EXPERTISE
Product Quality
Is the quality of your product holding back your growth or eroding user trust? We implement the QA processes, tools, and practices that ensure the long-term reliability of your products, from design through to production.
The finding
Quality is often viewed as a phase at the end of the development cycle—a cost to be minimized rather than a lever to be leveraged. The result: issues detected too late, a growing backlog of bugs, users losing confidence, and teams spending more time fixing problems than innovating.
That is exactly where our Product Quality Practice comes in.
Our support
Based on the specific challenges of each project, our experts develop a pragmatic and tailored testing strategy. They are involved at every stage of the testing cycle—scoping, requirements coverage, automation, execution, and metric tracking—to ensure the reliability of key features.
Their priority: to identify critical scenarios and high-impact anomalies early on, in order to limit their consequences.
What we solve
Are your tests mostly manual, time-consuming, and unreliable?
We design your automation strategy to cover critical workflows and free your teams from repetitive tasks.
Are your defects being detected too late in the cycle, leading to costly corrections and delayed delivery?
We implement a Shift-Left approach that integrates quality from the very moment a requirement is defined.
Not sure where your organization stands in terms of QA maturity?
We conduct a comprehensive audit to objectively assess your current state and define a concrete, prioritized roadmap for improvement.
Our professions
Functional QA
QA Automation Engineer
QA performance
Lead QA
QA Manager
Our expertise
Audit
Test strategy
Test repository
Automation
Performance
Accessibility
Reporting
Examples of assignments
Within an R&D company working on 3D simulation software with a history of manual testing spanning several decades, our Consultant developed automatic tests on critical areas that were not covered. As the test environment was the software itself, capable of executing the implemented code, his role was also to monitor the statistics reported in real time by the product under test.
At a leading French online furniture retailer, our Consultant validated a new dynamic promotion functionality based on customer purchases. The mission included writing the tests in cooperation with the PO, validating the developments made and providing feedback on the limits of the tests carried out. This mission ensured the implementation of an important and risky functionality for the customer, as it involved a financial aspect.
Our Consultants structured an end-to-end recipe for the software of a company making tax-exempt property available, with aggregation of promoter feeds, monitoring of availability and customer requests. Their missions? Design of scenarios with the business, management of campaign execution by end-users and Consultants, delivery and replacement of the original platform.
At a company in the agri-food sector, our consultant conducted a product-focused quality audit to objectively assess QA maturity and secure critical processes. The assignment included analyzing existing practices (testing strategy, acceptance criteria, tools, automation), followed by a structured report (findings, scoring by pillar, recommendations) supplemented by practical workshops to quickly initiate the implementation of improvements.
Within an agri-food company, our Consultant led workshops to integrate quality from the design stage onwards. The mission included 3 Amigos, testable acceptance criteria in Gherkin, quality-oriented Definition of Ready/Done, and structuring of bug tracking to reduce returns in acceptance testing and improve readability for PO/Dev/UXA, adding smokes, and bug templating.
How we work
We always begin by gaining a deep understanding of your situation before making any recommendations. We don’t apply a one-size-fits-all approach to your organization: every project is tailored to your specific needs, culture, and goals. From strategy to execution, we remain fully committed at every stage.
They trust us
Testimonial from Orisha Agrifood
Watch the video to see how Orisha Agrifood strengthened its QA strategy with support from 5 Degrés. A practical collaboration to integrate quality from the very start of the requirements phase, structure test automation, and improve efficiency across development cycles.
How can we make our delivery cycles more reliable and reduce uncertainty before we go live? How can we better structure our practices? How can we improve alignment among the various teams involved in delivery? I turned to 5 Degrés to address these questions.
Frédéric Pierron, Director of R&D
Do you have a Product Quality project?
APPROACH 1
Staffing
A consultant who works closely with your product teams to provide targeted expertise and support your quality objectives.
APPROACH 2
Consulting
Support from one or more experts to objectively assess your QA maturity, define your testing strategy, and prioritize your improvement initiatives.
APPROACH 3
Customized workshop / training
A customized workshop lasting from half a day to three days to help you structure your quality practices, train your teams, or integrate QA into the design process from the very beginning.
Our Practice Leader
Mahmoud
Bordeaux
"What makes the difference at 5 Degrés is our approach to QA, with a culture of continuous improvement always at the service of the Product."
Mahmoud, Practice Leader Product Quality
"5 Degrés' focus on its employees is the agency's main strength."
Paul, Automation Test Consultant
Making quality a driving force, not a constraint
At 5 Degrees, we consider Product Quality to be a strategic pillar, on par with Design and Development. Guaranteeing the reliability, stability, and performance of a digital product means strengthening user confidence and ensuring the sustainability of investments.
Our teams are involved at every stage of the product lifecycle to establish sustainable quality control
Integrated integrated quality from the moment the need is expressed
Effective product quality cannot be improvised; it must be planned well in advance. We integrate the quality approach from the very first stages of the project:
“Shift-Left” Approach: Proactive validation (data, environments, rules, controls).
Definition of Ready: A ticket is only included in a sprint if the quality prerequisites are met (requirements, dependencies, UX validation, etc.).
This preventive approach helps avoid tunnel vision and correct mistakes before they become costly.
Products tested, measured, and approved
Testing is at the heart of our approach:
- Diagnosis
- Culture & support
- Test strategy
- Reference & execution
- Steering
- Automation & Industrialization
- Non-functional
We ensure that each version delivered is stable, smooth, and compliant with the requirements of the Product and its users.
A culture of reliability and transparency
Quality culture goes beyond tools: it involves collective responsibility. Every member of the Product team, whether they are a Developer, Designer, or Product Owner, contributes to overall quality. We implement routines, continuous checks, and clear dashboards to drive improvements over time.
This approach promotes transparency: the Product's performance is visible, measurable, and shared. This is a major asset for strengthening stakeholder confidence and securing strategic decisions.
Quality as a driver for efficiency and sustainability
Investing in product quality means investing in the long term. Stable, accessible, and well-tested products require less maintenance, generate less technical debt, and improve user satisfaction. It is also a lever for eco-design: reducing anomalies and unnecessary redesigns limits the environmental footprint of digital technology.
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