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What's been happening in the testing, QA, dev and quality engineering MoTaverse?
— Simon Tomes, Community Lead at Ministry of Testing
MoTaverse
Emily O'Connor is speaking at MoT Athens. There's still time to add your thoughts to help shape her talk.
Attending TestBash 2023 in Liverpool Titanic Hotel. 🏨
A massive shout-out to TestRail for supporting the Ministry of Testing as annual partners. 👏👏👏👏👏
Judy Mosley reminded us about Nataliia Burmei's discussion on how to help people who are currently looking for work. If you want to get involved, the discussion's on the MoT Slack.
Qt World Summit 2025: Future of Tech with the Global Qt Community.
Switching between a MoT profile and The Club profile is now super easy. Look for the planet icon on a MoT Profile and the “MoT Profile” link on a The Club profile. Test it out on Natallia's.
My Week In Testing — In community we practice. Find out what Rosie Sherry, founder and CEO of Ministry of Testing, has been up to.
Testing in Style: Hat Edition.
Bug congrats, Tom Game. Quality Engineer Level 4 Apprenticeship... Completed It!
Thanks for the community stars love 🤩
Talking of community stars, here's an idea: Visit the community stars page, select a profile and read the reason they got a star. Send that person a message to say congrats! It'll be a lovely surprise.
When have your testing super powers helped others in the wild? asks Gary Hawkes.
In this episode of This Week in Testing, Simon Tomes and Judy Mosley explore how everyday experiences shape the way we test, from catching bugs with imperfect tests to drawing on real-life situations to improve quality. They’re joined by Mariem Safi, Preeti Gupta, and Emily O'Connor, who share honest stories about starting out, finding unexpected bugs, and preparing to speak in front of others with help from the community. Bug congrats to Judy! First time co-hosting TWiT and she was awesome! 🤩
“Inspired by an amazing talk from Rahul Parwal at Ministry of Testing’s TestBash conference in 2024, I wanted to see how the brand I’ve been trying to cultivate over the past few months is seen by others.” – Eamon Droko.
See who is going to TestBash. Then add your photo to the collection.
Once a month we share a round-up of how the MoTaverse has expanded. Read: MoT Monthly - June 2025.
Everything I've learned has been through community.
Thanks, MOT, for giving us the space to do things we are scared to do! 🏆
Career growth
Hot off the press from TestRail: Software Testing & Quality Report: What’s Shaping QA Teams Today.
Mental Models: The Best Way to Make Intelligent Decisions (~100 Models Explained). Thanks to Ujjwal Kumar Singh for adding this and more items to The Observatory.
Still a hot topic. What could you add?
Job opportunity. gmsl, Software Tester, Cambridge.
Netflix is hiring a QA Test Lead.
Overstory is hiring a GIS QA - Contractor.
Why do interviewers still ask for code to be written during an interview?
The Club is where it's at for discussions related to career growth. Share your knowledge and experience: reply to a thread.
Essentials
We’ve given Claire Reckless' incredibly useful article, “The one-page test plan” some love and brought it up-to-date with fresh formatting, links, and modern lightweight testing tips from Ady Stokes. Check out the updated version of the one-page test plan. Create concise test plans that get read and understood by busy people.
How To Write A Test Script? A Practical Guide by Hy Nguyen.
“I sometimes deliberately test under conditions designed to create frustration”. Insightful article from Ujjwal Kumar Singh.
Do you want to stop bugs before they even happen? Then you need the awesome power of shifting left! In this episode of Software Testing Live, the most excellent quality leader Callum Akehurst-Ryan joins Ben Dowen, where they will be exploring testing user stories and running risk analysis on potential system designs. Register for the event.
What is Sanity Testing? Add your definition to the software testing glossary.
Jesse Berkeley created a new collection: The Community's Guide to Mind Maps.
Early feedbacks are always special.
What is Quality in the Loop (QITL)?
