Changing minds in testing times: MoT Weekly – Issue 493
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How do we amplify the value of testing? Read a roundup of news, events and ideas from the testing, QA and quality engineering community in this week's MoT Weekly.
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What's been happening in the testing, QA and quality engineering community? Let's go!???
I hope you have a?good week.
— Simon Tomes, Community Lead at Ministry of Testing
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Community
?? All the Testing Planets. Jesper Ottosen has quite the collection!
"As a tester, there is hardly any space to showcase your contributions and the value that you add to the community. The skill to add value and contribute consistently is highly valuable yet mostly invisible. The Ministry of Testing has come up with an interesting initiative for recognizing community contributions ." – Rahul Parwal .
Something special happens when a TestBash conference speaker comes back to react to one their talks. What's changed? What's new? What's relevant? Discover the power of longevity in this collection of?revisited TestBash Talks .
New event added for MoT Leeds on the 28th of November 2024. And MoT London is coming soon thanks to Gary Shannon and Robbie Falck . ????
What's Ministry of Testing Professional Membership all about? A look inside at how we're supporting the software testing and quality engineering industry.
New blog has just been created by Hanan Ur Rehman . Looking forward to reading more posts, Hanan.
coffee ? pastry ? great conversations ? great people ? no rain ? The Testing Plant newspaper ?
Jesse B. created a new collection open to everyone:?A list of resources for building Communities of Practice . And exciting news: professional?members can now create?collections to share. ??
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Career Growth?
Job Moves
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Open to work
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How do you document your impact at work? is a hot topic. What could you add to the conversation?
Essential viewing:?Cosmic Discussion: How to better approach interview questions ?and Fireside Chat: Onboarding from both perspectives . ??
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Continuous quality
Look at that lineup for the next The Testing Planet:?Episode Seven: The community’s guide to Continuous Quality ???
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Essentials
What to do with out of scope features? asks Roger Said.
Here’s how Maaike Brinkhof responds to "have we tested everything?"
Mike Harris shares thoughts on why testing takes so long .
?? Essentials - The Testing Planet News - Episode 06 .?In this session? Elizabeth Zagroba , Alessandra Moreira and Jesse B. explored the intricacies of hiring, interviewing and onboarding software testers, capturing insights from the testing community on essential qualities and challenges in this field.
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Models
Find out how Jitesh Gosai uses The Testing Unknown-Unknowns .
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Accessibility
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BDD
Strategies to simplify your BDD step definitions by Tamás Balog . Techniques to boost your efficiency for implementation, writing BDD steps definitions and glue code. ??
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?? The certification that gives junior testers confidence, community and connections.
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Tooling
There are over 200 tools on the MoT software testing tools database . Something missing? Search for it first and submit a tool if it's not listed.
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Load Testing
k6, Artillery or something else for load testing? ?asks Veronica.
"I missed to test for functionality while I was immerse focused on testing for performance of a Stored Procedure. I was unhappy for a couple of days as I missed something that I practiced for years." – Ravisuriya Eswara .
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Automation
Bug congrats to Jonatan Guzman ,?Simon Waite and? Lynda Hughes for earning MoT certificates in test automation . ??
Kristin Jackvony has a question for people who spend all their time writing automation tests: Who determines what test cases you are automating?
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Coding
Lisa Crispin encourages people to learn coding from a person, book or course first. Use GenAI tools later.
Mastering Binary Trees: Concepts, Traversals, and Problems with Sushmitha D T.
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AI
Which half are you? Half of testers think prompting will impact test case design . ??
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Strategy
What are the pitfalls moving from Project / Programme Test Strategy to Enterprise Test Strategy ? asks Steve Martin.
"As a company grows ... it’s time to make some quality changes ." – Kristin Jackvony.
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Just for fun
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????Events
New events are always added, so keep checking the events page for up-to-date info.
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?? Continuous Call?for Contributions
We are now accepting abstracts for talks and workshops for TestBash Brighton 2025.?Go for it!?Submit an idea .
Contributing to the testing community is a positive way to support your career. Unsure how? There are many ways for you to contribute and be rewarded. The bonus: Sharing your knowledge?supports everyone's career growth!
Look out for specific requests in the Help MoT channel on the MoT Slack. ?
Engineering Quality Leader | Driving Impact with End-to-End QA for Enterprise Growth
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Jerry Weinberg Excellence Awardee | ifm ?? | Test Specialist ?? | International Speaker ?? | RST PA ??
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