How Do You Define a Testing Mindset?

Discover the latest weekly software testing news and read about all the upcoming events and workshops. There are plenty to choose from! Plus, find out how you can help the community. Be part of the...

  • by Simon Tomes
  • Feb 22, 2022
  • 10 min read

Hi,

I'm always inspired by the many courageous people who put themselves forward to speak at a conference. The process can be overwhelming! There's something amazing about someone who is open to sharing their story and experience. And if it inspires just one person in the audience it could send such a person on a career and personal adventure.

The Ministry of Testing community is here to help and support via The Big Call for Papers. And we know how much the community can help, just take a look at these tips for public speaking. 
 
Have a great day!
- Simon, CommunityBoss



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What's New With Ministry of Testing?


Have you heard? We have an open call for papers for seven different TestBashes! And in honour of this massive opportunity to speak at one (or more) of our TestBash events, we’re running a six-week event called The Big Call For Papers. We want everyone to have the best chance to speak at our upcoming TestBashes. Read on to see what's happening over the coming weeks and how you might get involved. Look out for the Slack Ask Me Anything and 99 Second Pitches. 👀 

🎉 We've released the lineup for the first TestBash of the year, TestBash Leadership! This TestBash will be hosted by four of our awesome hosts: Vernon Richards, Gwen Diagram, Laveena Ramchandani and Jenna Charlton. Find out who's speaking. 🗣

The community had a good old chat about public speaking via a Twitter Space. Keen to start or continue your public speaking journey? Listen to the tips.

Jesper is all set to help you create test strategies based on business needs on Wednesday 23rd February. Describe your delivery context, draw your system landscape and reflect on the business needs and goals.  

Joining a community like Ministry of Testing can feel overwhelming. What should you do? Who could you meet? Where should you hang out? Join the inaugural Welcome to the Ministry of Testing Community interactive session on March 2nd. 

🤔 Can you help? There are people on The Club who could do with your help. Feel free to see what questions you could answer. Replying to someone who posted a day, week, month or even a year plus goes a long way. Plus, review an abstract and give back to the community.



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Join these Online Events

Enjoy connecting with a local testing community? These online MoT Meetups are worth attending.

👉 MoT Abu Dhabi: AD Software Testing Online Meetup #9 - Sat, Feb 26, 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM GMT
👉 MoT Washington DC: Testing Across the Stacks: Testing Both the UI and API Layers Together - Wed, Mar 16, 10:30 PM to 11:30 PM GMT
👉 MoT Sfax: Good Exploratory Testing Tactics for Taking Over Testing - Wed, Mar 30, 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM BST


 

Attend these in-person Events


🎟 Automation in Testing - Brighton – Mon, 28 Mar - Wed, 30 Mar. Automation is everywhere, its popularity and uptake have rocketed in recent years and it’s showing little sign of slowing down. Attend this multi sell-out training course to learn how to be successful with automation - it's more than knowing how to code.

🎟 TestBashX Brighton – Thu, 31 Mar. TestBashX is our new TestBash software testing conference experience and will debut in Brighton. As always, Ministry of Testing is closely collaborating with local testers and this time all-around awesome community member Emma Keaveny is working with us to bring this innovative event to you.

🎟 TestBashX Edinburgh – Thu, 28 Apr. Our super MoT Edinburgh Meetup organiser Craig Wylie is working with us to bring this innovative event to you.


 

Get Closer to the Community and Discover Useful Business Posts


Louise shares her thoughts on the testing mindset. What do you think, how do you define a testing mindset?

How do you measure user flow performance with Lighthouse and WebdriverIO? Hugh offers up a handy example.

Do you have a set of quality principles? How do they impact the people you work with and your approach to testing? Seek inspiration from Dave. 

How do you learn new manager skills through skincare? Angela connects the dots. 
 
What questions should you ask when you buy automation software? Bridget shares a few questions to help determine if a test automation solution is a good investment.

TestRail 7.4 is now available. This release is focused on authentication and user management improvements. Read the announcement.

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Simon Tomes

Community Team

Simon works in the community team at Ministry of Testing and his pronouns are he/him. Currently learning to be a better community enabler, he has a passion for all things testing with a career in various testing roles since 2003. He particularly enjoys promoting and sharing the value of exploratory testing.

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