AB Testing

ABT 343 – Andreas Worm

10 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This time, Andreas Worm – aka @globalworming in our Slack group joins me for conversations, mostly about his experiences with scrum.

ABT 343 – Danny Faught

03 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

My guest for the ABT 343 is Danny Faught. We talk about his move out of being a dedicated tester, and well as the biography he’s putting togethe...

AB Testing – Episode 125: P* Management and ATAOSQ

27 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Just Brent and Alan this week. We talk about how Program Management can help with Modern Testing and Accelerating the Achievement of Shippable Quality...

AB Testing – Episode 124: Learning with Maaret

13 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Brent and Alan are joined by Maaret Pyhäjärvi, who talks with us about her role, the role of testing in general, mob programming, and a whole lot of...

AB Testing – Episode 123: Sue Loh’s Evil Plan to Save the World

29 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Sue Loh (@suedeyloh on twitter). Sue has a lengthy history of finding and fixing nasty performance issues across a lot of different operating systems ...

AB Testing – Episode 122: Julian Bucknall and TestCafe

08 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We are joined by the CTO of Devexpress to talk about TestCafe.

AB Testing – Episode 121: Peter Senge is Old

18 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We talk a bit about Covid (again), touch on a few random subjects, and then find time to answer a few mailbag questions. We also now have an AB Testin...

AB Testing – Episode 120: David Bishop on Metagility

04 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

For this episode, we are joined by David Bishop – the author of a new book called Metagility. There’s a lot of good stuff here, and we thi...

ABT 343 – Melissa Eaden

23 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Melissa Eaden is in the hot seat this week to talk about management, leadership, modern testing, and more. Melissa’s blog: https://testingandmov...

AB Testing – Episode 119: Retrospectives

20 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We, of course, talk about working through Covid-19, but we spend most of our time talking about retrospectives.

ABT 343 – Yuliya Bagriy (aviskase)

09 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Yuliya Bagriy (known across the internet as aviskase) is my guest this time. We talk about her path into testing, a bit about her new role, and the or...

AB Testing – Episode 118: Covid continues; and Velocity

06 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We talk about Covid (because every meeting does these days). And we also (sort of?) talk about velocity.

ABT 343 – Chris Kenst

31 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

I’m joined by Chris Kenst, who talks about his path into testing, his job as an automation engineer (which he convinces me not to hate), and his...

ABT 343 – Melissa Pohlman

23 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

343 is back with Melissa Pohlman, who has thoughts for testers, advice for managers, and stories about a whole lot more.

AB Testing – Episode 117: The Covid-19 WFH Show

17 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We talk quite a bit about working from home, and a bit about test coaching / consulting in the Modern Testing world. We hope everyone is staying healt...

AB Testing – Episode 116: What’s the Deal with ISTQB?

02 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We have an in-depth discussion on the recently published Vision on the Future of Software Testing from ISTQB

AB Testing – Episode 115: Gates and Balmer and Satya (oh my)

17 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

This time, we reflect on the Gates, Balmer, and Satya eras at Microsoft.

ABT 343 – Conor Fitzgerald: The Sequel

22 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Conor is back for more questions on Modern Testing. As with last time, you can follow him on Twitter (@conorfi) and read his blog here. Intro Music f...

AB Testing – Episode 114: Random Reflections and Reading

14 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Happy New Year! This week, we react to a 15 -year-old paper, and then somehow segue into talking about a few other papers. Papers mentioned: The Ongoi...

ABT 343 – Conor Fitzgerald

06 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this 343, Conor Fitzgerald and I talk about his experiences in testing, his experiences in Modern Testing, and a whole lot more. More info: Follow ...

ABT 343 – Perze Ababa

29 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this 343, I’m joined by one of the long-time listeners and supporters of the AB Testing Podcast, the one and only, Perze Ababa. We talk (most...

AB Testing – Episode 113: The 2019 Year End Extravaganza

17 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We reflect on our December 2018 predictions, look back on the wonderful year of 2019, and talk a bit about what we expect in 2020. Happy Holidays from...

