Products
Map, Pod and Cover
Cover is the destination: named business journeys, checked as the system changes. There are three ways to reach it, and the shortest is for the client who is already ready.
What each one is for
The test manager is usually where this starts. Who signs differs: a sponsor above them for Map, a programme director or PMO for Pod, a platform or business owner for Cover.
Map
Decide where to invest. A fixed-price assessment of live platforms that turns regression effort into an ordered decision.
- For: “where is regression costing us, and what first?”
- Ends in a routing decision, not a sales pitch
Pod
Build the missing capability. A managed pre-production service that creates and stabilises automation, evidence and the CI connection.
- For: “we know what to improve — who builds it?”
- Not staff augmentation, and not a team for hire
Cover
Keep it checked. Recurring assurance for named business journeys, with a clear status and a stated limit each cycle.
- For: “keep the important journeys checked as we change”
- The client keeps the release decision
Three routes to the same recurring service
Direct to Cover. The platform is live and you know which journeys matter. Cover’s onboarding builds the checks; no assessment first.
Map, then Cover. You need the business case before you commit. Map names the journeys and the order, and Cover picks them up.
Map, then Pod, then Cover. The platform is a new programme and the pre-production capability does not exist yet. Pod builds it; Cover maintains it once the journeys are live.
Which one is yours
Platform live, journeys known
Start with Cover. You do not need an assessment to tell you what you already know.
02Not sure where to invest
Start with Map. It is the lowest-risk first conversation and it may tell you to do nothing.
03New programme, no harness
Start with Pod, usually after Map. Something has to build the capability before anything can maintain it.
The harness is never bought on its own. A Pod builds it during a programme; Cover’s onboarding builds it for a platform that is already live. Either way it is built in your test environment or CI — never in production.