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Exploring Systems Thinking - The Testing Planet News - Episode 09
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After putting out a call for AMA about Working as a Lone Tester, Ady Stokes asked, "How do you balance testing and influencing the team to make quality a priority?" This is a big question. Let's di...
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Lone Tester AMA Answer - How do you balance testing and influencing the team to make quality a priority?
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Lone Tester AMA Answer - How do you balance testing and influencing the team to make quality a priority?
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Lone Tester AMA Answer - How do you balance testing and influencing the team to make quality a priority?
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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...
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Lots of one snack, mix two snacks or sample a full bowl of snacks?
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Lots of one snack, mix two snacks or sample a full bowl of snacks?
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Lots of one snack, mix two snacks or sample a full bowl of snacks?
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The turning point was in my previous role back in 2018. I'd had a cycle of : leadership role -> lose confidence from mistakes -> take a contributor role -> get promoted to leadership...
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AMA Leadership Answer - How did you figure out what kind of leader you wanted to be, what was the turning point?
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AMA Leadership Answer - How did you figure out what kind of leader you wanted to be, what was the turning point?
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AMA Leadership Answer - How did you figure out what kind of leader you wanted to be, what was the turning point?
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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,...
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AMA Leadership Answer - How do you lead if your position has no authority?
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AMA Leadership Answer - How do you lead if your position has no authority?
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AMA Leadership Answer - How do you lead if your position has no authority?
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Thanks for the question Emily!I remember being on a management course based on the book 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey many years ago. The course was great and I absorbed all ...
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AMA Leadership Answer - Do you have any book recommendations?
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AMA Leadership Answer - Do you have any book recommendations?
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AMA Leadership Answer - Do you have any book recommendations?
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"Nice one, Gary.
'The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People' had a profound impact on the early part of my leadership career too. "Seek first to understand, then to be understood" was a game changer."
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Great to feature your Call for Insights on the MoTaverse homepage. 🤩
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Foundations favour the AI brave
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Last week I was feeling positive and excited for AI.And then last night I was feeling meh about it.I recognised this is a pattern for me. That goes round and round. A constant mood change. Exciteme...
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Yay AI. Meh AI.
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Yay AI. Meh AI.
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"I'm hearin' ya! I riffed. https://www.ministryoftesting.com/moments/yay-ai-meh-ai-part-2 "
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Yay AI. Meh AI. Part 2.
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Riffing on Rosie's post: Yay AI. Meh AI. This is how I feel about AI. 😅😵💫🫠
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Stop delegating your thinking: Using 5 whys to check AI documentation
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Stop delegating your thinking: Using 5 whys to check AI documentation
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Assign a tester role with agentic workflows
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Martin Poole shares what agentic workflows bring to the table.
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Share your tools / frameworks as well. There is no right or wrong answer, what would be particularly interesting is the reasons a tool was chosen due to your context and environment.
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My integration testing tools / frameworks of choice
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My integration testing tools / frameworks of choice
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"For me, my testing snack is the humble packet of salt & vinegar crisps. While it's one flavour it comes in a variety of shapes, styles and tastes. And depending on the context, one might be more appropriate than another.
I'll enjoy my non-branded ..."
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"Revels! What an excellent representation of testing. And I defo need to try that Sweet and Salty popcorn + Smarties combo. Sounds quality! 😋
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Simon asks:If testing and quality were individual snacks, what would they be and why?
Testing would be something with variety, that has an element of different sizes and flavours, even some randomn...
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If testing and quality were individual snacks, what would they be and why?
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If testing and quality were individual snacks, what would they be and why?
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Foundations favour the AI brave
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Foundations favour the AI brave
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How do we strengthen our foundational knowledge amid rapid AI growth?
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Foundations favour the AI brave
awarded Preeti Gupta for:
Foundations favour the AI brave
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Foundations favour the AI brave
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How do we strengthen our foundational knowledge amid rapid AI growth?
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If testing and quality were individual snacks, what would they be and why?
Simon Tomes
Community Lead at MoTaverse
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