Ministry of Testing
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Ministry of Testing, also referred to as the MoT, is a global software testing community that was founded by Rosie Sherry,[1] who was longlisted for most influential woman in UK tech by Computer Weekly in 2017[2] and 2018,[3] as well as listed in the Female Founders 101 list by BusinessCloud.[4] MoT started out as a UK-based internet forum for software testers and quickly grew into an independent business that provides software testing conferences and Meetups around the world, and an online learning platform dedicated to the craft of software testing.[5]
Members of the Ministry of Testing community consist of software testers and those working in software quality.[6] The community created by Ministry of Testing aims to get its participants sharing innovative practises and ideas around software testing.[7] Computer Scientists at the University of Maryland used Ministry of Testing (along with organisations) to recruit software testers for a study into identifying vulnerabilities in software.[8]
The Ministry of Testing has teamed up with community members to run local meetups. There are 50 meetups across the world.[9] According to Rosie Sherry, Brazil, and Greek meetups are some of the best meetups across the world. Specifically for the Greek meetup, she says, 'But our Athens group is just nuts and mad crazy. Their last meetup had 300 people attend. That's the size of a conference!'[10]
TestBash
[edit]Ministry of Testing's first conference, named TestBash, was first held in Cambridge. Events have been described as having a strong community atmosphere[11] and using innovative conference engagement methods, such as The UnExpo and 99-Second Talks.[12][13] TestBash software testing conferences are largely informal events, with talks addressing areas of innovation across of testing, quality and working in software development.[14] There are now multiple TestBash conferences taking place in 7 cities annually around the world. In 2018 the first TestBash focusing specifically on technical testing and automation will be held, and named Test.bash();.[15]
Online learning platform
[edit]The Dojo is a learning platform dedicated to software testing. MoT co-create all the learning materials and courses on their learning platform with active software testers in their community.[16]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ministry of Testing - About us". www.ministryoftesting.com. Ministry of Testing. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ McDonald, Clare (4 June 2017). "Most influenctial women in UK tech the 2017 longlist". Computer Weekly. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
- ^ McDonald, Clare (12 June 2018). "Most influential women in UK tech: The 2018 longlist". Computer Weekly. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
- ^ "Female Founders 101". www.businesscloud.co.uk. BusinessCloud Media. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ Sherry, Rosie. "How I Built an $80k/mo Business by Listening to My Audience". Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ Knott, D. (2015). Hands-On Mobile App Testing: A Guide for Mobile Testers and Anyone Involved in the Mobile App Business. Pearson Education. ISBN 978-0-13-419179-9. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
- ^ "Το 1ο Meetup του Ministry of Testing Athens είναι γεγονός". PC Mag Greece. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
- ^ Votipka, Daniel; Stevens, Rock; Redmiles, Elissa (2016). Hackers vs. Testers: A Comparison of Software Vulnerability Discovery Processes. IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy. San Francisco, California, USA.
- ^ "Ministry of Testing Meetups". Ministry of Testing.
- ^ "when-a-meetup-event-is-the-size-of-a-conference". indiehackers. 20 June 2019.
- ^ Skelton, Matthew; Morgan-Smith, Victoria (10 October 2016). "Internal Tech Conferences - How and Why". InfoQ. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ Segar, Adrian. "The UnExpo Experiment". Retrieved 6 May 2018.
- ^ Mello, John. "The best software testing conferences of 2018". Retrieved 9 May 2018.
- ^ Beszédes, Árpád; Vidács, László (2016). Academic and Industrial Software Testing Conferences: Surveys and Synergies. Software Testing, Verification and Validation Workshops (ICSTW), 2016 IEEE Ninth International Conference. Chicago, IL, USA. doi:10.1109/ICSTW.2016.30.
- ^ "Test.bash(); Manchester". Ministry of Testing. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
- ^ "Ministry of Testing - the Biggest and Most Supportive Global Software Testing Community".