AB Testing – Episode 112: The Penultimate Potpourri

11 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Lots of topics this time, including CI/CD, UI automation, and ABT ulterior motives. Notes (more to be added later): Rockstar language Advent of Code

ABT 343 – Maciej Wyrodek

02 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Maciej Wyrodek joins the 343 podcast to talk about his experiences with modern testing, The Unicorn Project, and various rants about the state of soft...

ABT 343 – Areti Panou

25 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

I am joined this time by Areti Panou. Listen in to hear more about her changing role, and her experience with modern testing. Areti’s blog is un...

AB Testing – Episode 111: Oredev, DevOps, and Stuff

18 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We talk a bit about Oredev, some more about devops, controversies in the principles, and a bit more about Alan’s role at Unity.

ABT 343 – Dave Westveld

13 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Our guest is Dave Westerveld. We talk a bit about accessibility, challenges in testing LMS software, and a lot of “modern” topics. Follow ...

ABT 343 – Andrew Morton

31 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Our first real episode is a quick chat with Andrew Morton. Andrew is the Dev Boss at Ministry of Testing, and can be found at @testingchef on Twitter

AB Testing – Episode 110: PM, PM, and MT

29 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We spend most of this podcast trying to understand each other while we wind through conversations on Product Management, Project Management, Program M...

AB Testing – Episode 109: The MT Guide to Promotions

15 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Some discussion (and rants) on career maps (aka career ladders, levels, etc.) – and our experiences in how to make these fail spectacularly (and...

AB Testing – Episode 108: Lack of Testers vs. Lack of Testing

01 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

it’s a mailbag show, where we talk about whether or not bugs in Windows 10 are due to a lack of a test team, and how you can apply MT principles...

AB Testing – Episode 107: A Plethora of Principles

16 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Good news: We have a new episode!Bad News: I am doomed to never having another podcast without audio issues. My mic cable must have been lying across ...

AB Testing – Episode 106: Weapons of Math Destruction

12 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Steve Rowe is back (for the third time!) on AB Testing to take part in a discussion on ethics in data science. Hope you enjoy.

AB Testing – Episode 105: A World of Modern Testing

31 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Heads up – our technical producer (me) messed up levels and microphone choice and we ended up with a little bit of bleed between microphones tha...

AB Testing – Episode 104: Leading Quality (with Ron Cummings-John)

01 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We are joined by the author of Leading Quality, Ron Cummings-John to talk about his upcoming book. More info at https://leadingqualitybook.com

AB Testing – Episode 103: The Croissants are Selenium (with Jason Huggins)

03 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We are joined by the inventor of Selenium, Jason Huggins. Listen in for stories about the early days of Selenium, Jason’s thoughts on our UI ran...

AB Testing – Episode 102: Modern Testing takes on UI Automation

20 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Alan recently took some heat on Twitter for disliking Selenium – or more accurately, how it was being used. This episode is a discussion and exp...

AB Testing – Episode 101: AB…not testing?

06 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We realize during the intro, that this is the first time we’ve recorded an AB Testing podcast when neither Alan nor Brent are in a dedicated tes...

AB Testing – Episode 100: The AB Testing Fanfest

15 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Thanks to everyone who helped get us to this milestone episode. For episode 100, we share cast-time with all three of our listeners – who may or...

AB Testing – Episode 99: Post-Modern Alan

01 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This episode brought to you by Practitest – https://www.practitest.com. We spend some time preparing for episode 100, and talk just a bit more a...

AB Testing – Episode 98: Stuff about Alan and a Mailbag Question

12 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We talk very abstractly about Alan’s new role, and dive into a mailbag question on the role of leadership in a quality culture. This episode is ...

AB Testing – Episode 97: Questions About Developers and Tests

18 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

An all mailbag show where we talk about skills needed by testers today, how to get developers to write tests, and hiring. Register for Brent’s A...

AB Testing – Episode 96: Principle #8???

