Welcome back to another Testing In The Pub – it’s episode 56 where we talk about Assessing Testing and Deployment with Amy Phillips.In this episode Steve and Amy talk about how to assess a team or company’s testing and deployment activities

Leading Quality – Episode 55

Jul 5th, 2019 41m 53s

Welcome back to another Testing In The Pub, Episode 55 – Leading Quality. In this episode we sit down with Ronald Cummings-John to chat about his new book Leading Quality, and how we can all help to change the quality narrative in organisatio

Code Coverage and Test Coverage – Testing In The Pub Episode 54

Mar 16th, 2019 39m 42s

Welcome back to another Testing In The Pub, its episode 54 – Code Coverage and Test Coverage.How do you measure your testing effort? And how do you report on it? Is it as valuable as it could be, and adjusted for the audience who will read

Cultures – Testing In The Pub Episode 53

Jan 20th, 2019 24m 4s

Welcome to Episode 53 – Cultures, another podcast from Testing In The Pub.In this episode we have a chat about cultures. Are cultures forward or backward looking? Can you build a culture or does a culture just evolve? Who is responsible for

Episode 52 – Communities

Oct 1st, 2018 37m 17s

Welcome back to another Testing In the Pub, Episode 52 – Communities.In this episode we talk about communities. Inclusive vs exclusive, internal vs external and how the communities have helped us. Is the industry is in trouble because extern

Episode 51 – More On Hiring

Sep 16th, 2018 38m 18s

Welcome back to another Testing In the Pub – Episode 51 – More On Hiring. In this episode we finally continue our chat about hiring. Sorry it’s been so long coming.In it we talk about a lot of things hiring related, including portfolios. The b

Episode 50 – Hiring

Jul 23rd, 2018 46m 2s

Yes, it’s episode 50 – Hiring.In this episode we talk about hiring, both from the perspective of someone wanting to be hired, and someone hiring. It’s the first part of a two part episode.As you may notice we ‘may’ have forgotten that we’ve r

Episode 49 – Leadership vs Management

Jun 25th, 2018 25m 49s

Welcome to this episode of Testing In the Pub, it’s Episode 49 – Leadership vs Management.In this episode we sit down and discuss the differences between leaders and managers. Can everyone be a leader or a manager? What are the common misconce

Episode 48 – More Psychology In Testing

Jun 12th, 2018 41m 4s

Welcome back to another Testing In the Pub, Episode 48 – More Psychology In Testing.In this episode we expand on our previous discussion about Psychology In Testing and talk more about ignorance, biases and emotions.There’s some great resourc

Episode 47 – AI and Ethics and Quality

May 26th, 2018 34m 8s

Welcome back to Testing In the Pub Episode 47 – AI and Ethics and QualityIn this new episode we talk about AI and how it’s being used particularly in virtual assistants, how ethics are important, and how all of those presents opportunities fo

Episode 46 – APIs At ATD

Nov 20th, 2017 32m 1s

Welcome back to Testing In The Pub, Episode 46 – APIs At ATD. In this episode Steve sits down with Mark Winteringham and Eddy Bruin at Agile Testing Days 2017 to talk about API testing. We also mention a whole bunch of tools and resources inclu

Episode 45 – Psychology In Testing – Ignorance

Aug 15th, 2017 36m 16s

Welcome back to another Testing In The Pub where we continue the series on Psychology In Testing and talk about Ignorance. We talk about: What is ignorance and what’s it’s relationship to information? What is the value of understanding ignoranc

Testing In The Pub Episode 44 – Psychology In Testing – Information

Aug 9th, 2017 33m 11s

Welcome back to another Testing In The Pub, the first of a series on Psychology In Testing, where we talk about Information. What role does information play in a software delivery team and how should you approach discovering and sharing informa

Testing In The Pub Episode 43 – What Makes A Good Manager?

Aug 1st, 2017 36m 2s

Welcome back to another Testing In The Pub and it’s time for Testing In The Pub Episode 43 – What Makes A Good Manager? In this episode Steve and Dan talk about management, what makes a good manager and give some examples from their experiences

Testing In The Pub Episode 42 – Breaking Into Agile Testing

Jul 25th, 2017 32m 49s

Welcome back to another episode of Testing In The Pub – Breaking Into Agile Testing. In this episode we talk about how to get started when testing in an agile team, we discuss the challenges that testers face, and give some hints and tips on ho

Testing In The Pub Episode 41 – At UKStar

Mar 11th, 2017 28m 52s

Welcome back to another Testing In The Pub – At UKStar. Me and Dan were lucky enough to be selected to speak at the first UKStar conference in London. Dan talked about setting up the software clinic and I talked about the view of testing from o

Testing In The Pub Episode 40 – At The Software Testing Clinic

Feb 4th, 2017 50m 22s

Welcome back to another Testing In The Pub, recorded this time at the Software Testing Clinic in London. In this episode Dan sits down with Paul Holland, Ben Kelly, Vernon Richards, Mark Winteringham, Alex Wolff, Evan Holland and probably a cou

Testing In The Pub Episode 39 – Live From TestBash Philadelphia

Nov 24th, 2016 45m 41s

Welcome to Testing In The Pub Episode 39 – Live From TestBash Philadelphia. We were lucky enough to be invited over to TestBash in Philadelphia to record a live episode in front of the conference crowd. And even better, we were given an actual

Testing In the Pub Episode 38 – Making Better Testers With Keith Klain – Part 2

Oct 20th, 2016 26m 3s

Welcome back to episode 38 of Testing In the Pub – Making Better Testers with Keith Klain. In part two of a two part episode we talk to Keith about how we can help testers and the testing community to improve and keep learning. Keith spends a l

Testing In the Pub Episode 37 – Making Better Testers With Keith Klain – Part 1

Oct 11th, 2016 27m 36s

Welcome back to episode 37 of Testing In the Pub – Making Better Testers with Keith Klain. In part one of a two part episode we talk to Keith about how we can help testers and the testing community to improve and keep learning. Keith spends a l

Testing In The Pub Episode 36 – Being Part Of a Remote Team

Oct 1st, 2016 40m 43s

Welcome to another Testing In The Pub, this time about Being Part Of a Remote Team. We talk with Danny Dainton about the joys and challenges of working remotely. Hear Danny’s hints and tips on making remote working effective, and how teams can

Testing In The Pub Episode 35 – Test Education With Anna Royzman

Sep 14th, 2016 25m 40s

Welcome to Testing In The Pub Episode 35 – Test Education With Anna Royzman. In this episode we talk to Anna about Test Education and innovations in education. How are the conferences and training that Anna organises innovating and what does in

Testing In The Pub Episode 34 – Test Leadership With Anna Royzman

Sep 1st, 2016 33m 8s

Welcome to Testing In The Pub Episode 34 – Test Leadership With Anna Royzman. In this episode we talk to Anna about Test Leadership and what it means to her. What makes a test leader and how can we demonstrate leadership? We also discuss who is

Testing In The Pub Episode 33 – Community Confusion

Aug 20th, 2016 32m 30s

Welcome to Testing In The Pub Episode 33 – Community Confusion. In this episode we talk about how communities, whether it be the testing community or many of the sub communities within it, can sometimes become confused and un-happy places if th

Testing In The Pub Episode 32 – Intentional Learning

Aug 3rd, 2016 49m 53s

Welcome back to another Testing In The Pub, this time about Intentional Learning. In this episode Dan talks to Claire Moss, and towards the end of the episode Emma Armstrong, about learning, learning styles and hints and tips on how to learn. W