Ministry Of Testing

Our resident podcaster, Mike Lang, meets Konrad Marszalek who is hosting a workshop at TestBash Brighton 2020. They discuss non-functional testing, as well as, his workshop from TestBash. Did you know you can listen to and subscribe to our podcasts on iTunes and SoundCloud?

Mark is joined by a fellow podcaster and all round super smart person Michaela Greiler. Michaela is Mark’s first guest with a PhD, so naturally, Mark wants to know as much as possible about the work Michaela has done. In addition to this, the pair discuss the power of modelling when strategising automation, how teams can get the most out of code reviews and what it’s like being a podcast host. Michaela also gives us a taste of her upcoming talk at TestBash Brighton 2020  Podcast links: Michaela’s podcast: Michaela's articles about code reviews Michaela’s Twitter: mgreiler  Michaela’s Ph.D. thesis The Art of Testing Less without Sacrificing Quality Michaela’s  code review workshop Michaela’s scientific publications Regular Links: Listen to and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes and SoundCloud Sign up to be a guest on the show Testers' Island Discs playlist on Spotify Testers' Island Discs reading list on Goodreads Follow

Our resident podcaster, Adam Leon Smith, meets Lindsay Strydom & Shey Crompton who are hosting a workshop and speaking, respectively, at TestBash Brighton 2020. They discuss leadership, coaching and mentoring, as well as, each of their upcoming talks and workshops from TestBash. This podcast was kindly sponsored by WonderProxy: Combine a robust global proxy network with flexible interactive & automated testing tools to verify what your website looks like to customers around the world. Leave the localization guesswork behind with WonderProxy. Did you know you can listen to and subscribe to our podcasts on iTunes and SoundCloud?

Our resident podcaster, Adam Leon Smith, meets Elizabeth Zagroba, Huib Schoots & Jitesh Gosai who are all workshop instructors from TestBash Brighton 2020. They discuss the importance of how we think and communicate about testing, as well as, their upcoming workshops from TestBash. This podcast was kindly sponsored by PractiTest. PractiTest is an all-in-one test management solution where you and your team can manage, control, track, document and optimize your QA efforts in real-time. Use PractiTest as a centralized hub for your entire application lifecycle management and benefit from: Clear visibility of all your testing efforts in one place. Increased efficiency with reusable tests Reduced time to market and improved ROI PractiTest fits all testing approaches, and enables confident software delivery, faster. Did you know you can listen to and subscribe to our podcasts on iTunes and SoundCloud?

Our resident podcaster, Carlos Kidman, meets Ashley Hunsberger, Janet Gregory & Lisa Crispin who are speakers, and workshop and course creators from TestBash Brighton 2020. They discuss agile testing, as well as, each of their upcoming workshop, course and talk from TestBash software testing conference. This podcast was kindly sponsored by BrowserStack. BrowserStack is the world’s largest software testing platform powering over two million tests every day across 14 global datacenters. We help customers like Microsoft, Twitter, Barclays, Expedia, and over 25,000 customers deliver quality software at speed by moving testing to our Cloud. Their platform provides instant access to 2,000+ real mobile devices and browsers on a highly reliable cloud infrastructure that effortlessly scales as testing needs grow. With BrowserStack, Dev and QA teams can ship software at speed while delivering an amazing experience for every customer. Did you know you can listen to and subscribe to our podcas

Using the power of Twitter, we reached out to the software testing community to find new podcast hosts for the Ministry of Testing podcasts. From our search, we connected with some lovely folks who were each set the challenge of creating a pilot podcast with a guest from an upcoming TestBash software testing conference. Here is Adam Leon Smith's pilot podcast where he got to meet Trish Khoo from TestBash New Zealand and discuss integration tests and test scope. We hope you enjoy the podcast and get in touch to let us know what you think! P.s. Did you know you can listen to and subscribe to our podcasts on iTunes and SoundCloud?

Using the power of Twitter, we reached out to the software testing community to find new podcast hosts for the Ministry of Testing podcasts. From our search, we connected with some lovely folks who were each set the challenge of creating a pilot podcast with a guest from an upcoming TestBash software testing conference. Here is David William's pilot podcast where he got to meet Karen Greaves from TestBash New Zealand and discuss agile and becoming a more mindful and deliberate tester. We hope you enjoy the podcast and get in touch to let us know what you think! P.s. Did you know you can listen to and subscribe to our podcasts on iTunes and SoundCloud?

