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It’s Alan’s 20-year anniversary at Microsoft…and he has a new job. We also talk preview Alan’s talk on A/B (with the slash) testing at Better Software, and attempt to get through some mailbag items without getting too distracted (we failed).

In this episode: Iterative is not Agile, Brent’s version of the penny game, and a short discussion of AB Testing vanity metrics. …and probably other stuff too.

Rants and soapboxes are back. This episode also includes a discussion of central organizations, why they fail, and how they can work. And other fun stuff too.

It’s our twentieth podcast, AND – it’s our one year anniversary show. We talk about logical fallacies, generalists, and a whole lot of other random topics.

In this episode, Alan and Brent talk about dashboards, scorecards, buzzwords, soapboxes, and Alan’s appearance on another podcast. Also included is yet another installment of silly things people do at work to incur the wrath of Alan.

Brent has a new job! We talk about what Brent does, discuss interviews, and what test specialists actually (may?) do. And other stuff. Here’s the link for the Data Science in the Cloud e-book mentioned in the podcast.

Eventually….Brent and Alan discuss their thoughts on the future of the Program Manager role at Microsoft. The journey there, as always, is interesting and perhaps even entertaining.

We’re back for our first episode of 2015…where we talk about almost nothing, but do manage to discuss management styles, holocracy, and what we did with our holiday break.

In our last podcast of Twenty-Fourteen, Brent and I talk about Generalizing Specialists, Specializing Generalists, and weird things Alan sees at Microsoft (and other random topics that pop up along the way).   Happy Holidays everyone

We’re back! Topics this week include: Heroes vs. Teamwork Not Invented Here Syndrome Bean Counters The Mailbag And the completely bizarre story of Brent’s first days at Microsoft

If only you could hear what we left on the editing room floor… Instead, Alan and Brent talk about GTAC, meetings, and bring back the mailbag.

This episode includes discussions on peer feedback, the “Skill and the Will”, Alan’s favorite author, Steven Johnson, Not-Invented-Here, and learning organizations.

Alan and Brent are back. In this episode, they discuss interviews, data driven engineering, knowledge sharing and the usual grab bag of tangents and random topics related to software and software quality.

After a long break, Brent and Alan are back with Episode 10. This week, A & B talk about what changed at Microsoft this summer, what they think is going to change next, and talk a bit about the latest IOS bug. Note: the audio is a little wonky this week. Long story, but it […]

Last episode of the summer! Alan talks about git, roles of testers, and we talk about what may (or will) change while Alan is taking a long, long break.

And…we’re back. this episode covers Brent’s IRRs, Agile Testing, and, as usual, a wide variety of tangents and rants.

In this “all-mailbag” episode, we talk more about change (specifically some changes in engineering approaches we see at Microsoft, including changes in the way we lead and manage people), and a variety of related (and not-so-related) rants. Enjoy.

Alan and Brent are back. This time they talk about work item tracking, QOS & QOE, the World of Warcraft guide to running v-teams, and Alan’s upcoming extended vacation.

Brent and Alan are  back! In this episode, they discuss Alan’s trip to STAR East, the perils of automation, some ideas on leadership, and how not to tell your team that you’re “Agile”.

In this episode, Brent and Alan discuss Alan’s upcoming trip to the STAR East test conference, and a bit about using Kanban for chores. And then comes a question / statement about estimation that’s worth every minute.

In this installment, Alan and Brent talk about Alan’s trip to Florida, data driven engineering, and estimation. And Brent claims that he “hates the Agile Manifesto”.  

In this episode, Brent and Alan talk about change management and the difference between Predictive, Iterative, and Adaptive software development models. And Testing!

Episode 1 – Two Software Testing veterans from Microsoft decide to start podcasting.