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Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers. Regulars Chris, Simon, Russell and David this week talk all things strategies.  Before diving into the main topic, we talk about strategies in our home life. We then try our best to describe what is a strategy, we all have slight different yet similar definitions.  We share how context impacts strategies and we mention Janet Gregory and Lisa Crispin...

Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers. Chris, Russell and David are joined by a special guest and artist of the amazing Testing Peers logo, Bruce (the Legend).  Before diving into the main topic, Bruce leads the peers into a discussion about their skincare routines, do the Peers wash their faces? Do they use moisturiser? How do they improve the resilience of their skin? This was certainl...

Hello and welcome to episode 73 of the Testing Peers podcast, where this week we are talking about glue work. This week, regulars Chris, David and Russell are joined by the brilliant Vernon Richards. Before diving in, Vernon asks the Peers about their favourite non-work books. Chris then introduces the main topic of glue work, shouting out to Cassandra Leung for bringing the brilliant talk 'B...

elcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast, this time we have a slightly different show for you. Regular host, Chris is joined by the wonderful Heather Reid, as we look back over the brilliant article Heather wrote back in 2017 - 30 Things Every New Software Tester Should Learn on the Ministry of Testing site. Before we look back at Heather's article, we talk about anything from o...

Happy new year! We hope all our listeners have a great 2023. Thank you for being with us on the journey, we hope you all continue to enjoy the podcasts we provide. In relation to that, in this episode, we review what the Software Testing Market Trends are for 2023. Joining Simon, Chris and David for this episode is long time friend, fan of the podcast and all round testing superstar, Beth Marshall...

Hello and welcome to episode 70 of the Testing Peers podcast. As we're drawing toward Christmas this week we thought we'd do a special. Taking a leaf from 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens we do a little retrospective and take a look at Christmas past, present and future.  We're joined by the usual crew David, Simon, Chris and Russell and we have some festive messages...

Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers. The original crew (Chris, David, Russell and Simon) are discussing how we can stay connected in the testing world, especially in the times of the social media landscape changing. Before diving into the main topic, Russell takes us on a journey back to times in our lives where we had enjoyed successes as part of a team. We had stories of football tea...

Thank you for joining us for another episode of the Testing Peers podcast. Join David, Simon, Russell and Chris as we talk about planning and estimation. But, before we dive into the topic we take a brief look into the approaches the Peers take towards researching personal purchases and we discover Simon likes a good review! This week's topic was inspired by Jo Richards and her tweet about st...

Hello and welcome to episode 67 of the Testing Peers podcast. This week we have special guests Beth Marshall and Steven Warburton who joins regulars, David and Russell, as we discuss Testing Conferences and what they mean to us and our teams. Before we delve into the main subject Beth takes us down memory lane on funny stories at conferences. We start discussing conference season and our bucket li...

Hello and welcome to episode 66 of the Testing Peers podcast. This week we have a special guest Ugne Litvinaite who joins, David, Russell and Chris as we discuss Testing debt. Before we delve into the main subject we first explore our favourite Dinosaurs.  Chris explains what we mean by debt and references back to a blog he wrote in 2020 " It's all just a little bit of history repeating....

Hello and welcome to episode 65 of the Testing Peers podcast. This week, join Simon, David, Russell and Chris as we discuss Switching Off. Prior to the main topic, Simon introduces the topic of switching off in meeting horror stories. We discover how triggered the Peers get over shared screens and talk about a few awkward situations. Moving on, Russell introduces the main topic. Starting off by de...

Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast - and sorry this one is a little late. This week, join Simon, Russell, David and Chris as we discuss the topic of test cases. Before we dive in, David asks us to fill our suitcases (see what he did there?) and we see another cheeky mention of the PeersCon idea that we've been playing around with. After the banter, we introduce the topic...

Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers Podcast. Join Shey, David, Russell and Chris as we discuss hybrid working. We begin with Russell asking the Peers about favourite festivals and live music we've experienced. Then we dive straight into the topic. What does hybrid working even mean? How the pandemic has swung the pendulum from office-first focus to home-first focus toward hybrid w...

Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers Podcast. In this episode we're joined by two special guests, Shey Crompton and Steven Warburton in lieu of Simon and Russell.  We discuss the best and worst ways we find to communicate in this modern era of remote/distant working.  Naturally the Testing Peers are drawn to discuss context but this time from the view of meeting invites - do you te...

Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers Podcast. Before diving into the topic of complacency, the newly crowned 'Mr. Bantz' asks the Peers to dive into their memory vaults to reveal which computer games consumed their adolescent years. Chris introduces the definition of complacency that will be used for this episode: a feeling of calm satisfaction with your own abilities or situa...

Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers. Chris, Simon, David and Shey are here to discuss another great topic. This time it is one that was suggested by a friend and podcast listener, Mr Stuart Crocker (@StooCrock) Shey starts off the session with the banter around which fantasy world would we like to visit. Lots of great answers, most in places where we may be in some form of potential da...

Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers. Chris and Russell have returned from their EuroSTAR adventures, to join the other regulars to talk toxicity in testing. Before diving in, Simon leads the banter around what three apps would you keep on your phone, if you were allowed only three. Thankfully, no toxicity there! Onto the main discussion, the Peers discuss everything from behaviours, mi...

Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers. With Chris and Russell galavanting off at EuroStar 2022 in Copenhagen, Simon and David drafted in some equally awesome replacements in Shey and Beth from the Testing Peers bench and with that, two who have been involved in our #MakeATester endeavours. So we thought it made sense to provide an update on what we have been up to. We started with "...

Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers. On this episode, we talk about our experience with models for testing. This takes us down the journey of identifying the models we have found most useful during our testing careers. Before diving into the main topic, David asks us what our first model of car we owned was, which was a fun trip down memory lane, particularly for our resident petrol he...

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers. On this episode, we will discuss our experiences around Public Speaking. This covers everything from our own talks to any tips and suggestions we have to help people get into performing public speaking. Chris starts us off with asking us about our experiences during our youth with public performances and any horror stories. We had everythi...

Welcome to episode 55 of the Testing Peers podcast. This episode falls on the same date as the start of Mental Health Awareness Week 2022 , and this year's theme is Loneliness and our mental health. We greatly value all the discourse around mental health and see great value in continuing the conversation and so we have dedicated this episode to the topic of loneliness from our experiences and...

Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast. Today we talk Agile and our experiences around it This week Simon banter borrows his banter ideas from the More Than Work Podcast. Once we move on from our banter we move on to talk about agile/Agile and what it isn't. We talk about the mindset that is needed and how transformations go badly or well. We talk about short cuts and bad imp...

Welcome to episode 53 of the Testing Peers podcast! In this episode, the Peers are talking about Experience – what it means to us in the workplace, how we approach working with people of differing experience, as leaders – and much more. Before diving into the main topic, David asks the Peers to look back at experiences in our lives when we realised we couldn’t do something, or made a mistake. Movi...

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast. On this episode, we discuss the important and often talked about topic of Job Titles within the Testing/Quality space. Before diving into the main topic, Chris leads with the banter and gets us thinking what our Superhero alter-ego's may be. You're in for a treat, but think it's safe to say, we won't be getting...

Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast. On this episode, the peers discussion the topic and the ‘art’ of persuasion. Covering what we mean by persuasion, some examples of when we have used it and also discussed it from the angle of being an ally for those trying to pursuade someone. Before we dived into the main topic, Russell took us on a crucially important tangent by asking us...