Simon Tomes | Activities
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Is AI the best friend quality professionals have been looking for?
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Measuring our value is difficult
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Minding Your Own Business - Lisa Crispin
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Minding Your Own Business - Lisa Crispin
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New chapter for chapters: Why in-person community events still matter - Ep 122
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Reconnect with the MoTaverse through chapters, celebrate what’s changed while Deanna was away, and learn how local events help you grow your network and your craft.
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Thanks for setting the MoT site as your browser home button.
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5.3.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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5.3.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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5.2.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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5.2.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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5.0.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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5.0.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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Thanks for joining the stage during TWiQ. 🤩
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Thanks for joining the stage during TWiQ. 🤩
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Thanks for co-hosting TWiQ. It was fun and you were ace!
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This Week in Quality
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I blame Ministry of Testing for this!
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I blame Ministry of Testing for this!
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Accessibility is an often forgotten or unconsidered system quality criteria or non-functional requirement.
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Accessibility Charters Introduction
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Accessibility Charters Introduction
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Accessibility Charters Introduction
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Speed vs Quality: Can You Have Both?
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Working harder often makes people think they must choose speed and sacrifice quality or improve quality and forfeit speed.
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Speed vs Quality: Can You Have Both?
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Speed vs Quality: Can You Have Both?
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Speed vs Quality: Can You Have Both?
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I blame Ministry of Testing for this!
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Accessibility Charters Introduction
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Accessibility Charters Introduction
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Accessibility Charters Introduction
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Join not one, not two, but three Quality Engineers from Lloyds Banking Group
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Reskill, Upskill, Grow: Empowering Quality Engineering Skills
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Reskill, Upskill, Grow: Empowering Quality Engineering Skills
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Reskill, Upskill, Grow: Empowering Quality Engineering Skills
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Reskill, Upskill, Grow: Empowering Quality Engineering Skills
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Reskill, Upskill, Grow: Empowering Quality Engineering Skills
Simon Tomes
Community Lead at MoTaverse
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Hello, I'm Simon. Since 2003 I've had various roles in testing, tech leadership and coaching. I believe in the power of collaboration, creativity and community. 🎓 MoT-STEC qualified. I get real joy working with and supporting our wonderful MoTaverse community.
“Thanks for making me feel so confident about myself.” | “I'm so grateful for all you do in the MoTaverse community, I learn so much as a result!” | “A simple chat with Simon in person absolutely changed everything.” | “Simon is one of the best people that I've ever met to have conversations with. He's so grounded in his way of thinking and articulates his thoughts so well and his feelings and his knowledge about community and everything.”
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