Welcome to the latest episode of the Testing Peers podcast.This time, join David, Chris, Sanne and Beth as we discuss Bad Quality By Design (a more SFW term for ensh!ttifcation). Where products and services become deliberately less usable or joyful over time, often to drive monetisation. This isn’t accidental degradation, but intentional design choices aimed […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 129 – Bad Quality By Design"Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers Podcast. On this episode, Chris, Simon and David are joined by first time co-host Rachel Kibler. The Peers discuss the topic of making work visible. David starts us off with the banter on the topic of fashion mistakes, everything from dress down fridays to bright shirts being […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 128 – Making Work Visible"Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers Podcast. On this episode, Chris, Russell, David and Simon talk about how we can ensure Quality has a seat at the table of discussions, projects and all such scenarios where it should be there. Before that, Mr Banter (Chris) leads us off down a wonderful trail of […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 127 – Getting Quality a Seat at the Table"Hello and welcome to episode 125 of the Testing Peers podcast. This time, joining Chris, Russell and David is the returning guest host, Al Goodall. Before diving into the main topic, Al asks the group to think about book collections, a nice mix of techno-thrillers and classic prose on offer. Russell kicks off the main […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 125 – Testability"Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Testing Peers podcast. This week join Chris, David, Shey and Russell as the Peers talk about transformations. The banter for this week’s episode comes from Shey, asking the group which sport they would have love to have been a professional in. Then the Peers dived into […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 124 – Transformations"Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast. David, Russell and Chris are joined by Sergio Friere to talk about all things Professional Development. Sergio leads the banter and asks the peers what their oldest memories are, everything from canal boat parties to visiting a zulu hut are mentioned, with ages ranging from age […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 123 – Professional Development"Seasons Greetings! Thank you for joining us for our fifth annual podcast at Christmastime, this years festive cheers with the Testing Peers brings Russell, Simon, David, Tara, Beth & Chris together to refine the holiday season backlog [see the footnote after the sponsor message for more details]. Who doesn’t feel the festive warm and fuzzies […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 122 – Holiday Season Backlog Refinement"Thank you for joining us for episode 121 of the Testing Peers Podcast. This time, join Chris, Tara, Russell and David as we discuss tools for testers. Before diving into the main topic, to mark the festive period, Tara poses the ice-breaker question of the Peers’ favourite Holiday movie.It’s a Wonderful Life, Die Hard, Home […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 121 – Tools for Testers"Welcome to another Testing Peers podcast episode. This time, join Chris, David, Richard Bradshaw and Al Goodall (whose surname Chris had some real issues remembering, sorry Al!) In this episode, the Peers talk about the role of the SDET. Is it SDEad? To break the ice, Al leads the group into a discussion about the […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 120 – Does the role of the SDET have a future?"Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Testing Peers podcast. This time, join Chris, David, Simon and first-time host, Butch Mayhew. Ahead of the main topic, Butch asks the group about their ideal superpower. We discuss controlling time, teleportation, flying, awareness (we’ll come back to that later in the episode) and Butch’s idea […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 118 – Authenticity at work"