When you shift from “Here’s what I think we should do” to “What would change if we understood why this keeps happening?”, you stop being the tester with opinions and start being the person who unlo...

Is the future of test case management at risk? Let's go exploring.

At the Leeds Testing Atelier I spoke about how we, as testers, can go from being gatekeepers to being quality coaches. One of the practical suggestions was to facilitate a test planning workshop wi...

Can you find Bug, Cosmo the Space Duck and Space Seagull?

Snapped just after Kat Obring finished her talk at Leeds Testing Atelier, one of the most packed sessions of the day, with people standing at the back to hear her speak. Kat is pictured here wit...

Kat Obring’s talk at Leeds Testing Atelier explored how QA roles can evolve from blockers at the end of a pipeline to enablers of quality throughout it. Kat shared practical ways testers can shi...

Most teams don’t suffer from a lack of metrics, they suffer from the wrong ones. I’ve seen dashboards full of numbers that no one looks at, and reports that generate more questions than clarity....

A computer, and through it's screen we see a bug on a sofa, comfy with a drink in it's hand. Above text reads: I asked the bug what it was doing there. It said "I live here now".

The words we use every day matter, let's tweak them!

Despite your expertise and commitment to quality, you remain “just the tester”. It’s frustrating. It’s demoralising. And unfortunately, it’s incredibly common.