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Ady Stokes
Freelance Consultant
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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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Software Testing Live: Episode 04 - The awesome power of shifting left
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Software Testing Live: Episode 04 - The awesome power of shifting left
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Learning by watching other testers do their thing helps visualise concepts and gain insight into how the activities of testing are executed.
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Software Testing Live: Episode 03 - Shop 'till you DROP
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Software Testing Live: Episode 03 - Shop 'till you DROP
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Software Testing Live: Episode 03 - Shop 'till you DROP
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Software Testing Live: Episode 03 - Shop 'till you DROP
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Software Testing Live: Episode 03 - Shop 'till you DROP
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Software Testing Live: Episode 03 - Shop 'till you DROP
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By socialising the activities involved in testing software, we can share our experience and promote the craft while having some fun.
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Software Testing Live: Episode 01 - Breaking the bank
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Software Testing Live: Episode 01 - Breaking the bank
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Software Testing Live: Episode 01 - Breaking the bank
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Software Testing Live: Episode 01 - Breaking the bank
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Software Testing Live: Episode 01 - Breaking the bank
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Software Testing Live: Episode 01 - Breaking the bank
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Software Testing Live: Episode 02 - Access all areas
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Software Testing Live: Episode 02 - Access all areas
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Software Testing Live: Episode 02 - Access all areas
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Explore accessibility testing with Ben and Jane
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Software Testing Live: Episode 02 - Access all areas
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Software Testing Live: Episode 02 - Access all areas
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Software Testing Live: Episode 02 - Access all areas
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Trust me, I'm an AI output
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Trust me, I'm an AI output
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Trust me, I'm an AI output
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Trust me, I'm an AI output
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From automator to orchestrator
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Trust me, I'm an AI output
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Trust me, I'm an AI output
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Trust me, I'm an AI output
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Trust me, I'm an AI output
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Software Testing Live: Episode 07 - Testing transparently
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Software Testing Live: Episode 07 - Testing transparently
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Software Testing Live: Episode 07 - Testing transparently
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Explore the boundaries of AI-generated software by live-testing a word search tool and using collaborative techniques to identify gaps in logic despite passing all initial automated tests.
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Software Testing Live: Episode 07 - Testing transparently
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Software Testing Live: Episode 07 - Testing transparently
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Software Testing Live: Episode 07 - Testing transparently
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A tester’s guide to AI guardrails
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17.3.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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MoT Doesn't Use Sentence Case Headings
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MoT doesn't use sentence case headings. That is all. Yours, a frustrated editorPS, capitalising words in hashtags works great, please don't confuse these.Â
#hashtagsworkworsewithoutcapita...
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7.0.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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"There could be a guide, a list of questions, or a model in the milestones. Are you chasing people, or are things getting done? It is a great question. You could create a list or a 'good', 'better', 'best' type table as a way to assess where a team is n..."
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Great question from Gary Hawkes on transitioning to Quality Assistance model.
As you coach engineers through with quality assistance model, are there any milestones you need to hit to raise the bar...
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AMA answer: As you coach engineers through with quality assistance model, are there any milestones you need to hit to raise the bar on the wider team taking more responsibility for quality?
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AMA answer: As you coach engineers through with quality assistance model, are there any milestones you need to hit to raise the bar on the wider team taking more responsibility for quality?
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AMA answer: As you coach engineers through with quality assistance model, are there any milestones you need to hit to raise the bar on the wider team taking more responsibility for quality?
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6.9.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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