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Qase Developer Advocate, Jenna Charlton, presents their talk, Testing Treasure maps. 

In this talk, Jenna uses a treasure map and adventure as an analogy for exploratory testing, covering important aspects such as:
- The purpose of exploratory testing
- The importance of continuous learning
- Testing heuristics
- Mitigating risk
- Lessons we learn through testing and exploration 

- [Follow Jenna on Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jbcharlton/)
- [Follow Qase on Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/company/qaseio/)
- [Follow Jenna on Twitter (X)](https://twitter.com/TheyWrestleTest)
- [Follow Qase on Twitter (X)](https://twitter.com/qase_io/)


Testing Treasure Maps: The Art of Crafting Charters

Qase review walkthrough by Daniel Knott

Metrics and KPIs: Managing upwards and measuring success @ Codementor

Vitali's talk at World Conference Next Generation Testing

Dogfooding: Eating Your Own Cooking for QA

Deadlines & estimations: What do I do with them? @ codementor

How to Create Better Processes with Process Decision Records (Codementor)

The Tester’s Table is a podcast that evokes the feeling of stopping by a table full of testers and QA professionals in the midst of a discussion. Each episode centers around a topic that the two guests and host will approach from different perspectives. Pull up a seat and listen in.


The Tester's Table E2: The skills that got us (and keep us) in testing

Qase Developer Advocate Vitaly Sharovatov presents his talk, QA processes: starting with hiring. 

We are used to rigorous testing of code but often neglect our processes. Quality Assurance extends well beyond just testing code—it’s about ensuring every aspect of our work meets high standards. Processes have their own inputs, outputs, and quality attributes.

Using the hiring process as an example, we’ll explore how testing processes can enhance consistency, reliability, and overall quality.

QA for Processes: Starting with hiring 

Your Reputation Precedes You, Doesn't It? @ codementor

Managing Mob Teams (Mob Mentality Show talk)

What do code freezes, ORM issues, code review conflicts, and AI security issues have in common?
I think that we often forget the human factor in quality assurance. We want to simplify the work, and this sometimes leads to unintended consequences. Let’s explore the reasons behind these common pitfalls in tools and processes and suggest solutions.

The human factor in QA: testing beyond code

The Tester’s Table is a podcast that evokes the feeling of stopping by a table full of testers and QA professionals in the midst of a discussion. Each episode centers around a topic that the two guests and host will approach from different perspectives. Pull up a seat and listen in. 

# Episode 1: Perspectives on diversity at tech conferences

The inaugural episode of The Tester’s Table features host Jenna Charlton of Qase, and guests Emna Ayadi of Sogeti and Lena Nyström of Nordnet Bank. 

Jenna, Emna, and Lena discuss the importance of diversity in tech conferences. This episode was prompted by an experience the three people shared involving conferences that did not prioritize diversity, the public response to that lack of diversity, and how the conference organizers responded to the backlash. 

Through their conversation, Jenna, Emna, and Lena cover this important issue from three perspectives:
- Organizer, program committee, and program chair (Lena)
- Speaker and attendee (Emna)
- Speaker and sponsor (Jenna)

Find [Jenna](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jbcharlton/ "Jenna"), [Emna](https://www.linkedin.com/in/emnaayadi/), and [Lena](https://www.linkedin.com/in/lena-pejgan-nystrom/ "Lena") online.

## Key takeaways
- In 2024, there is no excuse for lack of diversity initiatives at tech conferences
- How we respond to being “called out” matters. It’s understandable to feel attacked by criticism, but it’s crucial to take a step back, listen, and consider what you can learn from the situation or do to remedy the situation. The guests discuss both positive and negative reactions they’ve encountered.
- Is inviting diverse speakers but only having them cover diversity topics truly diversity, or is it tokenizing? The guests discuss if these small changes are moving in the right direction or not. 
- Representation is more important than even we ourselves realize. Lena shares that as a lifelong gamer, she did not realize she was missing out on the representation aspect until she was first introduced to the option to play as a woman character. 
- Interacting with role models in your industry that you feel represent you is a key aspect of confidence building
- The values that conferences claim and, more importantly, demonstrate have a major influence who who wants to speak at, sponsor, or attend the event
- We must look at diversity from various angles, like age, for example. It’s important to cater to a wide age range to welcome professionals from different generations. There is room for seniors in age and experience as well as young, beginner professionals and everyone in between. 

