{"slug": "building-an-agentic-sdlc-with-a-qa-engineering-mindset", "title": "Building an agentic SDLC with a QA engineering mindset", "summary": "Suneet Malhotra has published a five-agent software development lifecycle (SDLC) framework that applies a QA engineering mindset to agentic workflows, with companion code available on his GitHub. The framework is supported by two referenced papers on cross-layer observability for LLM-assisted test automation, including a reference implementation and evaluation data (v1.5.2).", "body_md": "You can learn more about Suneet’s five-agent SDLC (and see the companion code) on [his GitHub](https://github.com/SuneetMalhotra).\n\nRead the papers discussed: [Cross-Layer Observability for LLM-Assisted Test Automation: A Reference Architecture and Web Feasibility Study](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6963910) and [Cross-Layer Observability for LLM-Assisted Test Automation — Reference Implementation and Evaluation Data (v1.5.2, JSS In-Practice)](https://zenodo.org/records/20618807).\n\nConnect with Suneet on [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/suneet-m/) and see more of his work on [his website](https://suneetmalhotra.com/).\n\nCongrats to user [Sanjay](https://stackoverflow.com/users/1421110/sanjay) for winning a Great Question badge for asking [What does it mean to fork on GitHub?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24939843/what-does-it-mean-to-fork-on-github).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/building-an-agentic-sdlc-with-a-qa-engineering-mindset", "canonical_source": "https://stackoverflow.blog/2026/08/18/building-an-agentic-sdlc-with-a-qa-engineering-mindset/", "published_at": "2026-08-18 07:40:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-18 16:42:28.413607+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-research", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["Suneet Malhotra", "GitHub", "LinkedIn", "Sanjay", "Stack Overflow"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/building-an-agentic-sdlc-with-a-qa-engineering-mindset", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/building-an-agentic-sdlc-with-a-qa-engineering-mindset.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/building-an-agentic-sdlc-with-a-qa-engineering-mindset.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/building-an-agentic-sdlc-with-a-qa-engineering-mindset.jsonld"}}