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How do the 5 Shifts fit into Continuous Testing?

06 Oct 2026

Inspired by Dan Ashby's Continuous Testing model, and Janet Gregory and Lisa Crispin's Holistic Testing Model, Stuart demonstrates how the 5 Shifts of AI fit in. 

1. Input shift - Synthetic Personas
2. Verification shift - LLM as a judge
3. Baseline shift - Benchmarking
4. Safety shift - Human in the loop
5. Observability shift - Tracing
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Deborah Reid
Lead Test Engineer
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As a Lead Test Engineer, 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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