Podcast Episode 37 – Nurturing people

Thank you for joining the Testing Peers as we talk nurturing. We all are passionate about nurturing people and teams. The Peers find we actually we nurture each other quite a bit. We talk about creating a safe spaces, where people are supported, encouraged and act as critical friends. Russell shares a acronym to summaries […]

Podcast Episode 36 – Culture of Quality

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 […]

Podcast Episode 35 – What is quality?

Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast. This week the Peers are talking around the perennial topic of quality. The Peers dive into what quality might mean, but in classic testers’ style, we talk about the importance of context: Quality is value to some person Jerry Weinberg: Quality Software Management: Volume 1, Systems […]

Podcast Episode 34 – How Did QA Miss This?

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 […]

Podcast Episode 33 – Interview tests for Testers

Thanks for joining us for another podcast episode. This week we talk about interview tests for Testers. We will also take a trip down memory lane and revisit how we passed or struggled to pass our driving tests. We’ll move on from our terrible driving to talk about tests given pre interview and tests given […]

Podcast Episode 32 – Communities of Practice

Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers Podcast. This week join the Peers, as we discuss Communities of Practice. After a brief cake disagreement, the Peers dive into the topic. We define what we define a CoP as, including what the name is, what it means, as well as what other names we feel […]

Podcast Episode 31 – Why we automate

Thanks for joining us for another podcast episode. This week we talk about why we automate but we start with what automation is and its value. Automation to us is a valuable tool that should focus on enhancing testing, this doesn’t always mean automating test cases but can also mean automating tasks and activities. Automation […]

Podcast Episode 30 – Anniversary AMA #2

Welcome to the final episode of our first anniversary month. As mentioned in episode 28, the Peers don’t really do brevity, so we had to record an additional episode to cover some more questions that you, the listeners, kindly submitted. And even still, we didn’t get through them all, so we may need to revisit […]

Podcast Episode 29 – Certifications

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 […]

Podcast Episode 28 – Anniversary AMA #1

This episode has perhaps the best intro ever? One year into the Testing Peers Podcast project, and we are coming to you with an AMA. For today’s episode, we asked you, our listeners for some questions. Special thanks for the question for this episode to: Beth Marshall Peet Michielsen Claire Reckless Lewis Prescott Bruce (the […]