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Nicola Furniss
Quality Coach
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Quality coach at the Co-op. Bridging the gap between the disciplines and questioning everything, ensuring teams build the right thing, at the right time, for the right reasons.
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Spoke at MoT Manchester
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This Week in Quality
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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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Joined MoT Manchester chapter
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The MoTaverse exists to advance the quality engineering and software testing industry in a fun, safe, professional and forward-thinking way.MoT Manchester Chapter events exist as a way to bring people together to gather and learn about all things quality.
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The human element: testing beyond the happy path
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99 Second Talks – Day 2 – TestBash Brighton / MoTaCon 2025
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99 Second Talks – Day 2 – TestBash Brighton / MoTaCon 2025
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99 Second Talks – Day 2 – TestBash Brighton / MoTaCon 2025
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I've just reviewed lesson 2 on module 3 of the Software Quality Engineering Certificate (SQEC).
Really enjoyed hearing from Nataliia Burmei and Stuart Thomas as they explore how quality enginee...
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Risk matters more than ever
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Risk matters more than ever
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Risk matters more than ever
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Risk matters more than ever
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99 Second Talks – Day 2 – TestBash Brighton / MoTaCon 2025
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99 Second Talks – Day 2 – TestBash Brighton / MoTaCon 2025
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Dive into the handy Test Heuristics Cheat Sheet, new and improved for today's modern testing professional. Support your testing efforts and generate test ideas.
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Test Heuristics Cheat Sheet
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As part of 2026 our goal is to talk more.
There are many ways to talk, and we shall be experimenting with many formats!
Today I got to catch up with Luke, the conversation will be shared soon...
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It's good to talk
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It's good to talk
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It's good to talk
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Thanks for choosing and registering for MoTaCon 2026!
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MoTaCon 2026
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A tech conference to help you navigate the ever-shifting landscape of Quality Engineering, AI, Leadership, Product, Accessibility and Security.
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99 Second Talks – Day 2 – TestBash Brighton / MoTaCon 2025
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99 Second Talks – Day 2 – TestBash Brighton / MoTaCon 2025
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Maestro representing
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Dan Caseley representing Maestro with Nicola Furniss and Elly Gausden
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Friends of the MoTaverse 🫶
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Nicola Furniss and Ellly Gausden
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More action from Dan Caseley of Maestro.dev
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Dan Caseley representing Maestro at MoTaCon.
Go have a sneak peek at Maestro: https://maestro.dev/
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The 99 second talk that broke all the rules
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Nic Furniss did a most memorable 99 second talk. And Gwen's reaction is just perfect.
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99 Second Talks – Day 2 – TestBash Brighton/MoTaCon 2025
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Celebrate the creativity and courage of testers and quality engineers as they share stories, lessons, and ideas in just 99 seconds.
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They just kept turning up!
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02/10/25.
It's Thursday. The time is 16:03. It's Day 2 of MoTaCon. And I've never seen the 99-Second Talks queue grow so quickly. And even after this photo more people turned up.
Such is the...
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Loved the 99 second talk at MoTaCon. Brilliant! 🤩
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Hanging out with some of the Co-op crew
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