This Week in Quality

Stay up to date with the world of software testing, quality assurance, and quality engineering.This Week in Quality is your weekly podcast from the Ministry of Testing community, hosted by Simon Tomes and joined by testing professionals from across the MoTaverse.🎙️ Tune in for thoughtful conversations, testing news, and community insights covering everything from QA trends to quality engineering practices.Whether you're a software tester, QA specialist, quality engineer or quality advocate, this welcoming space will help you stay informed and connected to the wider community.Join the live session every Friday or catch up on past episodes wherever you get your podcasts.

This Week in Quality is a business podcast hosted by Ministry of Testing, with 90 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Ministry of Testing hosts This Week in Quality, a business show with 90 episodes published.

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  Episode #149

  MoTaCon: how to make friends and grow your influence - Ep 149

  Sep 25, 20261 hour

  Ady and Simon host a special pre-MoTaCon episode, reflecting on the history of TestBash, the growing MoTaCon festival week, and the many ways people can connect before, during, and after the conference. The conversation covers community stars, first-time attendee nerves, travel stories, karaoke, professional headshots, workshop plans, and the power of meeting online friends in person. Guests share what they are looking forward to, from reconnecting with familiar faces to meeting new people, while Rosie gives a sneak peek at the event’s tote bags and the plan to turn friends, Moments and swag into a key part of the MoTaCon experience.

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  Episode #148

  A month in quality: Demos, MoTaCon and human connection - Ep 148

  Sep 18, 20261 hour

  Simon and Demi return after the TWIQ summer break with a packed 'this month in quality' catch-up, covering MoTaCon festival plans, workshop spoilers, karaoke, community profiles, chapters, and the many ways members are showing up across the MoTaverse. Demi shares a painful-but-funny demo-day story where a last-minute deployment broke the application minutes before a major walkthrough, leading to a stronger 'demonstration, not demolition' rule for future demos. The episode also brings in Nadja’s team update, Gokul’s return to the community and reflections on learning/unlearning around AI, plus wider discussion on human connection, evergreen learning material, communication style, and the enduring principles of quality.

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  Episode #147

  Reality bytes. Meet the teams and terms where they are - Ep 147

  Aug 14, 202659 min

  Judy and Simon host a thoughtful 'This Week in Therapy' episode, with Judy reflecting on her first few weeks in a new role and the difference between building quality from scratch versus stepping into processes someone else has already shaped. The conversation explores mistakes, AI responsibility, risk versus reality, impostor syndrome, writing, MoTaCon reflections, and how asking questions can be one of the most valuable things quality professionals do. Shawn and Heleen join to discuss shift-left mandates, team context, terminology, and the relief of realising that asking questions is not a flaw but a core part of the quality role.

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  Episode #146

  The search for the lost code, best chair and the magic of MoTaCon - Ep 146

  Aug 7, 20261 hour

  Simon and Demi open with MoTaCon updates, including the growing 'festival' around the conference, socials, dinners, Motography, and the reminder to show up as yourself. The episode then celebrates the newly-updated MoTaverse profile pages and how they help members showcase their learning, contributions, moments, stars, and badges without turning it into a competition. Demi shares a brilliant work story about a missing piece of legacy code, vacation-driven single points of failure, and the risks of knowledge living in one person’s head. Maneesh and Neil then join to discuss AI agents, onboarding bots, exploratory testing charters, screenshots, demo preparation, cognitive load, and the difference between using AI as a helper versus letting it replace the learning process.

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  Episode #145

  Oh the anxcitement! Chaos-driven development, AI coding skills, and a new look profile page

  Jul 31, 202659 min

  Simon breaks format by taking This Week in Quality on a live tour of the MoTaverse homepage, highlighting recent moments, sessions, glossary entries, Observatory links, AI chapter growth, and the new profile page beta. The episode celebrates community members putting themselves out there: Maneesh reflects on running his first large public session, Ben explores a Claude skill for exploratory testing, Nadja contributes 'chaos-driven development' to the glossary, Judy starts a new role, and Gary reveals he has become Head of Engineering. Along the way, the conversation explores AI skills, guardrails, evals, token budgets, community stars, profile-building, and the value of showing your work in public.

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