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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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Lesson 4 of Improving Your Testing Through Operability
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Lesson 4 of Improving Your Testing Through Operability
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Lesson 3 of Improving Your Testing Through Operability
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Lesson 3 of Improving Your Testing Through Operability
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Lesson 2 of Improving Your Testing Through Operability
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Lesson 2 of Improving Your Testing Through Operability
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Lesson 1 of Improving Your Testing Through Operability
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Lesson 1 of Improving Your Testing Through Operability
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1.5.0 of Quality Coaching essentials
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6.0.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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5.7.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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1.0.0 of Quality Coaching essentials
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5.6.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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5.0.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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MoT Leeds
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Congratulations on your certificateĀ
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16.13.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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A great talk and Q&A by Charlie Turrell
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Insightful session by Charlie n growing and maintaining an accessibility champion group within an organisationĀ
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Championing Accessibility
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16.5.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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Championing Accessibility
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Looking forward to a talk on championing accessibility at A11y North. Tips to follow.Ā
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On the way to A11y North
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Viola Lykova explains why teams should stop overtesting login page UI and instead focus on a handful of high-impact authentication journey tests.
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Stop Testing "Login Pages": Security-Aware Auth Testing From Real Scenarios
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Stop Testing "Login Pages": Security-Aware Auth Testing From Real Scenarios
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Stop Testing "Login Pages": Security-Aware Auth Testing From Real Scenarios
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Stop Testing "Login Pages": Security-Aware Auth Testing From Real Scenarios
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On the way to A11y North
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Looking forward to discussing all things accessibility in Leeds tonight at Hippo DigitalĀ
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Stakeholder (in Software Development)
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Definitions of Stakeholder (in Software Development)
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Spike (sprint)
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Definitions of Spike (sprint)
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Sprint (software development)
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Definitions of Sprint (software development)
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Why being a thought-worker matters
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5.0.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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4.8.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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4.7.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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Member joined MoT Leeds chapter
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4.4.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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3.0.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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2.6.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
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Thanks for reporting out of date text on our scholarship page, appreciated!
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First London meetup, merch successfully acquired ā
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W-hats up?
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W-hats up?
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