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Lead Data Quality Engineer
Lead QE · The mandatory curriculum for this designation. Every module must be completed and its examination passed, with evidence filed with the Registrar.
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Modules assigned
964
Total hours
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Pillars covered
The Promotion Gate. Promotion requires this curriculum and the next designation's curriculum complete, every examination passed — you train for the role before you hold it.
The Four Halls
What this designation draws on
No curriculum draws from one hall alone — IGS engineers are hired for judgement, not tools. The mix below shifts by level, but every rung touches all four.
यन्त्रशाला · InstrumentsTools and technology — open-source frameworks first, licensed platforms where clients demand them, and IGS's own UTAF Gen 2.0 and QualiZen AI.
अर्थशाला · DomainsBusiness and domain fluency in the IGS specialisation this designation serves, so a scholar lands speaking the client's language.
वाक्शाला · SpeechWritten and spoken communication, client negotiation and leadership behaviours — assessed by demonstration, never by attendance.
नीतिशाला · MethodProcess and standards — Agile, SAFe, ITIL, and the quality-engineering canon: ISTQB, TMMi, ISO 25010, risk-based testing.
The mandatory curriculum
Modules by pillar
Hours shown are theory plus hands-on labs. Each module carries its own courseware link and examination.
Process & Quality (88 modules · 910 hrs)
| Module | Requirement | Hours | Standard / expectation | Learning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Acceptance testing and business readiness LM-037 | Mandatory | 6 | ISTQB CTFL acceptance testing, CTAL Test Management · IGS role evidence Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Agile testing, Three Amigos and shift-left / shift-right LM-038 | Mandatory | 6 | ISTQB CTFL Agile/DevOps context, Scrum Guide · IGS role evidence Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Airlines and travel LM-021 | Choose one | 8 | IGS deployment-domain elective · IGS Deployment Domain badge Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
API checking with Postman LM-084 | Mandatory | 6 | ISTQB CTFL, API quality practice · IGS technical evidence Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
API libraries: Playwright APIRequest, WebdriverIO services and REST Assured PT-024 | Recommended | 16 | IGS API-code standard Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | Premium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
Asynchronous events, queues and Kafka testing LM-087 | Mandatory | 12 | ISTQB TTA distributed-systems practice · IGS technical evidence Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Authentication, authorisation and API security basics LM-088 | Mandatory | 10 | OWASP API Security, ISTQB TTA · IGS technical evidence Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Automated data-quality checks with Great Expectations LM-089 | Mandatory | 14 | TMMi measurement, modern data QE · IGS technical evidence Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Banking, Financial Services & FinTech — Lead practical domain lab PT-079 | Choose one | 12 | IGS Banking, Financial Services & FinTech domain-readiness evidence Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
BFSI, digital banking, cards and payments LM-022 | Choose one | 8 | IGS deployment-domain elective · IGS Deployment Domain badge Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Client communication and expectation management LM-003 | Mandatory | 6 | IGS client-engagement standard · IGS Client Communication badge Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Clinical trials and remote patient monitoring LM-023 | Choose one | 8 | IGS deployment-domain elective · IGS Deployment Domain badge Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Concise written communication: status, risk, decision and defect LM-005 | Mandatory | 4 | IGS communication standard · IGS Professional Communication badge Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Conflict resolution and constructive challenge LM-006 | Mandatory | 6 | IGS culture and conduct · IGS Conflict Resolution badge Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Cross-cultural collaboration in global teams and clients LM-008 | Mandatory | 6 | IGS global culture standard · IGS Global Collaboration badge Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
CSTM / advanced test management: strategy, planning, estimation, monitoring, people and improvement PT-042 | Recommended | 24 | CSTM / ISTQB Advanced Test Management Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | Premium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
Data privacy, masking and synthetic test data LM-103 | Mandatory | 10 | Privacy-by-design, TDM practice · IGS technical evidence Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Data quality with Great Expectations and dbt tests: schema, freshness, uniqueness and business rules PT-052 | Deployment-specific | 18 | IGS data-quality engineering standard Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | Free: Direct course awaiting TestOps curationPremium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
