Take Your QA Leadership Skills
to The Next Level. 

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If you are a QA professional with more than 3 years of experience, applications are now open.

Learn the Art of Leading Quality

The Quality Leadership Academy helps QA Managers, Directors, and senior testing executives move from coordinating testing activities to leading software testing strategy.
Cohorts are application-based and fully funded by PractiTest.

Learn From the Leaders Shaping Modern Testing

QLA is taught by respected voices in software testing. Senior practitioners leading testing strategy in real delivery environments.

This is practical strategy, not abstract theory.

Lisa Crispin

Paul Gerrard

Joel Montvelisky

Mike Lyles

Laveena Ramchandani

Bas Dijkstra 

Lisa Crispin

Paul Gerrard

Joel Montvelisky

Mike Lyles

laveena Ramchandani

Bas Dijkstra

Consider applying if you

Are a QA Manager who wants to move beyond sprint coordination

Are a QA Director responsible for multi-team testing strategy

Lead automation and struggle with prioritization or flakiness

Need better KPIs that leadership actually trusts

Want to introduce AI into testing with structure and governance

Feel ready to operate more strategically, not just tactically

This program is built for professionals responsible for software testing outcomes.

Why QLA?

01

Dynamic Career Development

Software testing leadership evolves.
QLA offers structured tracks that grow with your responsibility level. Whether you are stepping into your first QA leadership role or managing multiple teams, the curriculum builds progressively.
This is not a one-time course.
It is a professional development path.

02

Industry-Led Insights

The Academy is taught by active QA practitioners and recognized thought leaders.
They operate in real delivery environments today, leading teams, setting strategy, and navigating automation and AI challenges.
You learn frameworks shaped by current practice, not abstract theory.

03

A Selective Program

QLA is application-based — not because access is limited, but because the content is built for QA professionals who are ready to lead.
We review every application to make sure you'll get real value from day one.
The bar isn't high, but it is intentional.

Founded by PractiTest

PractiTest is an AI-powered Test Management and QA Intelligence Platform that goes beyond execution to actual business answers. We give release teams real-time clarity on risk, coverage, and release readiness, so you always know where you stand.

QLA is now live.

If you are accountable for software testing outcomes and ready to operate at a strategic level, we encourage you to apply.
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