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Ady Stokes
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STEC and SQEC Certified. MoT Ambassador, writer, speaker, accessibility advocate. Consulting, Leeds Chapter Lead. MoT Certs curator. Testing wisdom, friendly, songs and poems. Great minds think differently
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Achieving continuous quality through people, process, tools and outcomes
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Achieving continuous quality through people, process, tools and outcomes
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What the STEC? How we built a certificate that is better than the industry standard
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What the STEC? How we built a certificate that is better than the industry standard
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What the STEC? How we built a certificate that is better than the industry standard
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3.0.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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1.0.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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9.4.3 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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2.6.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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2.5.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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2.2.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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New test team: 70% put test strategy as the most critical
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New test team: 70% put test strategy as the most critical
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Member visited Notes from writing for STEC
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2.0.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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2.6.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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1.5.0 of Quality Coaching essentials
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1.0.0 of Quality Coaching essentials
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1.0.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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3.0.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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1.5.0 of Quality Coaching essentials
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1.0.0 of Quality Coaching essentials
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Extreme Programming (XP)
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Definitions of Extreme Programming (XP)
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"Found at the conference! Weirdly, it is harder on screen. Top tip. Open the image in new tab, better than zooming. "
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1.0.0 of Quality Coaching essentials
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What is software testing?
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The one page test plan
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The one page test plan
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The one page test plan
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Lessons Learned From 20 Years Of Software Testing
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Simple Tests For Accessibility Every Tester Should Know
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The one page test plan
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Quality Coaching essentials
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Quality Coaching essentials
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Notes from writing for STEC
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The Devil is in the stars
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2.3.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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The Devil is in the stars
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Member visited Notes from writing for STEC
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Notes from writing for STEC
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Develop the mindset and practical coaching techniques that help teams build shared responsibility for continuous quality
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