Quality Architect

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An emerging idea for a role that designs quality into the whole system, the way an architect designs a building. It brings together business, product and technical thinking rather than focusing on testing alone.

So what? It reflects a wider shift towards people who look at the whole picture of how products get built, including business-focused leaders with tech and quality knowledge. It was raised as an idea being explored, not an established role.

Example: Someone who shapes how a team plans, builds and checks its work so quality is part of the design from the start, rather than added through testing at the end.
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