Leading with quality
“It's not that test automation isn't good, but it's just, like, it's all we seem to talk about, and then everything else gets forgotten.” In the debut episode of Leading With Quality, Rosie Sherry sits down with Lisa Crispin. Drawing on 40 years of testing, teaching and consulting, Lisa shares how to move a team from “mini-waterfall” hand-offs to a shared ownership of quality.
Half -Baked, Fully Shipped: Quality is Care (and AI Can't Care) by Susanne Abdelrahman.
Dan Ashby asks, what does "Leadership" mean to you?
Quality assurance isn’t just about software; it’s about ensuring that technological power serves human flourishing rather than concentrating control in the hands of those who write the code – Jeff Nyman.
Leadership idea - build relationships.
Anne-Marie Charrett reminds us of the reality of what we can and can't change when in a leadership position.
Melissa Fisher's QE Assessment tool is super handy. Perhaps you could give it a go!
Collection: Share one leadership idea that you practice.
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Tooling
🛠️ Tool of the week: Oose
Automation
Bug congrats to Anu Katam for earning a MoT Intermediate Certificate in Test Automation.
CD & test info in larger scale organizations.
Accessibility
WCAG 2.2 Card Deck by Johannes Lehner.
Multi-platform strategy
Building a Multi-Platform Testing Strategy: Tools and Best Practices.
Performance testing
Performance Testing Metrics: How to Track With Precision.
Security
Hack the model: Build AI security skills with the GitHub Secure Code Game by Joseph Katsioloudes.
AI
Mark Winteringham describes his lessons in quality engineering from working with Cursor and Windsurf.
I use my saved prompts when working with Gen AI platforms, the results are more predictable and it saves me time. Your best prompts show how you think. So why let them get lost? by Rahul Parwal.
LLM safety & security: NeurIPS 2024 insights.
“I’m definitely not on the bandwagon with AI super-fans, but I’m also not against AI. Though I’m very skeptical and cautious when it comes to AI, I do see potential.” – Cassandra H. Leung.
AI testing: IDEs vs. testing platforms by Daniel Roedler.
Why 'Human in the Loop' isn’t enough. Introducing Quality in the Loop (QITL).
The playbook for responsible generative AI development and use.
A 360 review of AI agent benchmarks.
If juniors and interns are being replaced by AI, are we heading towards a society without seniors? asks Rafaela Azevedo.
Just for fun
Even if you don't have time to deep dive into the incredible content on the MoT site, do take a five-minute break to see how many bugs you can find. Our lovable character, called Bug, is everywhere! You could also follow their profile.
Got my Community Certificate! Can you decode the special cert number?
Spot the difference! with Emily O'Connor.
🗓️ Events
Keep checking the events page for the most up-to-date info.
- Breaking the API Dependency Bottleneck in Enterprise Software Testing Mon 16 Jun to Mon 30 Jun 🖥️
- Milan Meetup Mon 16 Jun 🇮🇹
- Barcelona Meetup Tue 17 Jun 🇪🇸
- The awesome power of shifting left — Software Testing Live Wed 18 Jun 🔎
- Valencia Meetup Thu 19 Jun 🇪🇸
- This Week in Testing Fri 20 Jun 🎙️
- Webinar: Beyond the Dashboard - Efficient GUI Testing for Android Automotive Tue 24 Jun 🖥️
- Berlin Meetup Tue 24 Jun 🇩🇪
- Porto Meetup Wed 25 Jun 🇵🇹
- Athens Meetup Thu 26 Jun 🇬🇷
- London Meetup Thu 26 Jun 🇬🇧
- Cork Meetup Thu 26 Jun 🇮🇪
- Cincinnati Meetup Thu 26 Jun 🇺🇸
- Accelerating Test Design: From Chaotic Requirements to Ready-to-Run Test Assets Fri 27 Jun 🖥️
- Tunis Meetup Mon 30 Jun 🇹🇳
- Plymouth Meetup Wed 9 Jul 🇬🇧
- Newcastle Meetup Tue 15 Jul 🇬🇧
- Software Testing Live Wed 16 Jul 🔎
- Leading with Quality Tue 30 Sep 🇬🇧
- TestBash Brighton 2025 Wed 1–Thu 2 Oct 🚀
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