The D781 assessment
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D781 Software Quality Assurance and Deployment (ITSW 5104, 4 CUs in the September 2026 WGU catalog) is the heaviest course of the shared graduate software engineering base: term 2 of all three M.S. Software Engineering tracks (AI Engineering, DevOps Engineering, and Domain Driven Design), beside D780 and D486, and term 9 of the accelerated BSSWE-to-MSSWE bachelor's track. Per the catalog description it covers quality models and metrics, QA methods, automated testing, test case design and implementation, CI/CD pipelines and tools, performance testing, deployment strategies, rollback procedures, disaster recovery plans, and monitoring and logging. Coursework Ninja completes D781 done-for-you, fixed quote in writing first. From $99. Independent of WGU.
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Per WGU's published description, Software Quality Assurance and Deployment equips students with the skills and knowledge necessary for ensuring high-quality software development and effective deployment practices. The curriculum covers quality models and metrics, QA methods, automated testing, and the design and implementation of test cases. It introduces continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines and tools, performance testing, and the tools required for assessing software performance, plus deployment strategies, rollback procedures, disaster recovery plans, and monitoring and logging practices, each crucial for the software's operational integrity in production environments.
Four catalog tables carry D781: term 2 of all three M.S. Software Engineering tracks, where it lands beside D780 Software Architecture and Design and D486 Governance, Risk, and Compliance, and term 9 of the accelerated BSSWE-to-MSSWE bachelor's track, deep in the graduate half. At 4 CUs it is the largest single course of that shared base, and the regular B.S. Software Engineering table does not carry it. Message us the code and where you stand, and we quote a flat price in writing.
- Fixed quote in writing before any work, singles from $99
- 4 CUs, term 2 of all three M.S. Software Engineering tracks
- QA models, CI/CD, rollback, disaster recovery, monitoring
- Folds into the $3,500 master's package with the 6-month guarantee
Every full package includes the written 6-month guarantee: we finish the remaining CUs under the agreed plan, or you do not pay. Packages: Bachelor's $3,000 · Master's $3,500 · both $5,500 · single assessments from $99.
Coverage
What D781 completion covers
Quality models and metrics
The description's opening layer: quality models and metrics, plus QA methods. The scored skill is measuring quality against a named model, not asserting that the tests pass.
Automated testing and test case design
The catalog names the design and implementation of test cases, not just running them. Graded work shows why the test set covers what it covers, which is where volume-based answers fall short.
CI/CD pipelines and performance testing
Continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines and tools, plus performance testing and the tools for assessing software performance: the automation half of the course, graded as pipeline design, not tool name-dropping.
Deployment, rollback, disaster recovery
The operational trio the description closes with: deployment strategies, rollback procedures, and disaster recovery plans, with monitoring and logging for production integrity. This is the layer developers delegate to operations and then cannot explain on paper.
Full degree plan integration
D781 alone is a single from $99. On a remaining M.S. Software Engineering list it folds into the flat $3,500 master's package; on the accelerated bachelor's track it rides the $3,000 bachelor's package. Either way the written 6-month finish guarantee covers it.
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Bottlenecks
Where D781 stalls software engineers
D781 stalls developers who ship daily but have never owned the quality and deployment paperwork. Four competency units of models, pipelines, and recovery plans is a writing load, not a coding one. These are the stalls we take over most often.
- Quality answered as run-the-tests instead of the quality models and metrics the course names.
- Test cases listed without the design rationale the description asks for.
- CI/CD described as a tool stack instead of a pipeline with quality gates.
- Rollback and disaster recovery treated as operations trivia until the rubric asks for the plan.
- The term-2 student giving the 4-CU course a 2-CU time budget beside D780 and D486.
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Questions, answered
Per the September 2026 WGU institutional catalog, Software Quality Assurance and Deployment (ITSW 5104, 4 CUs) covers quality models and metrics, QA methods, automated testing, and the design and implementation of test cases; introduces CI/CD pipelines and tools, performance testing, and performance-assessment tools; and includes deployment strategies, rollback procedures, disaster recovery plans, and monitoring and logging practices for production integrity.
Per the current catalog, four tables: term 2 of all three M.S. Software Engineering tracks (AI Engineering, DevOps Engineering, and Domain Driven Design) and term 9 of the accelerated BSSWE-to-MSSWE bachelor's track. The regular B.S. Software Engineering table does not carry it. If your degree plan shows ITSW 5104, this is the course.
WGU does not publish assessment formats in the catalog. We confirm the current format for your exact catalog year at intake, and the fixed quote covers whichever assessment the course carries.
No, and the names are close enough to confuse. D480 Software Design and Quality Assurance (ITSW 3151) is the bachelor's QA course: term 8 of both B.S. Computer Science tables and term 9 of the regular B.S. Software Engineering. D781 (ITSW 5104) is the graduate course on the M.S. Software Engineering tracks and the accelerated BSSWE-to-MSSWE path, adding CI/CD pipelines, deployment strategies, rollback, disaster recovery, and monitoring to the QA core. Different codes, different levels, different scope.
Both, per the catalog description. The testing half is quality models, QA methods, automated testing, and test case design. The deployment half is CI/CD pipelines and tools, performance testing, deployment strategies, rollback procedures, disaster recovery plans, and monitoring and logging. Students who prepare only the testing half discover the deployment half at the worst time.
One course starts at $99, with the exact figure fixed in writing once we know where you stand. On a longer remaining M.S. Software Engineering list, the master's package is $3,500 flat with the written 6-month finish guarantee covering every course on the plan, this one included.
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