Risk matters more than ever
07 Jan 2026
In this moment:
Stuart Thomas
Nataliia Burmei
I've just reviewed lesson 2 on module 3 of the Software Quality Engineering Certificate (SQEC).
Really enjoyed hearing from Nataliia Burmei and Stuart Thomas as they explore how quality engineering theory works in practice.
I'm reminded how risk matters more than ever:
- Outputs vary, particular in non-deterministic systems, so we must think in terms of acceptable failure rates.
- There are rising regulatory and industry constraints which turns “vague concern about bugs” into concrete compliance and audit risk that quality engineers must manage.
- Poor quality now shows up quickly as lost acquisition, churn, and added pressure on customer support, so product risk is directly tied to revenue and reputation.
- A single organisation can have products at different life‑cycle stages with completely different risk trade‑offs. Mergers, multiple tech stacks, and shared platforms mean a single flaw in one shared component can propagate across many products.
- Quality engineering is increasingly about understanding and shaping the organisation’s explicit appetite for risk, not just catching defects.
Well worth a watch when you can. Available soon. Register for SQEC today.
Really enjoyed hearing from Nataliia Burmei and Stuart Thomas as they explore how quality engineering theory works in practice.
I'm reminded how risk matters more than ever:
- Outputs vary, particular in non-deterministic systems, so we must think in terms of acceptable failure rates.
- There are rising regulatory and industry constraints which turns “vague concern about bugs” into concrete compliance and audit risk that quality engineers must manage.
- Poor quality now shows up quickly as lost acquisition, churn, and added pressure on customer support, so product risk is directly tied to revenue and reputation.
- A single organisation can have products at different life‑cycle stages with completely different risk trade‑offs. Mergers, multiple tech stacks, and shared platforms mean a single flaw in one shared component can propagate across many products.
- Quality engineering is increasingly about understanding and shaping the organisation’s explicit appetite for risk, not just catching defects.
Well worth a watch when you can. Available soon. Register for SQEC today.
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