Richard Adams
Senior Test Analyst
He / Him
I am Open to Teach, Speak, Podcasting, Write, Meet at MoTaCon 2026
Passionate about quality & testing. Creator of Threat Agents card game and regularly found chatting cyber security.
Achievements
Certificates
Awarded for:
Passing the exam with a score of 100%
Awarded for:
Achieving one or more Community Stars in five or more unique months
Activity
earned:
16.6.0 of MoT Software Testing Essentials Certificate
earned:
Two ways to use the “5 whys” method: Root cause of bugs and identifying continuous improvements
earned:
Two ways to use the “5 whys” method: Root cause of bugs and identifying continuous improvements
earned:
Two ways to use the “5 whys” method: Root cause of bugs and identifying continuous improvements
earned:
Two ways to use the “5 whys” method: Root cause of bugs and identifying continuous improvements
Contributions
Apply the "5 Whys" technique to both technical debugging and organisational workflows to uncover deep-seated root causes and implement sustainable continuous improvements.
Rich Adams asks:Would you prefer to eat a lot of one snack at one, seeing how two snacks mix together or sampling the full bowl of snacks?
I'm a big fan of pair-wise testing... sorry I mean pairin...
So Richards question in full was "My biggest challenge when I was in a leadership role was that it wasn't a position of authority. Whilst I was the leader on how to think about quality and testing,...
Richard Adams asks:
How do you engage stakeholders, such as devs & product, with the findings from your exploratory testing session?
Things that I've found helpful:
Establishing an agreement th...
We met in a nice (albeit a bit loud) pub in Edinburgh to chat testing, careers and life in general, getting to know people in our local area.We also had a few rounds of Would Heu-Risk It, sparking ...
With recent excitement about Chapters, it got me thinking of the first time I ever went to an in person testing event. I had only just switched back from development to test and wanted to engage wi...
I was overdue doing some sketch-noting and decided to go with a talk I'd seen but was keen to see again. At MoTaCon 2025 Barry Ehigiator delivered a fantastic talk called "Beyond the titles: leadin...
An issue reported by a customer to the support team that requires involvement from the engineering team. This may be because the issue is a defect or require deeper diagnosis & analysis by engineers (developers or tester) to understand the behaviour that the customer is experiencing and advise them on steps to resolve their problem. Companies often have policies or Service Level Agreements (SLAs) that define how quickly engineering teams must respond to and resolve escalations from customers.
My first goal for 2026 was to get certified. I have taken my STEC exam, albeit with a couple of lessons to complete, and passed. Pretty darn delighted and my CV is already updated ready for some jo...
