Shawn Vernier
Quality Engineer
He/Him
I am Open to Work, Write, Teach, Speak, Mentor, CV Reviews, Podcasting, Mentee, Review Conference Proposals
The answer to quality is context.
Achievements
Certificates
Level up your software testing and quality engineering skills with the credibility of a Ministry of Testing certification.
Activity
earned:
Why software testers should write documentation even if no one else reads it
earned:
Why software testers should write documentation even if no one else reads it
earned:
Why software testers should write documentation even if no one else reads it
earned:
Why software testers should write documentation even if no one else reads it
earned:
Why software testers should write documentation even if no one else reads it
Contributions
A pattern of design commonly used and conceptually intuitive that is otherwise known to be ineffective, sub-optimal, or counter-productive to the goal.Examples include Spaghetti Code, the Testing Ice Cream Cone, Code Coverage Mandates, Unfalsifiable Test, Skip The Test, and Watchmen Tests
Cultivate professional trust and accountability by using detailed documentation to demonstrate due diligence and quantify risk for stakeholders.
Testing work that looks impressive, generates artifacts, and fulfills metrics while providing little value. Performative Testing is testing effort devoted to tasks make it appear as if QA is doing work while often ticking off mandated checkboxes.End-to-End test automation is an example. There is often an outsized focused on E2E tests as they look impressive visually, yet they are expensive to write and maintain while finding very few real bugs. Meanwhile Functional and Exploratory ("manual") testing efforts provide high value but are difficult to quantify and therefore can be neglected or deprioritized. "Looks busy. Feels productive. Delivers nothing" - Rahul Parwal
"AI likes to get it's sticky tentacles into all your systems"Talking with Rosie as part of the Into the Motaverse podcast, I made a passing comment on the use of AI that really stuck with the both ...
Inspired by the following challenge: https://www.ministryoftesting.com/moments/create-a-moment-ask-motaverse-anything/
Often we're asked 'what does QA do?' It should be a simple answer, and yet we'...
Recently Rosie covered the Digg shut down. Digg placed the blame on the prevalence of AI Agents flooding the internet with an endless stream of derivative content while at the same time boosting th...
When first seeing the Friction commentary, a specific moment came to mind. Often friction is a call to improve. The friction exists due to a need not being met, a shortcoming in your practices or u...
A conversation with Shawn Vernier on skepticism in quality engineering, the realities of test automation, and the most important part, AI tentacles.
Did things get worse when QA stopped being the quality gatekeeper?
What do ducks, toilet seats, and eggs have in common?
This Week in Quality, apparently.
Doesnt sound like much of a punchline, but if you know you know. You just had to be there. And that's the...
