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What's been happening in the testing, QA and quality engineering MoTaverse? Let's go!
— Simon Tomes, Community Lead at Ministry of Testing
Community
We’re beyond excited to unveil the full lineup of speakers, teachers and hosts for TestBash Brighton 2025. TestBash is not just a conference. It’s a reflection of the community research we do throughout the year. We’re not jumping on hype, we’ve been in deep research mode for the past 12 months to bring you themes that matter to software testing and quality engineering professionals. 🪐
As Cassandra H. Leung shares, TestBash is truly something special, which has helped to launch speaking careers, bud friendships, and grow testing and quality enthusiasts.
Preparing to go on stage!
It is funny how something intended as temporary/short term can take you into a new journey.
👋 More people say hi on the Q1 2025 Introductions Thread. How about you do the same before the end of the month?
The MoTaverse: a bit of this and a bit of that. Expanding our space, one byte at a time.
MoT Monthly - March 2025. Discover testing trends, exciting events and talks, new articles, glossary updates, fun memes and memories, hot topics and new collections.
Much love for the recent MoT Munich meet-up. Bug Glückwunsch!
❤️ We love to see 99 second talks happening at Meetups, nice one Gary Shannon.
A few years back, I used to read Ady Stokes’s blog and now it ended up getting my writings reviewed by him. It was great collaborating on his thinking structures!
Bug congrats to Judy Mosley for an awesome looking MoT Profile.
"Ministry of Testing was the first online testing community I joined, and it has been an incredible journey with this community. Connecting, learning, and contributing alongside such an inspiring group of professionals has made the experience truly special." – Ujjwal Kumar Singh.
"TestBash is my favourite conference, and I'd love to see you there."
Did you know we meet online every Friday to chat about our week? It's a live podcast called This Week in Testing. Join the stage this Friday and tell us what you've been up to. Every week is a friendly and informative casual chat. 😃
What a fantastic lineup!
Career Growth
Now hiring
- Starling Bank | Head of Quality Assurance & Outcome Testing | Banking | UK - Cardiff, London, Manchester or Southampton.
- Aviva | Senior Test Manager | UK - Bristol/Perth/Glasgow/York | Salary Circa £60,000.
- Remote Senior Quality Engineer role at Circle.
- Graduate Test Engineer, Autotrader, Manchester.
"I have never been threatened by people testing the market or actively looking for new work, in fact I encourage it" — Keith Klain. Read more.
Lisi Hocke shares an update on her recent role switch to security engineer. Calm and Steady - The Joy and Overload of Starting Something New.
Essentials
Module 9 is live: Exploring test design. Another enormous update to the industry-changing Software Testing Essentials Certificate (STEC). 👀
What is software testing? by Ady Stokes.
🥞 New collection: An exploration of test design.
Software Testing Live Episode 1: Breaking The Bank. Rahul Parwal and Ben Dowen pair up to explore the ParaBank practice application, using various tools and techniques and some light audience interaction.
Want some CANDY? Creating a culture of fabulous feedback by Judy Mosley. Use the CANDY heuristic to help you and your team assess your feedback loops and make your feedback fabulous!
Hot topic: What language shifts have you made to improve team morale, be more collaborative and positively persuasive?
8 QA Testing Pitfalls: Just Because You Can, Doesn't Mean You Should by Irfan Mujagic.
Quality attributes. A definition you can add to.
Quality Engineering
"When we talk about software quality, we need to consider who defines quality and how we assess and measure it." – Alessandra Moreira.
The MoTaverse is truly a reflection of the above, "a bit of this, and a bit of that" 🙌 , but the place where all things software testing and quality engineering happens 🤩 ✊. Thanks for sharing, Barry.
A sudden surge in users is like a workout for your product. How Testers Can Help Build Scalable Products: A Shift-Left Approach by Hanisha Arora.
