{"id":1158,"date":"2021-10-10T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-10T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testingpeers.com\/?p=1158"},"modified":"2021-10-10T19:48:58","modified_gmt":"2021-10-10T19:48:58","slug":"podcast-episode-40-testing-from-the-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testingpeers.com\/?p=1158","title":{"rendered":"Podcast Episode 40 &#8211; Testing From The Start"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"buzzsprout-player-9344133\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/1078751\/9344133-testing-from-the-start.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-9344133&#038;player=small\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this episode, the peers discuss why we would want to have testing\/quality activities happening earlier in a project cycle. 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