Mark is joined by the multi-talented João Proença where the two discuss a wide range of topics such as risk, quality, modern testing and automation. They even find time to geek out about writing music. João’s also shares some insights into his work as a ‘quality owner’ what the role looks like, what challenges are involved and gives some advice to others in the field. João also gives a brief glimpse into his upcoming talk at TestBash Brighton 2020  João's links: Inside the PRS Guitars factory - The indie band survival guide Marty Was Right: January Cool video - Spotify - Bandcamp Riskstorming TestSphere TestBash Brighton 2020 João Proença's talk on Quality Owner Modern Testing Course - https://www.ministryoftesting.com/dojo/courses/introduction-to-modern-testing-alan-page  Abby Bangser's keynote slides on observability Regular links: Listen to and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes and SoundCloud

Mark is joined by one of his favourite people to have a good old chat about testing, Leigh Rathbone. Leigh shares some interesting (and terrifying - Mark) insights into future challenges for software testers and how that is going to impact how we test. The new skills and technologies our industry will face brings the two onto discussing how to keep yourself relevant by learning new technologies and skills and why it’s important to make time to learn. Thanks to WonderProxy who make it easy to test your website from around the world. If you're showing different content to users depending on where they are in the world stop using hacks to see if it's working, and start seeing exactly what your users see with WonderProxy. References: Fail is not a dirty word Atmosphere music video Liverpool Tester Gathering Meetup Ecstasy of Gold (The Good, The Bad and The Ugly scene) - Ennio Morricone Testers' Island Discs Good reads Submit to join Testers' Island Discs Testers' Island D

After two laptops failures, lost software key and three more TestBashes (they just keep coming!) Mark is back once again and this time he’s joined by Simon Prior to discuss learning, leadership and culture. Simon shares his experiences working as QA Programme Manager for Camelot as well as his ongoing mission in supporting testers both at work and in the community in becoming better testers. References: Testing Peers Simon’s blog on testing values Discussion with Gabby Trotter Excellence in Leadership MakeATester TestSphere Software Testing Clinic Ministry of Testing - Aylesbury Testers' Island Discs Good reads Submit to join Testers' Island Discs Testers' Island Discs - Spotify playlist Listen to and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes and SoundCloud

Mark is back after a brief distraction called TestBash Germany and TestBash Manchester. This time he’s joined by world champion tester, accessibility advocate and wrestling enthusiast, Jenna Charlton. Following on from Jenna’s successful live stream of her talk ‘How Pro Wrestling Made Me A World Champion Tester’, the two discuss culture, team dynamics and collaboration. Mark also gets some tips on how to get into wrestling and finds out more about what is happening at the Ministry of Testing Cleveland meetup. References: How Pro Wrestling Made Me A World Champion Tester An Introduction to ‘Spoon Theory’ Ministry of Testing Cleveland Meetup  Jenna’s Twitter Testers' Island Discs Good reads Submit to join Testers' Island Discs Testers' Island Discs - Spotify playlist Listen to and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes and SoundCloud

Using the power of Twitter, we reached out to the software testing community to find new podcast hosts for the Ministry of Testing podcasts. From our search, we connected with some lovely folks who were each set the challenge of creating a pilot podcast with a guest from an upcoming TestBash software testing conference. Here is Carlos Kidman's pilot podcast where he got to meet Angela Riggs from TestBash San Francisco and discuss test automation and the culture of quality. We hope you enjoy the podcast and get in touch to let us know what you think! P.s. Did you know you can listen to and subscribe to our podcasts on iTunes and SoundCloud?

Using the power of Twitter, we reached out to the software testing community to find new podcast hosts for the Ministry of Testing podcasts. From our search, we connected with some lovely folks who were each set the challenge of creating a pilot podcast with a guest from an upcoming TestBash software testing conference. Here is Michael Lang's pilot podcast where he got to meet Theresa Neate from TestBash Australia and discuss all things DevOps! We hope you enjoy the podcast and get in touch to let us know what you think! P.s. Did you know you can listen to and subscribe to our podcasts on iTunes and SoundCloud?