Systems Thinking
Mission control update from Diana Dromey: The Testing Planet News - Episode 09: Exploring Systems Thinking with Simon Tomes, Rachel Kibler, Sarah Byng and Mike Harris is now available to watch on demand on the MoTaverse! This completes the final transmission from The Testing Planet Episode 9 where we explored Systems Thinking!
Systems Thinking seems to be important, but how does it work?
I really enjoyed discussing systems thinking – Mike Harris.
Quality Coaching
Have you ever worked at a company that has hired a full-time Quality Coach? — We like to talk about Quality Coaching, but what are our hiring habits around this role?
What’s the most challenging thing associated with Quality Coaching?
Should Quality Coaches do hands-on testing? Vote on The Club or LinkedIn.
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Leadership
New event: Leading with Quality. A one-day educational experience to help expand quality engineering and testing practices across businesses. Read more about how the MoTaverse just expanded again.
Learn to walk the QA Tightrope: Balancing Quality, Deadlines and Pressure, with Matthew Whitaker.
"Anyone can subscribe to Letters from the CEO, but really it's more targeted at trying to communicate where we are heading and seeking support in various ways — sponsorship, marketing, collaborations, partnerships and more. I would love to get as many leaders from testing related companies (software, consultancies, recruitment, etc) on this list." — Rosie Sherry.
Tooling
🛠️ Tool of the week: Katalon
What are the risks of over-relying on tools?
Bugs
Jessica M would like to know, what's one of the weirdest bugs you've ever had to deal with?
Strategy
🥞 New collection: The Community’s Guide to Test Environments.
How do you do test account management? Sophie would like some advice.
Turn Software Requirements Into Tested Solutions by Ricardo Camacho.
What is your definition of metrics in relation to software testing?
Test Management
Partner event: Struggling with fragmented testing processes? Join us to see how Kualitee solves common test management challenges. Learn how to centralize your data and gain real-time insights.
Automation
Lana Begunova urges us to stop running high-risk E2E tests in every browser.
Accessibility
Learning by watching other testers do their thing helps visualise concepts and gain insight into how the activities of testing are executed. Jane D'Cruze and Ben Dowen pair up and focus their exploration on accessibility testing, as they break barriers and pave the way for a more accessible future. Join Software Testing Live: Episode 02: Access All Areas.
Kristof reminds us to consider readiness for the European Accessibility Act (EEA) at the end of June.
Taeke Reijenga offers practical steps for EAA compliance auditing and implementation.
Mobile Testing
Mobile App Testing in a Multi-Device World: Strategies with Kualitatem by Malaika Saeed.
Alex Zhukovich explains why visual testing is critical for mobile app quality.
AI
Here’s how I use LLMs to help me write code.
Oliver Cronk asks, is architecture for AI even necessary?
Another whitepaper added to the LLM whitepaper list.
Just for fun
STEC TESTBASH. 😅
MoT Unlimited members. 🙂🙃🙂
Playing the "Would Heu-Risk It?" Cards game at work
🗓️ Events
New events are always added, so keep checking the events page for up-to-date info.
- Kualitee- All in One Solution for AI Test Management Tue 18 Mar
- Software Testing Live: Episode 02: Access All Areas Wed 19 Mar 🔎
- This Week in Testing Fri 21 Mar 🎙️
- SeleniumConf & AppiumConf Valencia 2025 Wed 26 Mar 🇪🇸
- Porto Meetup Wed 26 Mar 🇵🇹
- Auckland Meetup Thu 27 Mar 🇳🇿
- Episode Ten: Exploring Quality Coaching Thu 27 Mar 🪐
- Cincinnati Meetup Thu 27 Mar 🇺🇸
- London Meetup Thu 3 Apr 🇬🇧
- Gloucestershire Meetup Thu 3 Apr 🇬🇧
- Leading with Quality Tue 30 Sep 🇬🇧
- TestBash Brighton 2025 Wed 1–Thu 2 Oct 🚀
💡 Continuous Call for Contributions
Expand the MoTaverse! Share your knowledge and support everyone's career growth. Short talks, long talks, articles, meetups, conversations, courses and more! Submit an idea today. 🚀
