QA Therapy

Do you ever feel that accessibility is not a priority in your testing strategy? Are you constantly fighting against accessibility myths? It's too expensive, it will take too much time, we are not trained on this topic and do not know what to do? All these are symptoms that accessibility is not fully understood nor  prioritized to be available for everyone. Today, we have Ady Stokes, our expert...

Is your team thinking that AI/ML will solve all of your problems? In this episode of QA Therapy, we're joined by Tariq King, our expert QA Therapist to assist with how AI & ML will influence the testing world. He is currently the Vice President of Product-Service Systems at EPAM and has published over 40 research articles. AI is becoming widespread, and there are a variety of testing tools...

Are all the teams in your company working isolated and blaming each other for issues? Perhaps you're experiencing a lack of alignment about what quality means and who/when it should be addressed. Today, we have Antoine Craske, our expert QA Therapist, to assist with the diagnosis and prescription of symptoms related to Quality Engineering. Antoine was born in France and works as a Software En...

Do you ever feel that testing is being done at a high level in your organization, looking just at the obvious? Do you feel you don't have the know-how to test a certain aspect of your system? In this episode, we will talk about learning and how important that is to evolve the skills we use for testing. Our guest QA Therapist is Emna Ayadi. Emna is a very active testing community member, highly inv...

Why do we need test automation? Do we need to have a strategy around it? Are there any tools that can do most of the work for us? In this episode, we discuss test automation ownership, strategy, tooling, and more with guest Toyer Mamoojee, our expert QA Therapist. Toyer is a frequent speaker at testing conferences, and one of his favorite topics is test automation. Did you know that with Xray, you...

Do you have difficulties knowing what to test? Do you feel that critical issues are reaching production despite your efforts? In this episode, we discuss risk-storming and taking a risk-based approach in your projects, where testing plays a key part. Today, we have Chris Armstrong, our expert QA Therapist. Chris is an active blogger and podcaster participating in TestingPeers and 9 out of 10 teste...

Do you have difficulty understanding how to include testing in the pipeline? Do you feel it's hard to push something to production? In this episode, we discuss testing in DevOps with guest Lisa Crispin, our expert QA Therapist. Everyone in the testing field knows Lisa; she has written several books about testing and is also keen on Agile and DevOps. Want more resources around adding testing and De...

Do you see performance issues after going live that you weren't expecting? Do you see major performance issues appearing suddenly as soon as your product becomes more successful? In this episode, we discuss performance testing with guest Leandro Melendez, aka Sr Performo. Leandro is an active performance advocate, frequent conference speaker, and highly active in the testing community. Did you kno...

Are your development and testing team playing ping pong with issues and bugs? Are you aware of what is being tested? Do you lack confidence about releasing? In this first episode, we see how the lack of visibility can impact you, your team, and your company. Did you know that Xray's Jira native experience makes testing visible to all team members in Jira, so developers and testers can collaborate...