Dave Wardlaw
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Dave Wardlaw
@davidwardlaw.bsky.social
Quality Lead. Photographer. Gym Goer. Coder. Christian.

Website - www.davidwardlaw.me
Photography - davidwardlaw.photo
My latest short blog post on release testing vs testing in production

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Quality & Testing | Testing prior to release and testing in production
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August 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
In my last blog post I talked about the changes you may have to get used to when you move from a testing to a quality coach role. In post I will explain what you can do to help you with these changes.

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Quality & Testing | Help with the changes that happen when moving from testing to quality coaching
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June 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Had a little play around with my photography after a great talk by Ellie Rothnie at the castle camera spring shoot. Pleased with the results.
May 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
My latest post on the changes when moving from a testing role to a quality coaching one www.davidwardlaw.me/blog/tester-...
Quality & Testing | Changes when moving from testing to quality coaching
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April 18, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Fast feedback loops are important to teams in order for them to deliver high quality software at speed. I have just published a workshop you can try that will help you and your team understand the actual and perceived speed of your feedback loops

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Quality & Testing | Fast Feedback Workshop
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February 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Had a great time at the @ministryoftesting.com London meetup. Some great panel discussion on AI.
January 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Just got on the train to London for the @ministryoftesting.com London meetup. Looking forward to it.
January 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
While learning new coding concepts or frameworks I find ending each learning session with a small win can really help
January 18, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Although I'm technical I would like to improve my technical skills. So I have spent the weekend connecting to my cameras API using c#. Next challenge is to create a react app to view and update those settings
January 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
My reading list for the year. I'm not a great reader of books so I decided to change that by trying to read a book a month. There is a bit of everything in there from faith to photography.
January 4, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Metrics are simply there to help you answer one question.... Do we have a problem here?
December 18, 2024 at 1:40 PM
My job as a quality Lead is to basically encourage people to talk and think.
December 10, 2024 at 12:17 PM
Took little man to meet Santa today. He had a great time and Santa told him I was on the naughty list when I was young !! 😂
December 8, 2024 at 6:39 PM
I've never had the flu before, but must be old age as it has hit me this weekend.
November 17, 2024 at 6:58 PM
New post on the goal of my new(ish) job

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Also on my website:

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November 14, 2024 at 5:42 PM
Not really used blue sky much but there seems to be a few more testing folks about on it... Happy days !!!
November 13, 2024 at 7:22 PM
A post on improving testing through support

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#testing #quality
Quality & Testing | Improving Testing through support
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November 12, 2024 at 10:03 PM
New post on why test automation engineers should write frameworks and not tests #testing #QualityAssurance

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#testing #testautomation
February 26, 2024 at 9:12 PM
January 29, 2024 at 9:20 PM
New post by QA Ark on how to build a test strategy for a new team

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November 20, 2023 at 1:52 PM
New blog post on Combining Defining Quality and Exploratory Testing Models

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#testing #qualityengineering
November 12, 2023 at 8:58 PM