Test Automation Architect
Principal / Architect · Automation & SDET
91
Modules assigned
1054
Total hours
5
Pillars covered
Process & Quality (7 modules · 70 hrs)
| Module | Requirement | Hours | Standard / expectation | Learning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | |
ITIL service quality: incident, problem, change and continual improvement LM-046 | Mandatory | 8 | ITIL 4, TMMi defect prevention – IGS role evidence | |
KPI, SLA, OLA and outcome-measure design LM-047 | Mandatory | 6 | TMMi Measurement, CTAL Test Management – IGS role evidence | |
Product-risk analysis and prioritisation LM-050 | Mandatory | 4 | ISTQB CTFL risk-based testing, CTAL Test Management – IGS role evidence | |
Quality engineering at scale with SAFe LM-051 | Mandatory | 8 | SAFe knowledge base, ISTQB Agile Test Leadership – IGS role evidence | |
Root-cause analysis and test-process improvement LM-053 | Mandatory | 6 | TMMi Defect Prevention / Test Process Optimisation – IGS role evidence | |
Test strategy and risk-based operating model LM-061 | Mandatory | 12 | ISTQB CTAL Test Management / Test Analyst / Technical Test Analyst – IGS role evidence |
Domain & Business (30 modules · 310 hrs)
| Module | Requirement | Hours | Standard / expectation | Learning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Airlines and travel LM-021 | Choose one | 8 | IGS deployment-domain elective – IGS Deployment Domain badge | |
Banking, Financial Services & FinTech – Principal/Architect practical domain lab PT-081 | Choose one | 14 | IGS Banking, Financial Services & FinTech domain-readiness evidence | |
BFSI, digital banking, cards and payments LM-022 | Choose one | 8 | IGS deployment-domain elective – IGS Deployment Domain badge | |
Clinical trials and remote patient monitoring LM-023 | Choose one | 8 | IGS deployment-domain elective – IGS Deployment Domain badge | |
Domain data, controls, privacy and regulation LM-031 | Mandatory | 6 | IGS domain-readiness standard, context-specific regulation – IGS Domain Foundation badge | |
Domain discovery and value-chain mapping LM-032 | Mandatory | 5 | IGS domain-readiness standard – IGS Domain Foundation badge | |
Domain KPIs, SLAs and operational failure patterns LM-033 | Mandatory | 6 | TMMi Measurement, ITIL service management – IGS Domain Practitioner badge | |
Domain risk-to-test / engineering map LM-034 | Mandatory | 6 | ISTQB risk-based testing, CTAL Test Management – IGS Domain Foundation badge | |
EdTech & Learning Platforms – Principal/Architect practical domain lab PT-095 | Choose one | 14 | IGS EdTech & Learning Platforms domain-readiness evidence | Free: edX Education Technology coursesPremium: No verified direct paid course assigned |
EdTech and learning platforms LM-024 | Choose one | 8 | IGS deployment-domain elective – IGS Deployment Domain badge | |
Enterprise Applications & Integrations – Principal/Architect practical domain lab PT-151 | Choose one | 14 | IGS Enterprise Applications & Integrations domain-readiness evidence | Free: Microsoft Learn – Dynamics 365Premium: No verified direct paid course assigned |
Healthcare and HealthTech LM-025 | Choose one | 8 | IGS deployment-domain elective – IGS Deployment Domain badge | |
Healthcare, Clinical Trials & RPM – Principal/Architect practical domain lab PT-060 | Choose one | 14 | IGS Healthcare, Clinical Trials & RPM domain-readiness evidence | |
Insurance LM-026 | Choose one | 8 | IGS deployment-domain elective – IGS Deployment Domain badge | |
Insurance – Principal/Architect practical domain lab PT-088 | Choose one | 14 | IGS Insurance domain-readiness evidence | |
Manhattan WMS & Omnichannel – Principal/Architect practical domain lab PT-116 | Choose one | 14 | IGS Manhattan WMS & Omnichannel domain-readiness evidence | |
Manufacturing & Industrial – Principal/Architect practical domain lab PT-137 | Choose one | 14 | IGS Manufacturing & Industrial domain-readiness evidence | Free: Coursera Digital ManufacturingPremium: No verified direct paid course assigned |
Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 LM-027 | Choose one | 8 | IGS deployment-domain elective – IGS Deployment Domain badge | |