Data-pipeline CI, observability and incident diagnosis LM-107 | Mandatory | 12 | TMMi measurement / DevOps quality · IGS technical evidence Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Developing an actionable test plan LM-044 | Mandatory | 10 | ISTQB CTAL Test Management v3, ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119 concepts · IGS role evidence Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Difficult conversations — internal team and client LM-009 | Mandatory | 7 | IGS conduct and client-engagement standard · IGS Difficult Conversations badge Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Domain data, controls, privacy and regulation LM-031 | Mandatory | 6 | IGS domain-readiness standard, context-specific regulation · IGS Domain Foundation badge Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Domain discovery and value-chain mapping LM-032 | Mandatory | 5 | IGS domain-readiness standard · IGS Domain Foundation badge Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Domain KPIs, SLAs and operational failure patterns LM-033 | Mandatory | 6 | TMMi Measurement, ITIL service management · IGS Domain Practitioner badge Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Domain risk-to-test / engineering map LM-034 | Mandatory | 6 | ISTQB risk-based testing, CTAL Test Management · IGS Domain Foundation badge Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
EdTech & Learning Platforms — Lead practical domain lab PT-093 | Choose one | 12 | IGS EdTech & Learning Platforms domain-readiness evidence Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | Premium: No verified direct paid course assigned |
EdTech and learning platforms LM-024 | Choose one | 8 | IGS deployment-domain elective · IGS Deployment Domain badge Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Enterprise Applications & Integrations — Lead practical domain lab PT-149 | Choose one | 12 | IGS Enterprise Applications & Integrations domain-readiness evidence Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | Premium: No verified direct paid course assigned |
ETL / ELT mapping and transformation testing LM-116 | Mandatory | 14 | ISTQB data testing practices · IGS technical evidence Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
GenRocket: domains, attributes, generators, receivers, scenarios and automation integration PT-018 | Deployment-specific | 16 | IGS synthetic TDM standard Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | Premium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
Git and pull-request workflow for QE: branch, commit, merge, review, resolve and tag evidence PT-043 | Mandatory | 8 | IGS source-control standard Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | Premium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
Git and source-control basics LM-118 | Mandatory | 6 | Modern QE engineering practice · IGS technical evidence Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Giving feedback, coaching and mentoring LM-012 | Mandatory | 6 | IGS North-Star performance behaviours · IGS Coach / Mentor badge Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Healthcare and HealthTech LM-025 | Choose one | 8 | IGS deployment-domain elective · IGS Deployment Domain badge Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Healthcare, Clinical Trials & RPM — Lead practical domain lab PT-058 | Choose one | 12 | IGS Healthcare, Clinical Trials & RPM domain-readiness evidence Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Insurance LM-026 | Choose one | 8 | IGS deployment-domain elective · IGS Deployment Domain badge Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Insurance — Lead practical domain lab PT-086 | Choose one | 12 | IGS Insurance domain-readiness evidence Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Integrated learning module — 2 related topics MOD-LM-002-LM-018 | Mandatory | 15 | IGS client and commercial governance · IGS Client Negotiation badge · IGS leadership standard · IGS Influence badge Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Integrated learning module — 2 related topics MOD-LM-016-LM-020 | Mandatory | 12 | IGS communication standard · IGS Presentation badge · IGS facilitation standard · IGS Facilitator badge Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Internal negotiation: priorities, capacity and dependencies LM-013 | Mandatory | 6 | IGS collaboration standard · IGS Negotiation badge Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
KPI, SLA, OLA and outcome-measure design LM-047 | Mandatory | 6 | TMMi Measurement, CTAL Test Management · IGS role evidence Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Leadership, delegation and accountability LM-014 | Mandatory | 7 | IGS leadership and North-Star framework · IGS People Leadership badge Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Manhattan WMS & Omnichannel — Lead practical domain lab PT-114 | Choose one | 12 | IGS Manhattan WMS & Omnichannel domain-readiness evidence Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Manufacturing & Industrial — Lead practical domain lab PT-135 | Choose one | 12 | IGS Manufacturing & Industrial domain-readiness evidence Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | Premium: No verified direct paid course assigned |
Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 LM-027 | Choose one | 8 | IGS deployment-domain elective · IGS Deployment Domain badge Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Mocks, stubs and service virtualisation LM-129 | Mandatory | 10 | ISTQB TTA / TAE · IGS technical evidence Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Newman: command-line collection runs, data, reporters, environments and CI PT-020 | Mandatory | 6 | IGS API CI standard Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | Premium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
