workflow that embedded AI assistance throughout the testing lifecycle while keeping QA engineers firmly in control. Key solution components included:

  • AI analyzed user stories for risks, generated functional/negative/edge test cases, and guided exploratory testing.
  • AI-generated UI/API automation scripts and produced valid, invalid, boundary, and API payload test data.
  • Risk-based regression used code diffs and defect history, with automated reporting, defect clustering, and compiled evidence.

Execution Highlights

AI-driven Requirement Analysis

Auto-extracted criteria and flagged edge cases/risks.

Analysis Time
(per story)
45m → 8m

AI-generated Test Cases

Generated 20+ functional, negative, and UX scenarios.

Design Time
Reduced by
~85%

AI-generated Test Data

Created API payloads and SQL boundary datasets.

Preparation Time
30m → 5m

AI-assisted Automation

Built Playwright/Selenium skeletons, locators, and mocks.

Effort
3h → 40m

AI-powered Reporting

Auto-clustered defects by root cause and organized evidence.

Effort
Reduced by
~75%

Outcome

With sprint throughput rising by ~30% through AI-assisted coding, QA teams needed a faster and scalable validation approach. QASource delivered an AI-augmented testing workflow that accelerated analysis, test creation, automation, and reporting without increasing headcount. The result was reduced QA bottlenecks, stronger release confidence, and stable delivery at higher development velocity.