Deborah Reid | Activities
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How does Wimbledon relate to success in QE?
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James Pearce shares a practical framework for testing AI products by making them more verifiable, measuring risk clearly, and learning safely from production.
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Engineering quality in an AI based product
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Engineering quality in an AI based product
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A panel discussion exploring how AI is really affecting engineering teams today, from tool adoption and team confidence to testing, leadership, and the risk of over-relying on automation.
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Practical impact of AI on today’s engineering management
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Practical impact of AI on today’s engineering management
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Practical impact of AI on today’s engineering management
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Practical impact of AI on today’s engineering management
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Practical impact of AI on today’s engineering management
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Preeti Gupta explains how teams can adopt AI in test automation while keeping human judgement, ownership, and quality at the centre.
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Growing with AI: Transforming test automation without losing the human edge
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Growing with AI: Transforming test automation without losing the human edge
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"I was sad to miss your talk but hope to watch when they share the videos!"
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Earlier this year I had 8 weeks to deliver a project and the pressure started to hit. I spent an awful lot of my time giving feedback and felt like the bottleneck. We don't often talk a...
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Together, We Find Solutions
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Together, We Find Solutions
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Together, We Find Solutions
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A few months ago, running 10k felt like something very distant (literally speaking). Not me! I could list every reason why I shouldn't do it: no time, no fitness, no experience, no idea where to ev...
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What my first 10k taught me about showing up in the MoTaverse
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What my first 10k taught me about showing up in the MoTaverse
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RoboCon 2027: Online 7-9 April 2027
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There's nothing like a massive market and technology shift to help us think about what actually makes a good product.We can get carried away with the details. Testers will say it's down to fewer bu...
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A good product is one that is used
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A good product is one that is used
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From one of my early 99-second talks at Manchester, I asked a series of questions. At Nordic Testing Days (NTD) in Estonia, the same thing happened. After asking four simple questions, I was left w...
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Who are we designing software for?
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Who are we designing software for?
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Inspired by Clare Norman's recent lightning learning sessions. A speaker pulled out last minute so a developer stepped in to share what they've been working on. While Clare pointed out that it's no...
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Hot take: It's easy to forget that done is better than perfect
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Hot take: It's easy to forget that done is better than perfect
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Hot take: It's easy to forget that done is better than perfect
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Hot take: It's easy to forget that done is better than perfect
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I’m en route to PWC’s office to co-host Leading with AI with Diana Dromey. I’m thinking of some “hands up” polls we could run at the start. So far I’ve got:
Who here is excited for AI?
Who here is...
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En route to co-host LWAI, what polls should we run at the start?
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En route to co-host LWAI, what polls should we run at the start?
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En route to co-host LWAI, what polls should we run at the start?
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How do gardening and dishwashers link to QE?
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"I love the comparison of baking (something I love) with QE, I hadn't realise the number of overlaps! Thanks for sharing Demi"
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Upon my AMA about how baking a cake is the same as developping software moment Simon Tomes asked "While the recipe instructions and ingredients are consistent, how is it that the quality outcome of...
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AMA Answer: While the recipe instructions and ingredients are consistent, how is it that the quality outcome of a cake can vary considerably?
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AMA Answer: While the recipe instructions and ingredients are consistent, how is it that the quality outcome of a cake can vary considerably?
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AMA Answer: While the recipe instructions and ingredients are consistent, how is it that the quality outcome of a cake can vary considerably?
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PwC’s team explains how an AI-first engineering strategy is reshaping software delivery and making quality engineering more important than ever.
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Leading with AI at PwC
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Leading with AI at PwC
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Leading with AI at PwC
Deborah Reid
Lead Test Engineer
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As a Lead Test Engineer, with 15 years experience, Deborah specialises in quality engineering, risk management, and scaling test strategies.
Over the years, she has spearheaded quality operations for major international expansions, including multi-region deployments and scaled QE to support expanding product domains. Most recently, she's focused on driving shift-left quality practices and automation.
She is deeply passionate about fostering a quality-first culture that balances speed with stability. Her approach centres on pragmatic automation - leveraging tools like Cypress where they add maximum ROI, paired with targeted exploratory testing to safeguard complex user journeys.
She also has a passion for accessibility testing and has written a course on the topic https://www.ministryoftesting.com/courses/introduction-to-accessibility-testing?s_id=19046932
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