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Government software testing,
delivered with confidence.

Government software testing and digital business assurance for agencies delivering IT and digital transformation. PinnacleQM helps public sector teams reduce production risk, support citizens and deliver value within budget.

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Government

Public services
cannot afford failure.

Government agencies deliver complex IT change under public scrutiny, fixed budgets and multi-vendor contracts. A defect in a citizen-facing service or a missed go-live quickly becomes a public issue and a cost to taxpayers.

PinnacleQM is a specialist provider of digital business assurance and testing for government, from state agencies to a consortium of 54 UK local councils. We help agency teams scale, reduce production risk from IT change and improve delivery value and speed.

State agenciesHealth departmentsTransport authorities
How we help

Support across
government programmes.

Four ways PinnacleQM supports government technology and business teams.

Independent strategy and assurance advice

Senior consultants assess testing maturity, multi-vendor quality and release governance, and build practical roadmaps aligned to agency risk appetite, investment priorities and the services citizens depend on across every programme.

  • Testing maturity assessment
  • Multi-vendor quality governance
  • Five-year improvement roadmaps

Assurance for major government programmes

Independent test management and assurance for complex, multi-vendor programmes, from dependency mapping and daily triage to formal go-live recommendations, with the release decision kept with your authorised delegate and recorded.

  • Release assurance control office
  • Dependency and risk mapping
  • Independent go-live recommendations

Governed testing services for agencies

Managed testing under a Work Order model, with a locally based core team, flexible specialists and four-tier governance, so agencies get agreed service levels, clear accountability and capacity that scales with demand.

  • Locally based core teams
  • Work Order governance
  • Measured service levels

Automation that scales agency teams

PinnacleQM platforms as a service, with data residency controls, so agencies automate regression and acceptance without building toolchains, and data stays in its country of origin where obligations require it.

  • Data kept in Australia
  • Automated business acceptance
  • Virtual testers at scale
Featured outcome

Penalties removed.
Service protected.

Within two monthly releases, a state transport department had every production defect tested, fixed and retested, and it no longer incurs defect penalties.

~$1M a year in penaltiesNo penalties
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Transport operations centre monitoring the network

Who we work with

Supporting every
agency team.

PinnacleQM works with the people accountable for delivering and accepting government technology change.

Technology leaders

CIOs and CTOs accountable for delivering digital services on time, within budget and without public failures.

Programme teams

Delivery teams coordinating multiple vendors who need independent assurance and a single view of release risk.

Business teams

Agency staff who must accept new systems while continuing to deliver services to citizens every day.

Procurement and risk

Teams that need evidence of certification, governance and data protection before engaging a supplier for sensitive work.

Platforms

Platforms and
accelerators for government.

Platforms that scale agency testing while keeping sensitive citizen data protected.

QMFactory

Central quality governance, traceability and release-readiness reporting across agency projects and vendors.

Enginuity

Natural-language automation of citizen-facing and back-office processes, run by virtual testers around the clock.

Authorise

Automated business acceptance with video evidence, reducing the time agency staff spend on UAT.

Enigma

Obfuscates citizen data so realistic test data can be used within privacy obligations.

Standards-aligned, independent assurance.

Our Enterprise Test Strategy Framework aligns with ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119, ISO/IEC 25010 and ISTQB, and supports controls aligned to OWASP ASVS and WCAG 2.2 AA.

PinnacleQM client outcomes

Government results
our clients measure.

Commuters on a metro platform
Government / Transport

Defect penalties eliminated within two monthly releases

A state transport department paying around $1 million a year in penalties had every defect tested, fixed and retested, and no longer incurs penalties.

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Clinical team reviewing patient data and scans together
Government / Health

Seven testers, 24 months sooner, $10M+ saved

A state health integration re-platforming was delivered by 7 testers in 12 months against competitor estimates of 40 to 46 testers over 36 months.

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Healthcare team reviewing patient data on a laptop
Government / Health

Five million patient records a day on obfuscated data

A state healthcare provider validated production-level volumes of doctor-patient records using HealthTest obfuscation and automated test variations, testing more than 5 million transactions a day.

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Voice of the customer

In the words
of our customers.

We integrated Pinnacle’s teams and solutions into our capability. Services and solutions engaged within project delivery, business acceptance, patching and upgrades. We automate much more, with minimal backlogs as we automate within sprints. Business user satisfaction has never been higher.
Chief Technology Officer Enterprise systems client
Pinnacle now supports our SAP S/4HANA projects, integrations, maintenance and patching changes, reusing automation for scaled data obfuscation for offshore development teams and automating business processes. Great collaboration. I cannot imagine doing this without them.
SAP Programme Director SAP S/4HANA programme
We use Pinnacle’s services and automation platform for all our test and automation demands. Virtual worker bot groups replace each business team’s need to support changes. A small Pinnacle offshore team manages a massive library of tens of thousands of automated transactions. This is a massive saving and value to our company. We love this collaborative way of working.
Vice President, HR Services Enterprise client
After working with Pinnacle on client projects, we now involve them in business projects and maintenance too. Projects run smoother, with realism and optimisation in schedules. We deliver more reliably and achieve greater customer success. They set a high bar for communication, pace and quality.
Delivery Executive Software company
Pinnacle has helped ensure our customers are on latest versions and manage impacts to client systems. A valued partner in delivering upgrades and integrations, their automation frameworks work well with our platforms.
Executive Software company
We struggled to meet growing demands using traditional tools. With Pinnacle, we adopted several of their SaaS automation platforms. Now we have an army of virtual bots running any time, and we are not struggling to maintain script libraries anymore.
Product Development Lead Cloud ERP provider
Government questions

Government testing,
answered plainly.

Common questions from agency technology, programme and procurement teams.

Can PinnacleQM provide independent assurance on multi-vendor government programmes?

Yes. PinnacleQM establishes one defect process, one register and one view of release risk across all vendors, with daily triage during critical periods. Technical severity is separated from business priority, residual risk is documented, and the release decision stays with the agency’s authorised delegate, supported by PinnacleQM’s independent recommendation.

Where is government data stored and processed?

Data residency is agreed with each agency. PinnacleQM’s platforms can keep data in its country of origin, for example Australian data in Australia, and offshore resources are only used with the agency’s prior approval once security, privacy, data-access and residency controls are in place. Enigma obfuscates citizen data before it is used in testing.

How does PinnacleQM reduce the load on agency business teams?

Authorise automates business acceptance. Agency users define acceptance criteria once, virtual workers run the processes and record video evidence, and users approve changes online. Business teams stop repeating manual test cycles, which lets them keep delivering services to citizens while new systems are accepted.

Which testing standards does PinnacleQM's government assurance align with?

PinnacleQM’s Enterprise Test Strategy Framework aligns with ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119, ISO/IEC 25010 and ISTQB, and supports controls aligned to OWASP ASVS and WCAG 2.2 AA. Senior consultants assess testing maturity, multi-vendor quality and release governance, then build practical roadmaps aligned to agency risk appetite, investment priorities and the services citizens depend on.

How does PinnacleQM's managed testing service work for government agencies?

PinnacleQM provides managed testing under a Work Order model, with a locally based core team, flexible specialists and four-tier governance. Agencies get agreed and measured service levels, clear accountability and capacity that scales with demand, while QMFactory provides central quality governance, traceability and release-readiness reporting across agency projects and vendors.

Talk to our government team

Planning government IT change?
Let's talk.

Tell us about your programme, vendors and deadlines. We will show how independent assurance, automation and governed delivery can protect your services, your citizens and your budget.

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