Ady Stokes
Freelance Consultant
He / Him
STEC and SQEC Certified. MoT Ambassador, writer, speaker, accessibility advocate. Consulting, Leeds Chapter Lead. MoT Certs curator. Testing wisdom, friendly, songs and poems. Great minds think differently
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Achievements
Certificates
Awarded for:
Passing the exam with a score of 100%
Awarded for:
Passing the exam with a score of 100%
Activity
earned:
Member joined MoT Leeds chapter
earned:
4.0.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
earned:
Does it work? A testing poem
contributed:
Written in 2018, first performed live at TestBash Brighton 2019 as a 99-second talk. Go to 2:41 to see my shaky performance. It was literally the first time reading my poetry to a crowd since being...
earned:
3.6.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
Contributions
Written in 2018, first performed live at TestBash Brighton 2019 as a 99-second talk. Go to 2:41 to see my shaky performance. It was literally the first time reading my poetry to a crowd since being...
Written in January 2018In November 2017, I did a presentation at Leeds Tester Gathering. The talk was about how a test manager back in 2005 pitted testers and developers against each other by using...
A place for all my creative nonsence
Written in 2017 âIfâ by Rudyard Kipling was written in 1895. Hereâs my version, if Rudyard were a tester. Please excuse the artistic licence!Â
'If' by Ady StokesÂ
If you can ke...
First published on The Big Test Theory.com in August 2017Â Why categorise?
There are several reasons, some more personal than others. Entering my 52nd year of visiting Planet Earth, my mind nee...
First published on The Big Test Theory.com in June 2017. PS Personas â Technique Element Â
Sub-section â ApproachesPersonas element from the Periodic Table of Testing
There are lots of ...
This was updated in June 2025. It has been quite some time since I last updated my Periodic Table of Testing. The 10th of December 2018, to be exact. Creating a more accessible version of the table...
Firstly, thank you for taking the time to read my moment. If you have any comments, feedback, or questions, I'm eager to hear them, so please get in touch.Â
The primary reason for sharing is t...
Running a root cause analysis only addresses half of the problem. Instead of asking, why did we miss this. Ask, why didnât we think of this?  Fixing a process or writing a missing automat...
I often pop my writing into an AI checker to sense-check it and identify anything that might sound too much away from my style. I use Grammarly, and while I reject approx 50% of its suggestions, it...
An excerpt from LinkedIn from my conversation with the How to test this podcast. How to test this podcast clip about keyboard accessibility testingÂ
