Skills Quality assurance

QA programme maturity

High review volume is the most common false signal of maturity. Teams that score 10,000 conversations a month but never calibrate, never action auto-fails, and cannot link scores to CSAT or repeat contact are not mature — they are busy.

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Installnpx rulebase-skills install cx-qa-program-maturity

When to use it

Reach for this when someone says any of these — they are the phrases the skill itself triggers on:

  • how mature is our QA programme
  • QA maturity assessment
  • are we ready to use QA for bonuses

How it works

The method, in the order the skill runs it. The full procedure — tables, worked examples and the edge cases — is in the skill itself.

  1. Step 1: Name the decisions scores actually drive

    Ask explicitly — do not accept the mission statement.

  2. Step 2: Score five dimensions

    Rate each 1–4 (1 = ad hoc, 4 = reliable and evidenced). No dimension above 2 if gating decisions run on that layer without upgrade.

  3. Step 3: Overall maturity — limited by weakest load-bearing dimension

    Examples: Coaching programme, Bonus gating, Compliance.

  4. Step 5: Roadmap by gap — not by ambition

    Prioritise fixes that unlock the next decision the business wants to make safely.

  5. Step 6: Assess AI grading maturity separately

    If AI grades production traffic, add: Model/version pinned on evaluations, Human benchmark sample with agreement tracked, Segment differential agreement (especially voice), Contested evaluation workflow includes AI-specific remand reasons.

  6. Step 7: Report maturity honestly

    Present to leadership: Load-bearing dimensions for each claimed use of QA, Explicit blockers, 90-day priorities.

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