In this episode, Mark is joined by Christian Kram a man who has a wide range of experiences and roles that have informed his testing and training skills. The two discuss the challenges of being a trainer and training others, communication techniques, working in a company that self organises and has no leaders as well as how to test mattresses.  References: How Industrial Anthropology Influenced My Testing Jakobson’s Functions of Language Gatekeeping Theory Learning Modalities Queen - Invisible Man Liberating Structures Christian’s Company (German) Open space that Christian co-organises Christian’s Twitter: @chr_kram  Testers' Island Discs Good reads Submit to join Testers' Island Discs Testers' Island Discs - Spotify playlist Listen to and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes and SoundCloud

It’s Mark’s first outing as the castaway host and he’s feeling a little nervous without Neil around. Fortunately he is kept company by the awesome Nancy Kelln who has joined him on the island to discuss life as a Testing Consultant. Nancy shares how she got into consultancy work as well as pros and cons around forging your own path and helping others. The duo also discuss exploratory testing, risks and their connection to all things testing. References: Nancy Kelln’s Website Nancy Kelln’s Twitter What the hell kind of testing is that - Nancy Kelln Testers' Island Discs Good reads Submit to join Testers' Island Discs Testers' Island Discs - Spotify playlist Listen to and subscribe to this podcast oniTunes and SoundCloud

This special episode of Testers' Island Discs is sponsored by SmartBear. SmartBear is behind the software that empowers developers, testers, and operations engineers at over 22,000 of the world’s most innovative organizations with tools to build, test, and monitor great software, faster. After a great deal of exploring the island, hence the absence, Neil has found a new castaway host for the island: DojoBoss Mark Winteringham (By stealing his boat!). But before Neil leaves, he has one last podcast to share with Mark in this special episode of Testers’ Island Discs. During Mark and Neil’s catch up they discuss their testing lives, what they have been up to, highlights in the testing world and a brief therapy session for our departing castaway. Whilst Mark will be taking over the TID podcast, you can still keep up to date with Neil’s other podcast work on Twitter. Episode Links: SmartBear Ministry of Testing Dojo MoT: Welcome our New DojoBoss MoT Dojo: Courses Software Tes

Advice for new testers, and, what excites us about testing in 2019! Featuring Alix Klingenberg, Francis Ho, Bas Dijkstra, Lee Hawkins, Victoria Lee, Mike Clarke, Vera Gehlen-Baum and Rick Tracy. Show notes: Contributors: Alix Klingenberg: Twitter Francis Ho Bas Dijkstra: Twitter & Blog Lee Hawkins: Twitter & Blog Victoria Lea Mike Clarke: Twitter & Blog Vera Gehlen-Baum: Twitter Rick Tracy: Twitter Links: Richard Bradshaw on the testing community Katrina Clokie on repetitive conversations in the testing community: Marcel Gehlen on a second home (we mistakenly attribute this to Bas Dijkstra on the pod - who retweeted it - apologies Bas and Marcel!) UKStar conference (Bas Dijkstra keynote): TiCCA ’19 conference (Co-organized by Lee Hawkins): AB Testing podcast Random but memorable podcast Dan’s personal twitter James’ personal twitter

This month the Super Testing Bros caught up Melissa Eaden and Martin Hynie who recently attended TestBash San Francisco 2018. They discuss mentoring in software development and beyond. If you like to catch up with Melissa or Martin you can find them on Twitter  @melthetester and @vds4, respectively. Ministry of Testing and Super Testing Bros are partnering up for 2018 to bring you regular pods on the last Monday of the month. You can listen to and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes and SoundCloud! 

This month The Super Testing Bros were fortunate to catch up with Selena Delesie and Marianne Duijst during WeTest Conference 2018 here in New Zealand. We discuss leadership, how leadership isn’t reserved to just people in authority and how authority doesn’t make you a leader. Marianne's Links Marianne Duijst Blog Twitter - @marianneduijst Selena's Links Selena Delesie Website Leading with Love Podcast Twitter - @SelenaDelesie Ministry of Testing and Super Testing Bros are partnering up for 2018 to bring you regular pods on the last Monday of the month. You can listen to and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes and SoundCloud! 

The Super Testing Bros talk to Brendan about Pen testing in the September edition of our monthly MoT podcast, 2018.  If you like to catch up with Brendan you can find on Twitter and see his latest work on his blog. Ministry of Testing and Super Testing Bros are partnering up for 2018 to bring you regular pods on the last Monday of the month. You can listen to and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes and SoundCloud! Plus follow what The Super Testing Bros are up to on Twitter. News links: Facebook’s app is now the third-most popular browser in the U.S. The second-largest mobile OS in India rhymes with iOS, but isn’t iOS Pen testing and security links: The many hats club InfoSecNZ Slack community OWASP Foundation CREST certified security companies Appsec day Melbourne