Simon Tomes | Activities
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This Week in Quality
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The power of proactive patience
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The power of proactive patience
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Thanks for the listen, Simon! I appreciated being able to rainbow vomit for a bit, and hopefully, good things will come on the other side of it.
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It was good to talk. 🙂
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9.5.0 of MoT Software Quality Engineering Certificate
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Software Quality Engineering Certificate (SQEC) reflections
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Thoughts and reflections about the lessons included in the Software Quality Engineering Certificate (SQEC)
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Cool to see your latest Call for Insights featured on the MoTaverse homepage. 🤩
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The power of proactive patience
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Are we ready? How quality coaches and engineers can use patience to support their teams.
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The power of proactive patience
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The power of proactive patience
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Are we ready? How quality coaches and engineers can use patience to support their teams.
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This is part of The Ahh Test collection.The Ahh Test is a model to help us make better decisions. It is a binary feel good signal for decision making that helps everyone stay focused on the goals ...
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What is The Ahh Test?
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What is The Ahh Test?
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"Answers about podcasting are available on this collection: https://www.ministryoftesting.com/collections/ama-about-podcasting
Yet please do keep the questions coming."
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"Answers to the above questions are available on this collection: https://www.ministryoftesting.com/collections/ama-about-exploratory-testing
Yet please do keep the questions coming."
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What methods have you found helpful to ensure exploratory testing stays focused?
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If your exploratory testing uncovers an area that may be an ideal candidate for automation, what steps would you go about communicating that to the developers/automators to get it done?
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"So glad to see Rahul will be running a workshop at MoTaCon. 🤩
Context engineering is super important right now and I have a good feeling attendees will value learning from Rahul's expertise."
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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