Every stop is a story

16 Sep 2026

New signage on the Thameslink spotted last night. 

Made me think of Jira stories. Can’t switch off this engineering mindset apparently!
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Deborah Reid
Lead Test Engineer
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As a Quality Professional with 15 years experience, Deborah specialises in quality engineering, risk management, and scaling test strategies.

Over the years, she has spearheaded quality operations for major international expansions, including multi-region deployments and scaled QE to support expanding product domains. Most recently, she's focused on driving shift-left quality practices and automation.

She is deeply passionate about fostering a quality-first culture that balances speed with stability. Her approach centres on pragmatic automation - leveraging tools like Cypress where they add maximum ROI, paired with targeted exploratory testing to safeguard complex user journeys.

She also has a passion for accessibility testing and has written a course on the topic https://www.ministryoftesting.com/courses/introduction-to-accessibility-testing?s_id=19046932

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Rosie Sherry
I've seen a few ads in that format where I feel like we can adapt it to testing, tech, the MoTaverse, it could be fun to play with that idea: take a photo of an ad placement, give it some quality commentary around it.

Simon Tomes
Every stop is a JIRA story.

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