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2026

Governance Without the Brakes: Building Quality Practices and Systems at Pace, That You Can Actually Confidently Stand Behindoriginal ↗
30 Sept 2026
From Theory to Practice: What an AI-Native Quality Operating Model Actually Looks Likeoriginal ↗
30 Sept 2026
The Real Bottleneck in AI-Native Quality Is Trust!original ↗
29 Jul 2026
Quality Isn’t an Activity… It’s a System!original ↗
29 Jun 2026
I Let BearQ Loose on My Own App Through Two Lenses: Tester and Engineering Leaderoriginal ↗
7 May 2026
Autonomous Testing has Landed: Welcome BearQ, by SmartBearoriginal ↗
31 Mar 2026
The Autonomous Testing Tipping Point (Part 2)original ↗
15 Mar 2026
The Autonomous Testing Tipping Point (Part 1)original ↗
5 Mar 2026

2022

Communities… They’re Great! But Let’s Break The Silos.original ↗
3 Dec 2022
8 Perspectives of Quality: A Modeloriginal ↗
22 Jul 2022
What’s the quality of your product?original ↗
21 Jul 2022

2019

Adapting Crosby’s 4 absolutes of quality into a software contextoriginal ↗
30 Sept 2019
If I could change one thing in the Agile Manifesto…original ↗
16 Jul 2019
Risk Based Testing | Part Three | Bug Prevention and Bug Detectionoriginal ↗
3 May 2019
Risk Based Testing | Part Two | Uncovering risksoriginal ↗
2 May 2019
Risk Based Testing | Part One | Talking About Risks Over Types of Testingoriginal ↗
1 May 2019
Code Coverage vs Test Coverage; Subjectivity and Usefulnessoriginal ↗
14 Feb 2019
Got something to say about testing to the Agile community? Submit a talk to the Agile 2019 Quality and Testing track!original ↗
12 Jan 2019

2018

#NoTesting?? Here’s what it means to me.original ↗
17 Dec 2018
The Complexities of “Failing Fast”original ↗
10 May 2018
A Better Testing Pyramidoriginal ↗
3 May 2018

2017

A new model for test strategies… (An update to the Heuristic Test Strategy Model).original ↗
13 Dec 2017
Agile 2018 – Now accepting talks submissions!original ↗
6 Dec 2017
Agile 2018 – Quality & Testing track – CALL FOR REVIEWERSoriginal ↗
27 Nov 2017
Learn about Exploratory Testing and Agile Testing at the whole day Software Testing Clinic workshop at TestBash!original ↗
20 Feb 2017
BDD and the real primary purpose of feature filesoriginal ↗
3 Feb 2017
Agile 2017 Testing Track talk submissions are open till the 6th of February!original ↗
16 Jan 2017

2016

Liverpool Tester Gathering – best tester meetup ever?original ↗
5 Dec 2016
Continuous Testing in DevOps…original ↗
19 Oct 2016
“Acceptance Testing” – What does it mean?original ↗
23 Aug 2016
I’m running for AST board membership… I need your vote!original ↗
9 Aug 2016
Information, and its relationship with testing and checkingoriginal ↗
8 Mar 2016
Experiences of Copenhagen Contextoriginal ↗
1 Mar 2016
New to software testing? Want to learn more about your craft? Come and join us at the Software Testing Clinic!!original ↗
28 Jan 2016

2015

How I interview Testers…original ↗
7 Dec 2015
Tales from Agile Testing Days 2015original ↗
27 Nov 2015
Tales from TestBash NYoriginal ↗
27 Nov 2015
“Start off with a turd and then polish it” – Really??!!?!original ↗
21 Aug 2015
Experiences of LTG Workshops 2015original ↗
5 Jun 2015
Let’s Test Day 1… What a day!original ↗
26 May 2015
A Real(ly Questionable) ISTQB Question…original ↗
16 Apr 2015
Estimations, Guesstimations, Shmesstimations…original ↗
1 Apr 2015
Testing Misconceptions 7 – “Lets add that Test Case to the Feature File”… [facepalm]original ↗
2 Mar 2015
Self Learning – How do you eat yours?original ↗
13 Feb 2015