OTT, Media & Connected TV – Principal/Architect practical domain lab PT-074 | Choose one | 14 | IGS OTT, Media & Connected TV domain-readiness evidence | Free: AWS Video Streaming ConceptsPremium: 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 | |
Personas, customer journeys and business rules LM-035 | Mandatory | 6 | ISTQB CTAL Test Analyst business-process testing – IGS Domain Foundation badge | |
Quick Commerce & Last-Mile Delivery – Principal/Architect practical domain lab PT-144 | Choose one | 14 | IGS Quick Commerce & Last-Mile Delivery domain-readiness evidence | |
Retail & E-commerce – Principal/Architect practical domain lab PT-130 | Choose one | 14 | IGS Retail & E-commerce domain-readiness evidence | |
Retail, e-commerce and quick commerce LM-029 | Choose one | 8 | IGS deployment-domain elective – IGS Deployment Domain badge | |
Salesforce Enterprise Cloud – Principal/Architect practical domain lab PT-102 | Choose one | 14 | IGS Salesforce Enterprise Cloud domain-readiness evidence | |
SAP S/4HANA & Enterprise Processes – Principal/Architect practical domain lab PT-109 | Choose one | 14 | IGS SAP S/4HANA & Enterprise Processes domain-readiness evidence | |
SME elicitation and rapid knowledge capture LM-036 | Mandatory | 5 | IGS consulting and domain-readiness standard – IGS Domain Practitioner badge | |
Telecom, OSS/BSS and 5G LM-030 | Choose one | 8 | IGS deployment-domain elective – IGS Deployment Domain badge | |
Telecommunications & 5G – Principal/Architect practical domain lab PT-067 | Choose one | 14 | IGS Telecommunications & 5G domain-readiness evidence | |
Workday HCM & Finance – Principal/Architect practical domain lab PT-123 | Choose one | 14 | IGS Workday HCM & Finance domain-readiness evidence | Free: Learn with WorkdayPremium: No verified direct paid course assigned |
Tools & Engineering (32 modules · 497 hrs)
| Module | Requirement | Hours | Standard / expectation | Learning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Accessibility testing with axe, Lighthouse and screen-reader workflow PT-049 | Deployment-specific | 14 | WCAG 2.2 – EN 301 549 | Free: Deque University – axe resourcesPremium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
API libraries: Playwright APIRequest, WebdriverIO services and REST Assured PT-024 | Recommended | 16 | IGS API-code standard | Free: Playwright API testing guidePremium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
Appium: Android/iOS setup, inspector, capabilities, gestures, waits and device execution PT-012 | Deployment-specific | 24 | IGS mobile automation standard | |
Automation framework design patterns LM-090 | Mandatory | 14 | ISTQB CTAL TAE v2 – IGS technical evidence | |
BrowserStack: browser/device matrix, local testing, debugging, accessibility and CI PT-015 | Choose one | 8 | IGS compatibility standard | Free: BrowserStack Test UniversityPremium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
CI/CD integration, diagnostics and flaky-test control LM-096 | Mandatory | 12 | ISTQB CTAL TAE v2 – IGS technical evidence | |
CI/CD quality gates and developer feedback LM-097 | Mandatory | 14 | ISTQB CTAL TAE, DevOps – IGS technical evidence | |
Containers, Kubernetes and ephemeral test environments LM-099 | Mandatory | 16 | Quality platform engineering – IGS technical evidence | |
Data-driven, parallel and cross-environment automation LM-106 | Mandatory | 10 | ISTQB CTAL TAE v2 – IGS technical evidence | |
Docker and Kubernetes for QE: containerize test dependencies, run jobs and diagnose environments PT-045 | Deployment-specific | 20 | IGS cloud-native testing standard | Free: Kubernetes tutorialsPremium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
GenRocket: domains, attributes, generators, receivers, scenarios and automation integration PT-018 | Deployment-specific | 16 | IGS synthetic TDM standard | Free: GenRocket UniversityPremium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
Git and source-control basics LM-118 | Mandatory | 6 | Modern QE engineering practice – IGS technical evidence | |
Integrated learning module – 2 related topics MOD-LM-091-LM-141 | Mandatory | 34 | ISTQB Test Automation Strategy / CTAL TAE – IGS technical evidence – ISTQB TAE/TAS, TMMi L3-L5 – IGS technical evidence | |
