Simon Tomes | Activities
awarded Pranav Pandit for:
Stability first: less coverage, more impact
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Stability first: less coverage, more impact
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When has chasing automation coverage cost you more in maintenance than it gave back?
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Stability first: less coverage, more impact
awarded Pranav Pandit for:
Stability first: less coverage, more impact
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Stability first: less coverage, more impact
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When has chasing automation coverage cost you more in maintenance than it gave back?
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Have you ever thought about prioritising your tests using a Design Thinking exercise?
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Prioritizing Your Tests by Considering Impact and Value!
awarded Rafael Navarro Cintra for:
Prioritizing Your Tests by Considering Impact and Value!
awarded Larissa Rosochansky for:
Prioritizing Your Tests by Considering Impact and Value!
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I love a convenient slip-on trainer, but I also have a beloved pair with traditional laces. I rarely double-knot them. Yet, I have friends who double-knot their shoes every single day.Double-knotti...
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How do shoelaces link to risk?
awarded Deborah Reid for:
How do shoelaces link to risk?
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Learn how to evaluate LLM quality and limitations using a range of testing techniques, from unit and regression testing to bias, adversarial and explainability testing.
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A practical introduction to testing LLMs
awarded Demi Van Malcot for:
A practical introduction to testing LLMs
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How do shoelaces link to risk?
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Make room to think, or stay reactive
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...But who gets to ask the 'Why?' question???
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The Reflection
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I really enjoyed Leading with AI at PwC. I wasn't sure what to expect of my first Ministry of Testing event but I loved the community feel, met some lovely people and definitely hope to attend more...
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Leading with AI event
awarded Sophie Postill for:
Leading with AI event
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"That's a helpful reflection, Dalbir, and I'm glad you shared this with the participants during the day.
Great to see you in real life! 🤩"
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Great to hear how PWC are leading with Quality and the framework they are using. My current organisation has many different AI tools to use. My takeaway from the PWC talk is how do we start bu...
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Hearing how PWC are leading with AI
awarded Dalbir Sehmbi for:
Hearing how PWC are leading with AI
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There's a skill in spotting which of your activities are genuinely high value
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Are your highest value skills aimed at the right things?
awarded Ash Winter for:
Are your highest value skills aimed at the right things?
awarded Ash Winter for:
Are your highest value skills aimed at the right things?
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Are your highest value skills aimed at the right things?
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LWAI Operations HQ
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Are your highest value skills aimed at the right things?
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There's a skill in spotting which of your activities are genuinely high value
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There were a couple of times during the recent LWAI (Leading with AI) conference in London where there were technical difficulties.These things happen of course.Spotting that the audience were at risk of disengaging and moving to doom scroll on their phones, Simon jumped to the front, asking what folks were thinking from the current talk so far, engaging the audience, one comment or thought triggering another from someone else or Simon himself.It felt planned but I was assured it was spur of the moment. It was a really great way to keep folks inspired during these technical difficulties and I felt like Simon deserved some recognition for this!_almost_ hoping for some technical difficulties at MoTaCon :D
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"Great to catch up in person, Neil!
Couldn't agree more about how important it is to meet and stay connected. 🙌🏻
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Meeting my fellow panelists and chapter leads for the first time was a wonderful experience. The whole day reminded me how much I love this community and how important it is to meet and stay connec...
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Engineering Management Chapter meets AI
awarded Neil Younger for:
Engineering Management Chapter meets AI
awarded Engineering Management Chapter for:
Engineering Management Chapter meets AI
awarded Nataliia Burmei for:
Engineering Management Chapter meets AI
awarded Drew Pontikis for:
Engineering Management Chapter meets AI
awarded Parveen Khan for:
Engineering Management Chapter meets AI
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"Such an important and succinct Insight. Thanks for sharing, Imran.
And I think this realisation happened for a lot of us in the room, as was evident during an ad-hoc audience discussion.
Good to also catch up in person. 😃"
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"🤭
It's like the days when we had no phones and couldn't just easily take photos of all the wonderful food – we just ate the food.
Thanks for being part of the day, Madhuri. Lovely to catch up in person. 🤩"
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Today while leading with sessions were happening, we had multiple breaks where delicious lunch , coffee, chips, green tea and sweets were served.....I enjoyed them a lot that even I forgot to click...
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Loved the breaks that I forgot to click
awarded Madhuri Mittal for:
Loved the breaks that I forgot to click
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.
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