Podcast Episode 43 – Coaching Testing

Hello and welcome back for another episode of the Testing Peers podcast! In this episode, the Peers will be discussing coaching testing. We take a look at coaching credentials outside of our work lives and then dive into defining what coaching is and what it isn’t. Chris mentions a sketchnote made at TestBash 2017, in […]

Podcast Episode 42 – Performance and Goal Setting

Thank you for joining as this time we share our views and ideas on performance and goals setting. Chris starts us off by taking us into the archive of his brain and on to PE – so we share stories of sporting prowess or lack of. We move on to talk about why we do […]

Podcast Episode 40 – Testing From The Start

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 […]

Podcast Episode 38 – Accountability

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast!! This time the Peers are talking accountability, which is actually the foundational reason for the wider Testing Peers group. After initially discussing the accountability of keeping your camera on in meetings, and what you may have ended up doing with the camera off, such […]

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 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 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 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 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 […]

Podcast Episode 24 – Attracting Great Testers

Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers. On this one, we are discussing how companies can attract the best talent to their testing roles. Before we dived into the main topic, David asked us to think of occasions where we had taken a punt (much like sometimes companies do with their hiring) and whether […]