Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast. On this episode, the peers discussion the topic and the ‘art’ of persuasion. Covering what we mean by persuasion, some examples of when we have used it and also discussed it from the angle of being an ally for those trying to pursuade someone. Before we […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 51 – Persuasion"Hello and welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast. In a show of our busyness recently, we chose our topic right before recording and it was decided on “Outside Influences to our Testing”. Before diving into the main topic, Russell asks us what our goals are for 2022 and we share everything from […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 47 – Outside Influences on Our Testing"Thank you for joining us again. On this episode, we discuss our experience with onboarding new members to our teams. We spend time talking about the good and bad things that have happened and suggest ideas to make the onboarding processes as smooth as possible. Before diving into the main topic, David asks us to […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 41 – Onboarding Testers"Welcome to episode 40 of the Testing Peers! Episode 40??? How did that happen? Pleased to know people are still listening and supporting us! Thank you so much for this. In this episode, the peers discuss why we would want to have testing/quality activities happening earlier in a project cycle. The benefits of doing this […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 40 – Testing From The Start"Hello and welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers. Our gloves are off this week and we don’t have a specific topic to discuss. Instead we allowed the conversation to flow wherever it took us, with the only point being that this was a chance for us to vent about any frustrations we may […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 39 – Testing Rants"Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast. With this podcast, we have matched the age of our youngest Peer as the ripe old age of 36 (Can you guess who?) 🙂 In this episode we talk about a topic which all the peers are passionate about, and that is defining and creating a […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 36 – Culture of Quality"Thanks for joining us again for another episode of the Testing Peers. In this episode we talk about a phrase and scenario which fills us all with dread and frustration – “How Did QA miss this?”. Before we dived into the main topic, Chris asked us all to think about things we currently miss that […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 34 – How Did QA Miss This?"Thanks for joining us for another podcast episode. On this weeks, we talk about all things certification. We discuss the value of testing certifications, what role they play in our hiring practices and any alternatives that may be worth considering. Russell takes us on a journey into our pasts to look at what we may […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 29 – Certifications"Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers. This episode is special to us for two reasons. Firstly, this is being released exactly a year since we released our first episode and it is humbling to see how far we have come in that year and how many of you have listened. Secondly, and more […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 27 – Burnout"Thank you for joining us for another episode. On this episode, we are talking about our experiences of leading upwards and allowing our teams to lead us. This topic came from our good friend Beth Marshall who sent us the below tweet. Before diving into the topic, Simon asks the peers what apps or technology […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 26 – Leading Upwards"