Observability for QE: Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog traces/logs/metrics and release correlation PT-050 | Deployment-specific | 16 | SRE observability practice Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | Premium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
OpenAPI, schema and consumer-contract testing LM-133 | Mandatory | 12 | ISTQB CTAL TTA, API quality practice · IGS technical evidence Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
OTT, Media & Connected TV — Lead practical domain lab PT-072 | Choose one | 12 | IGS OTT, Media & Connected TV domain-readiness evidence Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | Premium: No verified direct paid course assigned |
OTT, media, streaming, adtech and analytics LM-028 | Choose one | 8 | IGS deployment-domain elective · IGS Deployment Domain badge Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Pact: consumer contract, provider verification, broker and CI compatibility gate PT-023 | Deployment-specific | 16 | IGS contract-testing standard Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | Free: Direct course awaiting TestOps curationPremium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
Personas, customer journeys and business rules LM-035 | Mandatory | 6 | ISTQB CTAL Test Analyst business-process testing · IGS Domain Foundation badge Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Playwright with TypeScript: locators, fixtures, assertions, API checks, projects, traces and CI PT-008 | Choose one | 24 | ISTQB CTAL-TAE · IGS code standard Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Postman Interceptor, Charles Proxy and Fiddler: capture, replay and diagnose HTTP traffic PT-022 | Recommended | 10 | IGS diagnostic evidence standard Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | Premium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
Postman service virtualization: examples, mock servers and consumer simulations PT-021 | Deployment-specific | 8 | IGS service-virtualization standard Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | Premium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
Postman: requests, auth, variables, scripts, data, collections and documentation PT-019 | Mandatory | 12 | IGS API evidence standard Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Product-risk analysis and prioritisation LM-050 | Mandatory | 4 | ISTQB CTFL risk-based testing, CTAL Test Management · IGS role evidence Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
qTest Manager: requirements, test cases, cycles, execution, defects and dashboards PT-007 | Deployment-specific | 10 | Tricentis qTest practitioner evidence Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | Premium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
QualiZen practitioner: ambiguity, risk, test design, automation recommendation and quality insights PT-038 | Mandatory | 12 | IGS QualiZen Practitioner badge Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | Premium: IGS proprietary enablement |
Quick Commerce & Last-Mile Delivery — Lead practical domain lab PT-142 | Choose one | 12 | IGS Quick Commerce & Last-Mile Delivery domain-readiness evidence Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Resilience, timeout, retry and idempotency testing LM-143 | Mandatory | 12 | ISTQB TTA, resilience practice · IGS technical evidence Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Retail & E-commerce — Lead practical domain lab PT-128 | Choose one | 12 | IGS Retail & E-commerce domain-readiness evidence Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Retail, e-commerce and quick commerce LM-029 | Choose one | 8 | IGS deployment-domain elective · IGS Deployment Domain badge Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Robot Framework: keyword design, SeleniumLibrary/RequestsLibrary, data and reports PT-011 | Choose one | 20 | IGS keyword-driven standard Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Root-cause analysis and test-process improvement LM-053 | Mandatory | 6 | TMMi Defect Prevention / Test Process Optimisation · IGS role evidence Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
SAFe 6.0 for QE: ART, PI planning, system demo, inspect/adapt, quality practices and dependencies PT-040 | Deployment-specific | 12 | SAFe Practitioner/Agilist direction Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | Premium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
Salesforce Enterprise Cloud — Lead practical domain lab PT-100 | Choose one | 12 | IGS Salesforce Enterprise Cloud domain-readiness evidence Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Salesforce test automation with Provar/Copado and Apex test awareness PT-054 | Deployment-specific | 20 | Salesforce QA practitioner evidence Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | Premium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
SAP S/4HANA & Enterprise Processes — Lead practical domain lab PT-107 | Choose one | 12 | IGS SAP S/4HANA & Enterprise Processes domain-readiness evidence Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Schema, lineage and change-impact testing LM-145 | Mandatory | 10 | Data governance / ISTQB TTA principles · IGS technical evidence Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Selenium WebDriver: locators, waits, page objects, TestNG/PyTest, Grid and CI PT-010 | Choose one | 24 | ISTQB CTAL-TAE · IGS code standard Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
