Hi all, new here! Need to vent a bit, but I would also like to discuss a different approach that could help. Sorry for the AI slant, my words are usually poor
Thirty years in this industry and I still believe QA has a vital role to play. Not a checkbox role — a structural one. The kind that, when it’s done well, is almost invisible. And when it’s removed, you eventually notice.
I started this research because I wanted to give practitioners something useful. A way to honestly assess whether a project’s maturity is actually fit for purpose — not against a generic ladder, but against what that specific type of project actually needs. Get that right and you’ve got something actionable. Something that starts conversations, surfaces real gaps, and maybe — gradually — helps rebuild the case for doing this properly.
The model separates capability from operational effectiveness as two independent axes, and maps 16 project archetypes to what the right balance looks like for each. It’s built on existing frameworks but tries to answer the question they never quite got to: given your project, what should your maturity actually look like?
It’s still a hypothesis. That’s why I need people with real experience to pressure test it.
If you’ve got 20 minutes I’d genuinely appreciate your input: https://capopsresearch.vercel.app/
Equally happy to just talk about it if any of this strikes a chord.