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Ministry of Testing (MoT) is a software testing and software quality community and training organisation. It is associated with TestBash, a series of software testing and quality engineering conferences.

History and activities

Ministry of Testing was founded by Rosie Sherry as a community for people working in software testing and quality assurance.[1] The organisation operates an online community, publishes testing-related material, and offers training and certification resources for software testers and quality engineers.[2]

Ministry of Testing has also been used as a recruitment source for software-testing research. In a study comparing vulnerability discovery by hackers and testers, researchers at the University of Maryland recruited testers through organisations including Ministry of Testing.[3]

TestBash

Ministry of Testing organises TestBash, a conference series for software testers and quality engineering practitioners. TestBash events have been described by InfoQ as having a notable community atmosphere, and as an influence on the design of internal technology conferences.[4]

Academic work on software-testing conferences has listed TestBash among industrial software-testing conferences, distinguishing such events from primarily academic conferences in the field.[5]

In 2018, TestBash Brighton trialled an experimental conference format called the UnExpo, designed to encourage informal discussion among software testers during conference breaks.[6] Industry sources have described TestBash Brighton as the largest software testing conference in the United Kingdom.[7]

Learning and professional resources

Ministry of Testing provides online learning resources for software testers. In 2023, Qase described the organisation as having revised its learning pathways and introduced test automation certifications that were co-created with members of its community.[8]

Ministry of Testing is also listed by the Centre for the Promotion of Imports from developing countries as one of the websites for software-testing businesses to follow for market developments and professional information.[9]

References

  1. ^ “Software testing training: which option is best for you?”. Qase Blog. 7 December 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  2. ^ “Software testing training: which option is best for you?”. Qase Blog. 7 December 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  3. ^ Votipka, Daniel; Stevens, Rock; Redmiles, Elissa (2018). Hackers vs. Testers: A Comparison of Software Vulnerability Discovery Processes. 2018 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy. doi:10.1109/SP.2018.00003.
  4. ^ Skelton, Matthew; Morgan-Smith, Victoria (10 October 2016). “Internal Tech Conferences – How and Why”. InfoQ. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  5. ^ Beszédes, Árpád; Vidács, László (2016). Academic and Industrial Software Testing Conferences: Surveys and Synergies. 2016 IEEE Ninth International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation Workshops. doi:10.1109/ICSTW.2016.30.
  6. ^ Segar, Adrian (16 April 2018). “The UnExpo Experiment”. Conferences That Work. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  7. ^ “TestBash Brighton 2025”. Leighton. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  8. ^ “Software testing training: which option is best for you?”. Qase Blog. 7 December 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  9. ^ “Entering the European market for software testing services”. CBI Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 10 June 2026.