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Gary Hawkes
QA Lead
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Software QA Lead and tester who loves to see people grow, processes continuously improve and help organisations understand and support Quality Engineering
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99 Second Talks – Day 1 – TestBash Brighton / MoTaCon 2025
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From The Royal Air Force to Leading Quality with Stephen Platten
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Apply the "5 Whys" technique to both technical debugging and organisational workflows to uncover deep-seated root causes and implement sustainable continuous improvements.
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Two ways to use the “5 whys” method: Root cause of bugs and identifying continuous improvements
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Two ways to use the “5 whys” method: Root cause of bugs and identifying continuous improvements
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Two ways to use the “5 whys” method: Root cause of bugs and identifying continuous improvements
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"From knowing manual testing to learning automation, what have you learned that can be sone to bridge the gap between manual testing and automated testing being separate jobs done by separate people? If they are jobs done by separate people, what can th..."
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The Sisyphean Tragedy of Planning
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Absolutely Fit to Lead
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I've seen this Reddit post make the rounds. It talks about how AI replaced QA and then it went wrong.But here's the thing. It's 99% probably not true. It sounds true, but it's a more of a story tha...
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Stories that sound true, but (probably) aren't.
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Stories that sound true, but (probably) aren't.
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JUnit Tutorial: Setting Up, Writing, and Running Java Unit Tests
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Bug Hunter Game - Testing Titbits
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"Thanks for shining a light on this. You're absolutely right, we are all consumed with our own battles with AI, that we need to be reminded about the bigger picture. 🙏"
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During a recent conversation with Rosie Sherry, she mentioned the impact that AI was having on how development and testing is carried out. And it made me think, everyone is so busy talking about th...
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The true impact
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The true impact
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The true impact
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"Well done Adam, thats fantastic news. Love the meme. I was so used to not being recognised for glue work in previous organisations that I was quite happy to get satisfaction from seeing that work bring the improvements I wanted to see...a silent party...."
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It's nice when people notice!
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When you receive glowing feedback for glue work
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When you receive glowing feedback for glue work
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And scoring 600ish disappoints you
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When you know how to cheat at browser game
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When you know how to cheat at browser game
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When you know how to cheat at browser game
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Usually I would struggle, read very slowly and potentially drop technical book. It can feel dry to consume technical information on numerous pages. I love Head First series where you have to do a b...
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The book that doesn't overwhelm nor bore me
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The book that doesn't overwhelm nor bore me
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"Ooh finger painted ducks and seagulls for the new logos 👏"
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"I haven't watched it yet, its on my bookmark list but even 10 years ago it was an amazing tool. I miss it a lot! "
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The Engineering Management Chapter is now live in the MoTaverse.
It’s a space for people working in or curious about engineering leadership and management.A place to explore topics together, hear ...
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Engineering Management Chapter
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Engineering Management Chapter
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Engineering Management Chapter
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Great podcast with Rosie on "Into the MoTaverse". So much of what you said is on my wavelength. 🙏
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I thought it would be helpful to do an AMA on The MoTaverse!A lot has been changing over the past couple of years. It's been tough for us as TeamMoT to keep up with all the change. I'm sure it can ...
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AMA about The MoTaverse
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AMA about The MoTaverse
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"Whats the one thing that MoTaversians (I'm chuffed with that 😂) could do to bring extra power and influence to the community, especially in influencing outside the Quality Engineering space?"
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I was just at a test tool demo today, and I had a moment. Test cases are no longer carefully crafted and unique, they are generated.Test cases are no longer an atomic unit of measure (if it ev...
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Test cases are no longer crafted nor unique
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Test cases are no longer crafted nor unique
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This Week in Quality
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Share your week’s highlights, challenges, and lessons in quality
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Calm Delivery Systems
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From Bodybuilding to Systemic Quality: Why My Life Squiggle Made Me A Better Quality Professional
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Should QA exist
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