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Principal Data Quality Engineer
Principal / Architect · The mandatory curriculum for this designation. Every module must be completed and its examination passed, with evidence filed with the Registrar.
85
Modules assigned
946
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 (78 modules · 880 hrs)
| Module | Requirement | Hours | Standard / expectation | Learning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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% | |
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 — Principal/Architect practical domain lab PT-081 | Choose one | 14 | 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% | |
Commercial and financial acumen LM-004 | Mandatory | 8 | IGS commercial governance · IGS Commercial Acumen 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% | |
Consultative discovery and pre-sales LM-007 | Mandatory | 8 | IGS growth and solutioning governance · IGS Consultative Solutioning 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% | |
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% | |
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 — Principal/Architect practical domain lab PT-095 | Choose one | 14 | 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 — Principal/Architect practical domain lab PT-151 | Choose one | 14 | 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 |
Ethical leadership, inclusion and psychological safety LM-010 | Mandatory | 6 | IGS culture and conduct · IGS Ethical Leadership badge Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Executive and board communication LM-011 | Mandatory | 8 | IGS executive communication standard · IGS Executive Communication badge 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 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 — Principal/Architect practical domain lab PT-060 | Choose one | 14 | 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 — Principal/Architect practical domain lab PT-088 | Choose one | 14 | IGS Insurance domain-readiness evidence Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Integrated learning module — 2 related topics MOD-LM-105-LM-122 | Mandatory | 32 | TMMi L4/L5, ISTQB TTA · IGS technical evidence · ISTQB CTAL TTA / TAE · IGS technical 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% | |
Integrated learning module — 3 related topics MOD-LM-063-LM-064-LM-065 | Mandatory | 26 | TMMi Model — Level 3 · IGS role evidence · TMMi Model — Level 4 · IGS role evidence · TMMi Model — Level 5 · IGS role evidence Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
ITIL service quality: incident, problem, change and continual improvement LM-046 | Mandatory | 8 | ITIL 4, TMMi defect prevention · IGS role evidence 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 — Principal/Architect practical domain lab PT-116 | Choose one | 14 | IGS Manhattan WMS & Omnichannel domain-readiness evidence Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
Manufacturing & Industrial — Principal/Architect practical domain lab PT-137 | Choose one | 14 | 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 — Principal/Architect practical domain lab PT-074 | Choose one | 14 | 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 |
Quality engineering at scale with SAFe LM-051 | Mandatory | 8 | SAFe knowledge base, ISTQB Agile Test Leadership · IGS role evidence Exam: Syllabus-style quiz + applied exercise · 30–45 min · pass 70% | |
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 — Principal/Architect practical domain lab PT-144 | Choose one | 14 | 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 — Principal/Architect practical domain lab PT-130 | Choose one | 14 | 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% | |
Salesforce Enterprise Cloud — Principal/Architect practical domain lab PT-102 | Choose one | 14 | 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 — Principal/Architect practical domain lab PT-109 | Choose one | 14 | 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% | |
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 — Principal/Architect practical domain lab PT-067 | Choose one | 14 | IGS Telecommunications & 5G domain-readiness 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% | |
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 — Principal/Architect practical domain lab PT-123 | Choose one | 14 | 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 · 66 hrs)
| Module | Requirement | Hours | Standard / expectation | Learning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
AI agents for API, contract and integration testing — Principal / Architect AI-EXT-04-PRINCIPALARCHITECT | 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 evaluation architecture and regression gates AI-ROLE-PRINCIPALARCHITECT-1 | Mandatory | 10 | 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 evaluation engineering for models, RAG and agents — Principal / Architect AI-EXT-12-PRINCIPALARCHITECT | Mandatory | 10 | 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 for API, integration, contract and data quality testing — Principal / Architect AI-SPEC-03-PRINCIPALARCHITECT | Mandatory | 10 | 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 security testing and red-team engineering AI-ROLE-PRINCIPALARCHITECT-3 | Mandatory | 9 | 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 — Principal / Architect AI-EXT-09-PRINCIPALARCHITECT | 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 |
Quality engineering for prompts, RAG and agents AI-ROLE-PRINCIPALARCHITECT-2 | Mandatory | 10 | 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 |