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Nearly there! How was your 2024? Join events and discover many ways to learn and contribute with the testing, QA and quality engineering community in this week's MoT Weekly.

Debrief the week in testing as the community explores debugging wins, building and scaling communities of practice, leadership in testing, and much mote

Listen to This Week in Resting to hear about fostering continuous quality, building psychologically safe teams, leadership roles in driving quality, and much more!

Can you find Bug and their buddy, Cosmo? (Cosmo's a duck!).

Definitions of Exploratory testing

Definitions of Models

Definitions of Software testing

Definitions of Risks

Definitions of Test Charters

Can you find Bug and their buddy, Cosmo? (Cosmo's a duck!).

How multi-talented do we have to be? Read a roundup of news, events and ideas from the testing, QA and quality engineering community in this week's MoT Weekly.

Explore missed bug reflections, discuss internal QA conferences, and uncover the impact of self-taught learning in episode 65 of This Week in Testing!

Can you find Bug and their buddy, Cosmo? (Cosmo's a duck!).

What boundaries help you recognise issues? Find out what's been happening in the testing, QA and quality engineering community and join events to enhance your career. Read this week's MoT Weekly.

What is quality coaching? What does a quality coach do? How does quality coaching fit into testing?

I for one embrace this spelling mistake. It does the job (for now). It still delivers. Funny how we can get caught up in these quality loops and pick holes in things that aren't as important as we ...

Discover testing trends, exciting events and talks, new articles, fun memes and memories, hot topics and new collections

Join Simon Tomes and his team of reporters for another round of news

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Two men smile at a camera.

Can you find Bug and their buddy, Cosmo? (Cosmo's a duck!).

What tough calls are on your testing plate? Seek help and advice from the testing, QA and quality engineering community and join events to enhance your career. Read this week's MoT Weekly.

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Two men posing for a selfie.

Items to help you and your new hire get started in their new job

An app rebrand is quite the testing task. New logos, themes and colours to check everywhere. Sometimes a rebrand can't be done with a big-bang approach. I spotted this on a walk next to Buckingh...

What's the connection between risks and quality engineering? Discover many ways to get involved with the testing, QA and quality engineering community. Read it all in this week's MoT Weekly.

Can you find Bug and their buddy, Cosmo? (Cosmo's a duck!).

Tune into Episode 61 of This Week in Testing for community updates, practical testing tips, and a special segment of 99-second talks.

Be inspired by multiple stories of testing, QA, quality engineering, SDET, test leader career paths plus many more.

Can you find Bug and their buddy, Cosmo? (Cosmo's a duck!).

How do community contributions support career growth? Join events and discover many ways to learn and contribute with the testing, QA and quality engineering community in this week's MoT Weekly.

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Can you find Bug and their buddy, Cosmo? (Cosmo's a duck!)

How do we amplify the value of testing? Read a roundup of news, events and ideas from the testing, QA and quality engineering community in this week's MoT Weekly.

Catch This Week in Testing, where Simon and guests reflect on TestBash 2024, share AI insights, and offer tips for applying conference learnings

Often when we test we end up checking something twice. Perhaps you're in a regression testing zone, working through a checklist, and forget to mark something up as 'passed'. There's that moment of ...

Something special happens when a TestBash conference speaker comes back to react to one their talks. What's changed? What's new? What's relevant? Discover the power of longevity in this collection of revisited TestBash Talks.

Can you find Bug and their buddy, Cosmo? (Cosmo's a duck!)

What lies at the heart of continuous quality? Find out what's been happening in the testing, QA and quality engineering community and join events to enhance your career. Read this week's MoT Weekly.

Join Simon Tomes for another round of news

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Tune into this TestBash special episode featuring live insights from Rosie Sherry, Jenna Charlton, Rahul Parwal and more, sharing advice on community, career growth, and AI in testing

Can you find Bug and their buddy, Cosmo? (Cosmo's a duck!)

What happens when our testing is too fast? Discover many ways to learn from and participate in the testing, QA and quality engineering community. Read it all in this week's MoT Weekly.

Want to make your own fictitious Tester revelation? Just combine any of these four elements to create your own fact-free claim! Co-created with Rosie Sherry.

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Can you find Bug and their buddy, Cosmo? (Cosmo's a duck!)

What's going on with the testing job market right now? Join events and discover many ways to contribute and learn with the testing, QA and quality engineering community in this week's MoT Weekly.

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