# Ask Me Anything: Managing Risk - Further Discussion **URL:** \ **Category:** Archive\ **Tags:** exploratory-testing, ask-me-anything, exploratory-testing-week, risks\ **Created:** [27 April 2021 07:00 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/ask-me-anything-managing-risk-further-discussion/49580 "2021-04-27T07:00:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![heather\_reid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/heather_reid/32/29_2.png) [@heather\_reid](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/heather_reid)\ **Post date:** [27 April 2021 07:00 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/ask-me-anything-managing-risk-further-discussion/49580/1 "2021-04-27T07:00:37Z")
On Tuesday of Exploratory Testing Week, we’ll be joined by @alex_schl for an Ask Me Anything session all about managing risk. We’ll make sure to add any questions that we don’t get to and any resources mentioned during the session to this thread. If you miss the live session, a recording will be available on the [Ministry of Testing website](https://www.ministryoftesting.com/dojo/series/testing-ask-me-anything) for all Exploratory Testing Week attendees and Pro members once we’ve edited it and added captions. Have you got any more questions you’d like to ask after? Add them here 😁 ---
**Author:** ![heather\_reid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/heather_reid/32/29_2.png) [@heather\_reid](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/heather_reid)\ **Post date:** [27 April 2021 17:22 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/ask-me-anything-managing-risk-further-discussion/49580/2 "2021-04-27T17:22:30Z")
# Resources mentioned The flowchart Alex mentioned [https://www.womentesters.com/all\_roads\_lead\_to\_et/](https://www.womentesters.com/all_roads_lead_to_et/) Alex’s microheuristics Masterclass > **[A global community of practice for software testing, quality engineering and...](https://www.ministryoftesting.com/search?q=masterclass%2Bexploratory%2Btesting%2Bwhat%2Bare%2Bmicroheuristics%2Band%2Bhow%2Bcan%2Byou%2Bfind%2Band%2Buse%2Bthem%2Bwith%2Balexandra%2Bschladebeck)** > > Join the Ministry of Testing community - a great place to learn all things testing and quality engineering, connect with like minded people interested in software quality, and contribute to the advancement of the software testing craft! And related blog post > **[Microheuristics – Alex(andra) Schladebeck](https://www.schladebeck.de/microheuristics/)** An excellent article from @friendlytester and @sarahdeery about software testing heuristics > **[Software Testing Heuristics: Mind The Gap!](https://www.ministryoftesting.com/articles/software-testing-heuristics-mind-the-gap)** > > Discover how to apply heuristics effectively [https://twitter.com/internetofshit](https://twitter.com/internetofshit) The UK post office story came up too > **[Bad software sent postal workers to jail, because no one wanted to admit it...](https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/23/22399721/uk-post-office-software-bug-criminal-convictions-overturned)** > > The software was used as evidence that employees stole money > **[Bugs are about more than code](https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2021/01/12/bugs-are-about-more-than-code/)** > > Introduction Recently I have had to think carefully about the nature of software systems, especially complex ones, and the bugs they contain. In doing so my thinking has been guided by certain beli… Fiona Charles [https://twitter.com/FionaCCharles](https://twitter.com/FionaCCharles) The Cork meetup if anyone wants to attend [Crowdcast](https://www.crowdcast.io/e/AlexSchladebeckTDD) Maaret Pyhäjärvi [https://twitter.com/maaretp](https://twitter.com/maaretp) We have a talk on being a mindful and deliberate tester from TestBash New Zealand > **[The Mindful and Deliberate Tester - Karen Greaves and Samantha Laing](https://www.ministryoftesting.com/testbash-sessions/the-mindful-and-deliberate-tester-karen-greaves-and-samantha-laing)** > > Watch "The Mindful and Deliberate Tester" with Karen Greaves & Samantha Laingrom TestBash New Zealand 2019 # Questions we didn’t get to In relation to the mindfulness question, @jenniferheraty asked: Can you share a link to that course also? Or at least give source? Online or University? 1. @jenniferheraty How do you handle the response “we don’t need to test that” when you start asking questions about a particular area of the software under test. 2. @dila: Do you deal with self blaming, when you could not find risk earlier before release? I am asking, because I catch myself doing this often 3. @deborahreid: How many risks should we be looking to define? 4. @dila: what is the most interesting risk that you could avoided before release?