2014

Declarative or Imperative? How do you write your feature file scenarios?original ↗
19 Dec 2014
Dispelling the misconceptions #6 – “Let it fail! As long as we fail fast!”original ↗
5 Dec 2014
Dispelling the misconceptions #5 – “Lets 100% automate everything and get rid of all our testers”original ↗
6 Nov 2014
“The purpose of business is to create and keep a customer” – Peter F. Druckeroriginal ↗
30 Oct 2014
TITP Podcast Episode 11 – Part 1 of “Hiring & Recruitment in Testing”original ↗
12 Oct 2014
Dispelling the misconceptions #4 – “Quality Assurance”… You cant assure quality!original ↗
12 Oct 2014
TITP EPISODE 10 – AN INTERVIEW WITH TONY BRUCEoriginal ↗
15 Sept 2014
Dispelling the misconceptions #3 – Testing ISN’T running through a script to check against requirements!original ↗
3 Sept 2014
Not bought your ATD2014 conference ticket yet? Want 15% off?original ↗
28 Aug 2014
Dispelling the misconceptions #2 – “Testing as an activity” does not mean that anyone can test.original ↗
26 Aug 2014
Testing In The Pub Episode 9 – Part 2 of Security Testing with Dan Billing.original ↗
6 Aug 2014
Dispelling the misconceptions #1 – Testers are not gatekeepers!!original ↗
6 Aug 2014
Join my EuroSTAR webinar today at 2:00pm (BST) – “Influence: Why tea can be a great test tool”original ↗
30 Jul 2014
Testing In The Pub Episode 8 – “Security Testing” with Dan Billingoriginal ↗
29 Jul 2014
MVP… What about adding value to that?original ↗
26 Jun 2014
Testing In The Pub Episode 7 – “The Schools of Testing”original ↗
23 Jun 2014
I’m speaking at Agile Testing Days 2014!original ↗
13 Jun 2014
Testing In The Pub – Part 2 of Continuous Delivery with Amy Phillipsoriginal ↗
13 Jun 2014
TITP: Episode 5 – Continuous Delivery with Amy Phillips (part 1)original ↗
29 May 2014
Does “Quality” really equal “Value”?original ↗
19 May 2014
Testing In The Pub Podcast 4 – “Being a valuable team member”original ↗
2 May 2014
I’m speaking at EuroSTAR in Dublin this November!!original ↗
11 Apr 2014
Testing In The Pub podcast 3 is now available – Mobile Testingoriginal ↗
14 Mar 2014
Test Techniques? Think About It…original ↗
5 Mar 2014
Testing in the pub podcasts are now here!!original ↗
5 Feb 2014

2013

FAILURE CAN HELP US!!original ↗
17 Dec 2013
Lessons Learned from Agile Testing Days (Day 3)!original ↗
22 Nov 2013
Lessons Learned from Agile Testing Days (Day 2)!original ↗
21 Nov 2013
Lessons Learned from Agile Testing Days (Day 1)!original ↗
20 Nov 2013
Lessons from the Black Ops Testing LTG Workshop!original ↗
4 Nov 2013
Why tea is a great tool for a tester!original ↗
15 Oct 2013
“An agile team composed entirely of coders is just fine and dandy!”…. Really??original ↗
18 Aug 2013
Manual Testing and Automated Testing – the myths, the misconceptions and the reality…original ↗
9 Jul 2013
The Power of Networking!original ↗
4 Jul 2013
The Many Perspectives of Automated Testingoriginal ↗
21 Jun 2013
Does the “just a job” mentality breed “fake testers”?original ↗
30 May 2013
What about Priority and Severity?original ↗
7 May 2013
My thoughts on “Testing Positive” – Trish Khoo’s talk at the LTGoriginal ↗
24 Apr 2013
I’m speaking at next month’s Next-Gen-Testing Conference!original ↗
22 Apr 2013
Lessons Learned from TestBash2.0original ↗
27 Mar 2013
“The Shoe Test” – does this test really add value??original ↗
4 Mar 2013
Learn from the “Inattentional Blindness” in your testing!original ↗
19 Feb 2013
The wonders of learning through explorationoriginal ↗
9 Feb 2013
Adios Amigos… New employer, here I come!!original ↗
30 Jan 2013
What’s the first task a tester should do?original ↗
21 Jan 2013
“How did you miss that bug?”original ↗
8 Jan 2013

2012

How much “Technical” knowledge is “enough” for testers?original ↗
19 Dec 2012
“Test Data Generator” tool is now available!original ↗
27 Nov 2012
“Is Testing An Art…” published on The Testing Planet website.original ↗
20 Nov 2012
“Who needs questions? Let’s just test!……”?original ↗
1 Nov 2012
The world is full of bugs!!original ↗
26 Oct 2012
6 areas to consider when thinking about testing estimations…original ↗
22 Oct 2012
The amalgamated role of the modern software tester.original ↗
9 Oct 2012
The mysterious case of the bug that could not be reproduced…original ↗
27 Sept 2012
Testing Captcha!original ↗
11 Sept 2012
“What makes a great software product?”…original ↗
13 Aug 2012
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