## Quotes
- " This is something I’ve been angry about since 1999…I remember the first user group I went to, there was an American famous speaker who tried to give me compliments like ‘wow, you’re a woman. I should bring you to my company…and then just this year (2024) I was called ‘the lady speaker’ at a speaker’s dinner. In many ways it hasn’t changed and it makes me angry” - Lena 
- “Let’s imagine it’s my first time attending a conference. If I discover that he audience is all men of a certain age, this will never encourage me to take this step and say ‘I want to be a speaker’”- Emna
- “We should be challenging each other. No one’s perfect. All of us have unconscious biases and if you’re not open to conversations, how do we build good software?” - Jenna
- “I understand that if you do something really great and you’re met with not-so-positive feedback, it can feel like an attack…I had a similar reaction in a group, initially I felt defensive but I paused and stepped back and thought ‘ok what can I learn from this? How can I change?’”- Lena
- “For me personally, I don’t think I realized how much I missed female role models until I was offered the option to play as a woman in a game. It was such a weird experience because I always thought about working with computers as a grown up and it took nearly 10 years for me to realize I was missing that representation.” - Lena
- “We can have people who aren't like us as role models, but there's also the systemic barriers that make it hard to follow somebody's path, take the same path, if you're not like them. So women, gender minorities, people of color, they're going to have different barriers than the cis white guy.”- Jenna
- “Diversity in role models is also important if we have the same model in all the conference speakers, whom could I follow if they are not in the same category as mine? Not every participant will find the exact person who is his role model, but that diversity will create the opportunity and the facility to find your role model.” - Emna
- "If your community looks just like you, you're not going to find people who don't. “- Jenna

## Related articles

- [Diversity in Tech conferences: The speaker and sponsor perspective](https://qase.io/blog/diversity-in-tech-conferences-the-speaker-and-sponsor-perspective/)
- [Diversity in Tech Conferences: The organizer perspective](https://testing.pejgan.se/diversity-in-tech-conferences/)
- [Diversity in Tech Conferences: The speaker and attendee perspective ](https://emnaayadi.wordpress.com/2024/04/09/diversity-in-tech-conferences/)

The Tester's Table E1: Perspectives on diversity at tech conferences

Sprints considered harmful (talk at Jettycloud meetup)

This talk explores the commonalities between the Finnish educational system and mob learning in the tech industry. The talk aims to showcase how progressive pedagogical principles can be effectively applied in modern technology education, QA, development and knowledge sharing.

Educational Insights for QA: From Finnish educational system to mob learning

Worst advice on team design: 10 steps of decreasing quality @ Continuous testing meetup

On the essence of quality (TestBash Talk)

Trust and Ethics in the Tech Workplace @ cafe.dev

Evolution of Testing to AI and TestOps

Wolt optimized their testing for growth with Qase

How Qase helps Elgato improve quality and streamline work

Discover how Bitly uses Qase as a single source of truth, bringing the whole team together with a more transparent, collaborative, and optimized approach to QA.

Bitly uses Qase to build a more efficient and collaborative QA process

In his guest article for BellSoft, Vitaly Sharovatov explores the struggles of changing habits and beliefs, along with why it’s so important to push through the discomfort when it comes to managing quality.

Four perspectives on code review inefficiencies

In this episode of the Agile On The Mind Podcast, Host Dnaiel Susser talks to Qase Developer Advocate Vitaly Sharovatov. Daniel and Vitaly explore philosophy, religion, approaches to management and - of course - cognitive science.

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