Jenkins and GitHub Actions: pipeline-as-code, test gates, artefacts, secrets and notifications PT-044 | Recommended | 16 | IGS CI quality-gate standard | Free: GitHub Actions documentationPremium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
Katalon Studio/True Platform: objects, tests, suites, data, API/mobile, TestOps and CI PT-013 | Choose one | 20 | Katalon Practitioner pathway | |
Newman: command-line collection runs, data, reporters, environments and CI PT-020 | Mandatory | 6 | IGS API CI standard | Free: Newman documentationPremium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
Observability, diagnostics and quality telemetry LM-132 | Mandatory | 12 | ISTQB TTA, SRE practice – IGS technical evidence | |
Pact: consumer contract, provider verification, broker and CI compatibility gate PT-023 | Deployment-specific | 16 | IGS contract-testing standard | Free: Direct course awaiting TestOps curationPremium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
Playwright with TypeScript: locators, fixtures, assertions, API checks, projects, traces and CI PT-008 | Choose one | 24 | ISTQB CTAL-TAE – IGS code standard | |
Postman Interceptor, Charles Proxy and Fiddler: capture, replay and diagnose HTTP traffic PT-022 | Recommended | 10 | IGS diagnostic evidence standard | Free: Postman Interceptor guidePremium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
Postman: requests, auth, variables, scripts, data, collections and documentation PT-019 | Mandatory | 12 | IGS API evidence standard | |
qTest Manager: requirements, test cases, cycles, execution, defects and dashboards PT-007 | Deployment-specific | 10 | Tricentis qTest practitioner evidence | Free: Tricentis Academy – qTestPremium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
QualiZen practitioner: ambiguity, risk, test design, automation recommendation and quality insights PT-038 | Mandatory | 12 | IGS QualiZen Practitioner badge | Free: IGS QualiZen internal academyPremium: IGS proprietary enablement |
Robot Framework: keyword design, SeleniumLibrary/RequestsLibrary, data and reports PT-011 | Choose one | 20 | IGS keyword-driven standard | |
Salesforce test automation with Provar/Copado and Apex test awareness PT-054 | Deployment-specific | 20 | Salesforce QA practitioner evidence | Free: Salesforce Trailhead – Software TestingPremium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
Selenium WebDriver: locators, waits, page objects, TestNG/PyTest, Grid and CI PT-010 | Choose one | 24 | ISTQB CTAL-TAE – IGS code standard | |
SonarQube quality engineering: quality profiles, gates, coverage, duplication and issue governance PT-047 | Deployment-specific | 10 | IGS code-quality standard | Free: SonarQube documentationPremium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
Suitest for OTT/connected devices: element recognition, scenarios, devices and results PT-017 | Deployment-specific | 12 | IGS OTT assurance standard | Free: Suitest documentationPremium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
Tricentis Tosca: modules, test cases, data, execution lists, recovery and reporting PT-014 | Choose one | 24 | Tosca certification pathway | |
WebdriverIO with JavaScript/TypeScript: page objects, services, API/mobile, parallel runs and CI PT-009 | Choose one | 24 | ISTQB CTAL-TAE – IGS JS standard | |
WireMock, MockServer and Hoverfly: programmable service virtualization, faults and latency PT-048 | Deployment-specific | 16 | IGS service-virtualization standard | Free: WireMock documentationPremium: Direct course awaiting TestOps curation |
Zephyr RTM: requirement-to-scenario-to-test-to-defect traceability and coverage reporting PT-006 | Mandatory | 5 | ISTQB traceability – TMMi monitoring |
AI Enablement (9 modules · 80 hrs)
| Module | Requirement | Hours | Standard / expectation | Learning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
AI evaluation architecture and regression gates AI-ROLE-PRINCIPALARCHITECT-1 | Mandatory | 10 | IGS Quality Engineering AI, privacy, evidence, traceability and human-verification standard | Free: IGS Academy guided practice and assessmentPremium: Automated Testing for LLMOps |
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 | Free: IGS Academy guided practice and assessmentPremium: Testing AI Systems with DeepEval: Agents, Chatbots and RAG |
