Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers. Chris, David and Russell are joined by Bruce for this one to discuss the topic of “Square Peg, Round Hole” and how we sometimes may not always feel like we or some tools fit and how we can address those challenges. Bruce starts with the banter and […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 107 – Square Peg, Round Hole"Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers. On this episode, Simon, Chris, David and Russell look back at the huge success that was the first Testing Peers Conference held in Nottingham on 14th March. Before diving into it, David leads the banter and asks the peers about the most retro thing we all own […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 106 – #PeersCon24 Retrospective"Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast. Simon, David, Chris and Sam spend some time discussing the topic of linguistic gatekeeping and how sometimes our language can exclude people from conversations Chris starts us off with the banter topic of our experiences of “I Told You So” moments, after discussing several scenarios from […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 105 – Linguistic Gatekeeping"Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast. Beth Marshall joins Chris, David and Russell to discuss the topic of saying no. Chris starts with the banter, asking the peers which films they have turned off or left the cinema because they were rubbish, various films mentioned, although the northerners on the recording seem […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 103 – Saying No"Welcome to episode 102 of the Testing Peers podcast. This time around join Tara Walton, Chris Armstrong, Russell Craxford & David Maynard, as the Peers talk about measuring. On the week of our first #PeersCon event, Tara breaks the ice, asking us our favourite and least favourite parts of conferences. Then we dive in. The […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 102 – Measuring"One away from the big 100, what better way to celebrate than talking about our experience with failures? Simon, Chris, Russell and David share stories of failures from their careers and what they have learned from them. Before diving into the main topic, Chris leads the banter and asks the Peers about their failures when […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 99 – Failures"Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast. On this episode, Chris, Russell and David are joined by a new guest, Jon Robinson. The topic they all discussed was the wonders (or lack of wonder) around Meetings. Jon leads the banter and asked everyone for their weirdest/craziest meetings, this covers everything from awkward situations, […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 98 – Meetings"Happy New Year from the Testing Peers! In this episode, the FullSnackTester, Ben Dowen joins Russell, David and Chris as we talk collaboration. Before the main event, Ben asks the group about resolutions, where the group talk about reading, fitness, cooking, answering conference calls for papers and our own conference #PeersCon, coming March 14th 2024 […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 97 – Collaboration"Thank you for joining the Testing Peers for another episode. On this one, Chris, David, Simon and Russell discuss the role of the manager and whether we still need them. Before jumping in, David asks the peers what things they can’t live without, we have answers from people, the internet, books and coffee machines. Simon […]
Read more "Podcast Episode 95 – Do We Need Managers?"Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast. This time, join Chris, David, Vernon and Russell as they discuss the topic of ‘being not doing’, the theme for the Testing Peers Conference #PeersCon, on March 14th 2024. The conversation opens with Chris talking about ‘being agile, rather than just doing agile’, ‘being a tester, […]
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