Jesper Ottosen
Principal Consultant
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I am Open to Teach, Mentor, Speak, Write, Podcasting

Jesper has been around the MoT community from the start, frequently passing by the Club and Slack. For more than 10 years he has provided 300+ blogposts on all things testing. 🌻

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Awarded for: Passing the exam with a score of 100%
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Awarded for: Achieving 5 or more Community Star badges

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Functionality is just one 'ility we can test image
Functionality is just one 'ility we can test
Functionality is just one 'ility we can test image
Functionality is just one 'ility we can test
Using AI to accelerate YOUR thinking image
Using AI to accelerate YOUR thinking
12 things we learned when we questioned the existence of test case management image
12 things we learned when we questioned the existence of test case management

Contributions

Ilities image
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The 'ilities is the informal name for all the system quality attributes, that usually end in 'ility.Accessability, scalability, functionality, reliability....For a full list see the reference
Functionality is just one 'ility we can test image
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On a recent online meetup we discussed how testers often get stuck on testing Functionality.If you look around just a little bit there are at least 100 other system quality attributes to consider.a...
4 things for MotaCon 2026 - that could convince my boss image
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Shift‑left security: building protection from day one The hidden leadership of Quality Professionals: skills you only earn when everything goes to hell When systems stop behaving: controlled chaos...
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Slowly and indirectly building support and alignment.A way to approach to delivering value more reliably and sustainably look like https://www.ministryoftesting.com/moments/what-does-delivering-value-more-reliably-and-sustainably-look-like From Wikipedia:Nemawashi (根回し) is an informal Japanese business process of laying the foundation for some proposed change or project by talking to the people concerned and gathering support and feedback before a formal announcement.
Test cases are no longer crafted nor unique image
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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...
What's stopping us from testing? image
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Jesper shares some examples of areas of friction which stop us from getting to hands on testing.
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