MoT Professional Membership: For the advancement of software testing and quality engineering

A deep dive into how we've been expanding our MoT Professional Membership how you can get involved too.

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Ministry of Testing has been changing so much that now a big challenge of ours is to communicate all the things that are happening!

Core to what we offer is our MoT Professional Membership, we've been doubling down to create a community of practice like no other. You see, humans are a diverse bunch of people. All with different needs. At different points in their careers. And most definitely with very different approaches to learning.

We playfully call ourselves “The MoTaverse” as a way to show that we are building an extensive planet to cater for all testing and quality engineering professionals.

You won't find any of this anywhere else

👉 Join today!

📁 Download the PDF version here.

The MoTaverse Mission: to serve software testing & quality engineering professionals through in-depth exploration, research and collaboration. We're exploring new grounds together and sharing what we discover to expand the possibilities to all.

Our goal is to have something for everyone, for example:

  • a text based forum for those who like to write and process in their own time
  • A Slack for more deeper collaboration, private and ad-hoc conversations
  • This Week in Testing for those who want to share, process and listen into what they've been doing recently
  • OnDemand courses for short focused async learning
  • Certifications for those who want to go deep into specific areas of testing and quality engineering
  • 99 second and 404 talks for those wanting to dip their toes into public speaking
  • Articles for those that love to write
  • Longer talks that require more time to go into depth into specific topics
  • ….and some much more!

Our MoT Professional Membership supports this in every way. We can contribute and learn in very small or huge ways. And along the way members can build beautiful and visible proof of their learning contributions via their MoT Profiles—this is a living, online and forever updating personal portfolio of contributions that help expand the MoTaverse.

We are here to help testing and quality engineering professionals become their best selves.

The MoTaverse mission is to elevate careers. Their is a screen shot of Ady Stokes MoT Profile page.

When we started our membership it consisted mostly of TestBash talks. We're pleased to say we've expanded it in so many ways. It's not just talks. It's Testing Trends. It's OnDemand courses. It's Certifications. It's Lead with Quality. It's TestBash. It's knowledge, knowledge, everywhere. And contributed by the people.

We expand community knowledge into: testing trends, ondemand courses, certifications, testbash, videos, lead with quality. You won't find it anwywhere else, really!

We currently have 23 OnDemand courses, including:

Courses include: Including: Prompting for Testers by Rahul Parwal Improving Your Testing Through Operability by Ash Winter Introduction To Modern Testing by Alan Page Introduction To Accessibility Testing by Deborah Reid Cognitive Biases In Software Testing by Maaike Brinkhof Introduction to Cypress by Marie Drake and 17 more!

But we're working on more. 

Here's what is in the near pipeline:

Courses coming in 2025: Coming in 2025: Everyday security testing: A practical guide to getting started by Richard Adams Software Testing in Regulated Industries: A Beginner's Guide by Mirza Sisic Leading quality driven change - Barry Ehigiator API Mocking made easy by José Carréra Testing in DevOps by Kat Obring

We will also be collaborating with the community to create MoT courses.

These are all super relevant and hot topics that every modern software testing professional needs to have an understanding of.

New courses produced by Ministry of Testing: A software tester's role in continuous quality Getting started with systems thinking Exploring quality engineering A guide to quality coaching

We've had amazing feedback from out Testing Planet sessions. So far we've hosted 10 of these virtual conferences. Recordings are available to all Professional Members.

10 episodes of the testing planet, with screenshots.

At the heart of everything we do is community research. This shows up in our Testing Trends, but crucially, what we learn makes it way through to all our other learning opportunities.

Testing Trends: insights into industry trends. We research so you don't have to. WE're the guiding start to support your exploration. Only available in the MoTaverse.

TeamMoT is constantly curating content to make it easier to discover. MoT Professional members can also create their own collections that includes both MoT and external content from the wider web.

Learning happens everywhere. Across the web. That's why we've now introduced links. MoT Professional Members can bookmark content and give credit where credit is due.

Links: testing related links as it happens from across the web.

We like to lead the way. And as part of this we are going to be working closely with Leaders in the Quality space. Stay tuned!

Leading with quality: a oned-day in-person event accompanied by virtual explorations.

Sometimes all that is needed is knowing the existence of a term. Othertimes it is essential that we, as a professional community, share our own understanding of what terms mean. Professional members can contribute their own.

A screenshot of our glossary terms page.

Personal growth also means making yourself open to opportunities to work, speak, write, teach and mentor!

Open To: grow as a professional with fresh opportunities to speak, write, teach, mentor and work.

 

Just a few testermonials from the community:

3 testermonials from the community

MoT Professional Membership unlocks discounts to TestBash, Lead with Quality and Certifications:

"Promotional graphic with a dark purple space-themed background featuring white and pink text. The heading reads 'DISCOUNTS' with a subheading stating 'Professional membership unlocks discounts within the MOTAVerse.' Three sections outline different discount opportunities:  'TESTBASH' – Described as 'Our most excellent annual conference,' accompanied by a small illustrated flying owl.  'LEAD WITH QUALITY' – A 'one-day educational experience for quality leaders.'  'CERTIFICATIONS' – Listing available certifications: 'Software Testing Essentials, Foundation in Test Automation, Intermediate in Test Automation, Advanced in Test Automation.' At the bottom, a bright pink banner states 'ALL ENQUIRIES: HELLO@MINISTRYOFTESTING.COM.' The lower part of the image features a gray moon surface illustration."

MoT Professional Membership is available for individuals or teams. 

There is also the option to go Unlimited, where you get access to absolutely everything we do. Amazing!

"Promotional graphic with a dark purple space-themed background featuring white and pink text. The heading reads 'PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP' with a pink banner displaying 'MINISTRYOFTESTING.COM/MEMBERSHIP.' Three sections outline different membership tiers:  'INDIVIDUAL' – With the description: 'With community by your side. Always.'  'TEAM' – With the description: 'Some things are better doing together.'  'UNLIMITED' – Grants 'Access all areas: TestBash, Lead With Quality, Certifications.'  At the bottom, a bright pink banner states 'ALL ENQUIRIES: HELLO@MINISTRYOFTESTING.COM.' The lower part of the image features a gray moon surface illustration."

We'd love to help you and your quality engineering team advance their capabilities.

👉 Join today!

Email hello@ministryoftesting.com or use the chat icon on the bottom right of every web page.

📁 Download the PDF version here.

Rosie Sherry
She/Her
CEO & Founder at Ministry of Testing
I've been working in the software testing and quality engineering space since the year 2000 whilst also combining it with my love for education and community building.
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