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Dirty Testing Secrets: Testing in Half the Time?

Posted on 2019-11-26 by Karo Stoltzenburg

The 7th Cambridge Exploratory Workshop on Testing (CEWT) took place to the topic of “Dirty Testing Secrets”. The organisers wanted to know whether there were things that might “horrify” or “upset” when becoming public, and given CEWT is a peer … Continue reading →

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Diversity Matters

Posted on 2018-10-27 by Karo Stoltzenburg

The latest Cambridge Exploratory Workshop on Testing (CEWT) came along, asking “What Makes Good Testers and/or Testing?“. It made me think: Isn’t it rather nice that I can learn something new about testing everyday, so why try to define based on … Continue reading →

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Learning Pairing

Posted on 2018-02-17 by Karo Stoltzenburg

The last year was a bit of a journey into pairing for me. Not that I hadn’t paired before and didn’t appreciate and enjoy it. But pairing got amplified in the last year as a more conscious effort and an … Continue reading →

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I Wish that I had Think Feet

Posted on 2017-10-30 by Karo Stoltzenburg

Communication plays quite an important role in the job of a tester (and in our lives, actually), but it can be quite challenging. How to bring a potentially controversial topic across without stepping on peoples toes? How to best deliver … Continue reading →

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Twitter Timeline Q3/17

Posted on 2017-10-11 by Karo Stoltzenburg

#September Nailed it. pic.twitter.com/FEtbLuBUqJ — James Thomas (@qahiccupps) September 16, 2017

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Three Ways to get Started with (Exploratory) Testing as a non-Tester

Posted on 2017-09-15 by Karo Stoltzenburg

This is a companion piece for my talk “Testing Demystified” at the DDD East Anglia, where I encourage people from other disciplines, namely programmers, to get more involved in (exploratory) testing activities (because it’s fun! And worth it!). And here … Continue reading →

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Organise? A way!

Posted on 2017-03-11 by Karo Stoltzenburg

I went to the World Information Architecture Day in London recently – our UX Designer, Rog, had been before and I gladly tagged along. And as often, if you emerge yourself in a new area, you’ll get great input and learn new things … Continue reading →

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Cambridge Lean Coffee 01/17

Posted on 2017-01-29 by Karo Stoltzenburg

First Lean Coffee of the year, and the first Lean Coffee and second overall Meetup via our shiny new dedicated Ministry of Testing Cambridge Meetup Group. If you’re in the Cambridge area and interested in testing, sign up! We’ve met … Continue reading →

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At least one, probably no more than six

Posted on 2017-01-14 by Karo Stoltzenburg

I really enjoy the moments when I occupy myself with something far, far away from testing and it suddenly makes complete sense and shines light upon a topic that I know from work. Obviously I’m the connecting factor in the … Continue reading →

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Ministry of Testing Meetups in Cambridge 2016

Posted on 2016-12-21 by Karo Stoltzenburg

2016 saw a really nice range of evening Meetups in the Ministry of Testing Cambridge group – with talks, workshops and open formats like Show & Tell, Games or just drinks scattered throughout – check the line up of our … Continue reading →

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