Ady Stokes | Activities
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How can AI be your trused advisory board. Rahul takes a long standing leadership model of advisors offering ideas to a leader who makes the final decision and brings it into an AI future
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Definitions of You Aren't Gonna Need It (YAGNI)
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Definitions of Living Documentation
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Definitions of Bug
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Definitions of Glue Work
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Discover why the term āmanual testingā has limitations and negative impacts on the testing craft and learn to embrace more modern terminology
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Great first event for a brand new Ministry of Testing meetup and with 3 speakers on accessibility too!
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Great first event for a brand new Ministry of Testing meetup and with 3 speakers on accessibility too!
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Definitions of Cross browser testing
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Definitions of Internationalisation
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Definitions of Technical Debt
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Definitions of Testing Debt
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Definitions of Quality Characteristics
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A look at 9 key agile perspectives and what might come next.
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Definitions of Specialist
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Definitions of Generalist
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Definitions of Bug Bash
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Definitions of TestBash
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A brief introduction to software testing from its origins, to definitions and its value to working in teams and software development
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Accessibility should be a primary consideration when building MVPs, pilot programs or any quick builds. Save a ton of time and money later if you do.
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Definitions of Adaptable test design
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Ady Stokes wearing an MoT planet logo on the dock at the British Virgin Isles. Thereās the from of a cruise ship in the background with the bay stretching across to a hillside.
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Ady Stokes wearing an MoT planet logo on the dock at the British Virgin Isles. Thereās the from of a cruise ship in the background with the bay stretching across to a hillside.
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Definitions of Context
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Definitions of Holistic thinking
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Definitions of Systems thinking
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Definitions of Systems thinking
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Definitions of Manual Testing
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Discover how testers can add value and improve quality by understanding and contributing to CI/CD pipelines
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What is the most critical first step in setting up a testing function?
Ady Stokes
Freelance Consultant
He / Him
MoT Ambassador. Currently semi-retired and freelancing. I am, amongst other things, a writer, speaker, and accessibility advocate. Leeds Chapter Lead. MoT Certs curator and article editor for WonderProxy. Testing wisdom, friendly, testing songs and poems. Great minds think differently. STEC and SQEC Certified. Struggling to write a book about testing mindsets and thinking's application in software development.
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