Lisa Crispin
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Lisa Crispin is a consultant, author and speaker based in Vermont, USA. She and Janet Gregory have co-authored four books, most recently _Holistic Testing: Weave Quality Into Your Product_.

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Joining Stuart Day on the Quality Talks Podcast made me look back at how my QA career started. 


How change shaped it then and still shapes it now. 
Probably the best YES I have said so far. 
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Joining Stuart Day on the Quality Talks Podcast made me look back at how my QA career started. How change shaped it then and still shapes it now. Probably the best YES I have said so far. ...
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Join in the code reviews and use AI with care!
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A one-day educational experience for quality engineering leaders
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Lesson 0 of A tester’s role in continuous quality

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See the attached photo - I didn't know I could only have one! Original post: https://www.ministryoftesting.com/memories/easter-egg-with-when-asked-about-the-problem-our-developers-would
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I joined my first web startup, Trip.com, in 1998. Other than the CTO, the team hadn't even heard of testers or testing. Over time, they started writing their sly responses to any problems I showed ...
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At a recent DORA community meeting, Saul Williamson did a demo of his experiences with spec-driven development. He started by sharing Steve Fenton's pragmatic guidelines for AI discussions. Good th...
2025 DORA State of Assisted AI report image
Includes data on how AI affects code quality, well-being of team members, performance, based on both qualitative and quantitative research
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I’m excited to share that, alongside TeamMoT, we’ll be gathering 50 Leaders in Quality on September 30th. What looks like a one-day event is actually the beginning of a bigger journey: a committ...
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Sometimes the best thing we can do about anything is talk about it, and quality is one of those things...
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Eighteen months, 19 modules, and 59 amazing contributors later, the MoT Software Testing Essentials Certification is complete! Looking back, my favourite part has been seeing so many community m...
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