AI for test automation and SDET engineering – Principal / Architect AI-SPEC-02-PRINCIPALARCHITECT | Mandatory | 10 | IGS Automation & SDET output, assessment and human-verification standard | Free: IGS Automation & SDET AI specialisation labPremium: Gen AI Test Automation with Selenium, Playwright, Copilot and Claude |
AI security testing and red-team engineering AI-ROLE-PRINCIPALARCHITECT-3 | Mandatory | 9 | IGS Quality Engineering AI, privacy, evidence, traceability and human-verification standard | Free: IGS Academy guided practice and assessmentPremium: Red Teaming LLM Applications |
AI-assisted accessibility and inclusive quality testing – Principal / Architect AI-EXT-08-PRINCIPALARCHITECT | Mandatory | 7 | IGS Quality Engineering AI, privacy, evidence, traceability, security and human-verification standard | Free: IGS AI-assisted accessibility testing labPremium: IGS AI-assisted accessibility testing lab |
AI-assisted mobile automation with Playwright, Appium and WebdriverIO – Principal / Architect AI-EXT-05-PRINCIPALARCHITECT | Mandatory | 8 | IGS Quality Engineering AI, privacy, evidence, traceability, security and human-verification standard | Free: IGS Academy guided practice and assessmentPremium: Web and Mobile Automation using Playwright, Appium and AI |
AI-driven automation engineering and self-healing controls – Principal / Architect AI-EXT-07-PRINCIPALARCHITECT | Mandatory | 9 | IGS Quality Engineering AI, privacy, evidence, traceability, security and human-verification standard | Free: IGS Academy guided practice and assessmentPremium: AI-Driven Test Automation with Playwright, Selenium and LLMs |
Quality engineering for prompts, RAG and agents AI-ROLE-PRINCIPALARCHITECT-2 | Mandatory | 10 | IGS Quality Engineering AI, privacy, evidence, traceability and human-verification standard | Free: IGS Academy guided practice and assessmentPremium: Building and Evaluating Advanced RAG |
Visual AI and intelligent regression testing – Principal / Architect AI-EXT-06-PRINCIPALARCHITECT | Mandatory | 7 | IGS Quality Engineering AI, privacy, evidence, traceability, security and human-verification standard | Free: IGS Academy guided practice and assessmentPremium: Applitools Visual AI Testing with Selenium and Appium |
Communication, Leadership & Culture (13 modules · 97 hrs)
| Module | Requirement | Hours | Standard / expectation | Learning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Client communication and expectation management LM-003 | Mandatory | 6 | IGS client-engagement standard – IGS Client Communication badge | |
Commercial and financial acumen LM-004 | Mandatory | 8 | IGS commercial governance – IGS Commercial Acumen badge | |
Concise written communication: status, risk, decision and defect LM-005 | Mandatory | 4 | IGS communication standard – IGS Professional Communication badge | |
Consultative discovery and pre-sales LM-007 | Mandatory | 8 | IGS growth and solutioning governance – IGS Consultative Solutioning badge | |
Cross-cultural collaboration in global teams and clients LM-008 | Mandatory | 6 | IGS global culture standard – IGS Global Collaboration badge | |
Difficult conversations – internal team and client LM-009 | Mandatory | 7 | IGS conduct and client-engagement standard – IGS Difficult Conversations badge | |
Ethical leadership, inclusion and psychological safety LM-010 | Mandatory | 6 | IGS culture and conduct – IGS Ethical Leadership badge | |
Executive and board communication LM-011 | Mandatory | 8 | IGS executive communication standard – IGS Executive Communication badge | |
Giving feedback, coaching and mentoring LM-012 | Mandatory | 6 | IGS North-Star performance behaviours – IGS Coach / Mentor badge | |
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 | |
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 | |
Leadership, delegation and accountability LM-014 | Mandatory | 7 | IGS leadership and North-Star framework – IGS People Leadership badge | |
Spoken communication in stand-ups, reviews and technical discussions LM-017 | Mandatory | 4 | IGS communication standard – IGS Professional Communication badge |
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