Heleen Van Grootven | Activities
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My biggest issue is, unfortunately, time. Do you have any advice on finding the time to learn when all the work still needs doing and there isn't really room in your working day to focus on automation?
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My biggest issue is, unfortunately, time. Do you have any advice on finding the time to learn when all the work still needs doing and there isn't really room in your working day to focus on automation?
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My biggest issue is, unfortunately, time. Do you have any advice on finding the time to learn when all the work still needs doing and there isn't really room in your working day to focus on automation?
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This is one of the questions asked by Heleen Van Grootven for the :
AMA about transition from Manual to Automation TesterThis is the issue many of us face in their day to day life. I met couple of ...
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Finding joy in your role
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Finding joy in your role
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Finding joy in your role
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Finding joy in your role
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Finding joy in your role
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The way software development works is uniquely suited to neurodivergence
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Inspired by the following challenge: Create a Moment: Ask MoTaverse Anything.We have often seen that many of us who test the software to ensure quality of the product are trapped in the manual test...
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AMA about transition from Manual to Automation Tester
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AMA about transition from Manual to Automation Tester
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"My biggest issue is, unfortunately, time. Do you have any advice on finding the time to learn when all the work still needs doing and there isn't really room in your working day to focus on automation?"
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99 Second Talks – Day 1 – TestBash Brighton / MoTaCon 2025
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1.0.0 of A tester’s role in continuous quality
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1.0.0 of A tester’s role in continuous quality
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1.1.0 of Quality Coaching essentials
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1.1.0 of Quality Coaching essentials
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1.0.0 of Quality Coaching essentials
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1.0.0 of Quality Coaching essentials
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How do we sharpen our ability to stay connected with real experts?
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Human skills matter more in the age of AI noise
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Human skills matter more in the age of AI noise
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Human skills matter more in the age of AI noise
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Implement the Playwright Page Object Model (POM) to build maintainable, resilient test suites by centralizing page interactions and separating them from test logic.
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Creating a resilient test framework with the Playwright Page Object Model (POM)
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Creating a resilient test framework with the Playwright Page Object Model (POM)
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Is it in dev yet?
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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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In a move that caught the community-building world by surprise this morning, Rosie Sherry officially announced she is stepping down to hand the CEO baton to her most trusted advisor: Piper, her dau...
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Announcement of new MoTaverse CEO
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Announcement of new MoTaverse CEO
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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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Joined MoT Brighton chapter
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MoT Brighton
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Welcome to the Ministry of Testing Brighton Chapter!This group is for anyone interested in all things quality engineering and software testing.Join us for insightful talks and discussions, hands-on activities and plenty of networking opportunities.Check out our Code of Conduct.
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Pre-MoTaCon Meetup
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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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I left the dentist after having a root canal at 12.30pm, and joined This week in Quality just after 1pm. As a joke, when I joined stage, I put my tongue in my cheek so it sounded like I was all swo...
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What is a dentists favourite time? Tooth hurty
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What is a dentists favourite time? Tooth hurty
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What is a dentists favourite time? Tooth hurty
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This Week in Quality
Heleen Van Grootven
Testing Engineer
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After a decade in communications, I switched to testing—turns out that I really like figuring out how things work and how they fit together. Always open to learning more and meeting new people!
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