# QA Leads UAT testing

> Automation covers the known path. We cover the rest.

QA leads own scope, coverage, and the handoff to production — but automation only takes you so far. We run the UAT cycle with the structure and evidence that makes a production go-live defensible.

Canonical page: [https://bugwolf.com/role/qa-leads](https://bugwolf.com/role/qa-leads)

## What Bugwolf tests

- Scope definition and boundary setting
- Coverage reporting by business risk
- Defect severity grading
- Production handoff documentation

## Related guidance

- [Where Automated Testing Stops and UAT Begins: A QA Lead's Guide to the Coverage Gap](https://bugwolf.com/post/qa-lead-uat-coverage-gap/index.md): Automation proves repeatable system behaviour. UAT closes the gap on business-critical journeys, human decisions, realistic data, and the evidence needed for production handoff.

## Next step

- [Managed UAT Services](https://bugwolf.com/services/index.md): How Bugwolf scopes, executes, reports, and signs off enterprise UAT
- [Contact Bugwolf](https://bugwolf.com/contact/index.md): Discuss role UAT with Ash Conway