Earlier this year, I was asked if I would be interested in returning to my secondary school as the Guest of Honour for their annual Prizegiving and Speech Day event. I had only been back once since I left in 2003, so for me, this was a big deal. As I share below in my … Continue reading WGS Speech Day 2023 – An Honour to return
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I'm starting 2022 in a more senior role, and it has been an aspiration for the last few years to build myself up to this point. I've learned so much since I left my first role in management in 2018 and moved towards more senior leadership roles. One of the big things I believe I … Continue reading Building a World Class Test Team
Following up from my previous post, I thought it would be a good idea to dive deeper into the idea of the Quality Narrative. As mentioned in that blog, I first came across the term from the 'Leading Quality' book by Ronald Cummings-John (@ronaldcj) and Owais Peer (@owaispeer). The book is a great reference for … Continue reading Defining your Story – Owning Your Quality Narrative
Following on from my earlier blog post (Changing the Perception – Working towards a Culture of Quality), I have been lucky enough to have a submission selected for the Test Leadership Congress 2020 which is a virtual conference happening over July-October this year. This got me thinking more about this topic, and it really has … Continue reading Growing A Culture of Quality – A Model
Ten years in a field of work I love, it felt as good a time as any to reflect on what brought me to this point. I still remember that feeling the day I finished my last exam at University in May 2006 and realised I needed to try and do something with the knowledge … Continue reading A Decade in Testing – How did I get here?
Long ago was a time where testing was purely seen as an activity by a siloed team who executed 1000's of tests towards the end of a project. In the modern world, this is still a very real situation in some areas, but on the whole, testing as a collaborative, continuous activity is much more … Continue reading Changing the Perception – Working towards a Culture of Quality
The Tech industry is evolving faster than anyone is prepared for and with that, roles within the software world are in desperate need to change too, no more so than in the Testing world. With the demand for faster delivery, more complex tech stacks and more fluid ways of working, Testing roles and activities need … Continue reading We’re Not Dead! – The Art of Effective Test Leadership
Diversity has rightly become a big topic of discussion across many media and in the last few years there have been huge movements globally to try and correct imbalances in the workforce. These have included Race, Gender, LGBTQ, Age and Physical Disabilities. A lot of companies have worked really hard to close the gaps within … Continue reading Thinking Differently – Embracing Neurodiversity in Tech
As I am currently going through a transition in my career of moving companies for the first time since i got a graduate position 12 years ago, it has really become clear to me how important it is to have personal values not just for your life as a whole but equally for your work … Continue reading My Personal Testing Values
I love the Testing Community, there are so many opportunities to share knowledge, talk to others, attend events and learn. Of course, there are always different perspectives, different opinions and different ideas and this is part of what makes the community so great! I had heard the term “Imposter Syndrome” banded about for the last … Continue reading Are Some of Us Doing it Wrong?
Simon Prior 