SME elicitation and rapid knowledge capture LM-036 | Mandatory | 5 | IGS consulting and domain-readiness standard · IGS Domain Practitioner badge Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Spoken communication in stand-ups, reviews and technical discussions LM-017 | Mandatory | 4 | IGS communication standard · IGS Professional Communication badge Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
SQL and database testing: joins, constraints, transactions, reconciliation and data integrity PT-051 | Mandatory | 16 | IGS data-validation standard Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | Premium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
SQL for data verification LM-148 | Mandatory | 8 | ISTQB CTFL data testing · IGS technical evidence Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Status, metrics and fact-based quality reporting LM-055 | Mandatory | 5 | ISTQB CTFL monitoring, CTAL Test Management · IGS role evidence Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Telecom, OSS/BSS and 5G LM-030 | Choose one | 8 | IGS deployment-domain elective · IGS Deployment Domain badge Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Telecommunications & 5G — Lead practical domain lab PT-065 | Choose one | 12 | IGS Telecommunications & 5G domain-readiness evidence Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Test completion, closure and release recommendation LM-056 | Mandatory | 5 | ISTQB CTFL completion, CTAL Test Management · IGS role evidence Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Test estimation, sizing and capacity LM-059 | Mandatory | 6 | ISTQB CTAL Test Management · IGS role evidence Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Test monitoring, control and recovery planning LM-060 | Mandatory | 6 | ISTQB CTAL Test Management, TMMi Test Monitoring and Control · IGS role evidence Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Test strategy and risk-based operating model LM-061 | Mandatory | 12 | ISTQB CTAL Test Management / Test Analyst / Technical Test Analyst · IGS role evidence Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
TMMi Level 2 — managed test process LM-062 | Mandatory | 8 | TMMi Model — Level 2 · IGS role evidence Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
WebdriverIO with JavaScript/TypeScript: page objects, services, API/mobile, parallel runs and CI PT-009 | Choose one | 24 | ISTQB CTAL-TAE · IGS JS standard Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
WireMock, MockServer and Hoverfly: programmable service virtualization, faults and latency PT-048 | Deployment-specific | 16 | IGS service-virtualization standard Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | Premium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
Workday HCM & Finance — Lead practical domain lab PT-121 | Choose one | 12 | IGS Workday HCM & Finance domain-readiness evidence Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | Premium: No verified direct paid course assigned |
Zephyr RTM: requirement-to-scenario-to-test-to-defect traceability and coverage reporting PT-006 | Mandatory | 5 | ISTQB traceability · TMMi monitoring Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% |
AI Enablement (7 modules · 54 hrs)
| Module | Requirement | Hours | Standard / expectation | Learning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
AI agents for API, contract and integration testing — Lead QE AI-EXT-04-LEADQE | Mandatory | 8 | IGS Quality Engineering AI, privacy, evidence, traceability, security and human-verification standard Exam: Eval-suite demonstration · 60 min · pass 70% | Free: IGS Academy guided practice and assessment |
AI controls for a QE workstream AI-ROLE-LEADQE-3 | Mandatory | 6 | IGS Quality Engineering AI, privacy, evidence, traceability and human-verification standard Exam: Eval-suite demonstration · 60 min · pass 70% | Free: IGS Academy guided practice and assessment |
AI for API, integration, contract and data quality testing — Lead QE AI-SPEC-03-LEADQE | Mandatory | 8 | IGS API, Integration & Data QE output, assessment and human-verification standard Exam: Eval-suite demonstration · 60 min · pass 70% | Free: IGS API, Integration & Data QE AI specialisation lab |
AI-assisted release risk, triage and quality reporting AI-ROLE-LEADQE-2 | Mandatory | 7 | IGS Quality Engineering AI, privacy, evidence, traceability and human-verification standard Exam: Eval-suite demonstration · 60 min · pass 70% | Free: IGS Academy guided practice and assessment |
AI-assisted service virtualisation and mock engineering — Lead QE AI-EXT-09-LEADQE | Mandatory | 9 | IGS Quality Engineering AI, privacy, evidence, traceability, security and human-verification standard Exam: Eval-suite demonstration · 60 min · pass 70% | Free: IGS AI-assisted service virtualisation labPremium: IGS AI-assisted service virtualisation lab |
AI-assisted test planning, estimation and work allocation AI-ROLE-LEADQE-1 | Mandatory | 8 | IGS Quality Engineering AI, privacy, evidence, traceability and human-verification standard Exam: Eval-suite demonstration · 60 min · pass 70% | Free: IGS Academy guided practice and assessment |
Atlassian Rovo for Jira and Zephyr-supported QE workflows AI-ROVO | Deployment-specific | 8 | IGS Responsible AI, Atlassian permissions and human verification standard Exam: Eval-suite demonstration · 60 min · pass 70% |