15 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Happy New Year everyone – amongst catching up, we spend most of the time discussing and debating a potential eighth Modern Testing Principle.

AB Testing – Episode 95: The 2018 Reflection / Prediction Show

25 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Happy Holidays to each and everyone of our three listeners. We review and reflect on 2018, and talk about some things we think may happen in 2019. Lis...

AB Testing – Episode 94: Modern Testing meets Context-Driven Testing

03 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

It’s the penultimate show of 2018, with a lot of (hopefully interesting) preamble on this one, but we spend a chunk of time reviewing the Contex...

AB Testing – Episode 93: The Quality Culture Transition Guide

12 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We eventually talk about a model Alan built to help a team discover where they need to grow in order to build a quality culture or move towards modern...

AB Testing – Episode 92: Customers, Bugs, and Triangles

22 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We almost (but not quite) blast through the banter at the beginning, but eventually get a chance to talk a bit more about interpreting Principle #5, a...

AB Testing – Episode 91: Stories and Models and Things

08 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We answer a mailbag question,  begin to dive into what attributes make up a quality culture, and talk about other stuff. And we have a new intro.

AB Testing – Episode 90: A Lot About Nothing

24 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

It’s almost an all tangent episode, but we do (eventually) get a chance to discuss how ML and AI are changing testing and quality, and we pay ou...

AB Testing – Episode 89: Modern Testing Mailbag

10 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

All mailbag episode as we answer questions about combined engineering teams, life after Modern Testing, and early project “data” samples

AB Testing – Episode 88: Testing Isn’t Dead (Testers, OTOH…)

20 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

It’s the last of our deep-dive series on Modern Testing Principles. This time, we discuss the (sometimes controversial) principle number 7: We e...

AB Testing – Episode 87: The One About Data

06 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On to the next principle in our deep dive series. Principle Number 6 says: We use data extensively to deeply understand customer usage and then close ...

AB Testing – Episode 86: Not the Customer’s Champion

24 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We’re back to discuss another of the modern testing principles. We believe that the customer is the only one capable to judge and evaluate the q...

AB Testing – Episode 85: The Community Principle

09 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Our dive into the Modern Testing Principles continues with a dive into principle number four: We care deeply about the quality culture of our team, an...

AB Testing – Episode 84: Stories about Changes and Nets

25 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

On to Principle number 3 (full list at moderntesting.org). We are a force for continuous improvement, helping the team adapt and optimize in order to ...

AB Testing – Episode 83: Accelerating the Team

05 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We’re back to the MT Principle Deep-Dives (which may just be medium dives). Principle #2 says: We accelerate the team, and use models like Lean ...

AB Testing – Episode 82: Brent Talks to Alan About Data

22 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We are already taking an interlude from principle deep-dives to reflect a bit on the episode 81 feedback, and for Brent and Alan to have short (but i...

AB Testing – Episode 81: Business Rulz!

07 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

It’s time to deep dive into the Modern Testing Principles with #1 – Our priority is improving the business. We also dive into some experi...

AB Testing – Episode 80: The Mailbag returns: Modern Testing questions

23 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

It’s a mostly mailbag show, and we talk about the role of a modern testers as a role that transitions an organization to following the modern te...

AB Testing – Episode 79: The Modern Tester Goes to Testbash

26 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We talk quite a bit about testbash, Modern Testing, and give deeper answers to a few of the questions that came up in around the first public appearan...

AB Testing – Episode 78: Digging in on Modern Testing Principles

12 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We don’t reiterate the Principles directly (see the Episode 77 show notes for that), we talk a lot about how we are adapting the principles sli...

AB Testing – Episode 77: The Conception of the Modern Testing Principles

05 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We discuss, vet, and rewrite (and not for the last time), the Modern Testing Principles. These are a work in progress, but we’re happy to share ...

AB Testing – Episode 76: Communing with Testers

19 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

More on community, a few tangents, and a few strong opinions.   Mentioned in this episode: Influencer: The New Science of Leading Change Situatio...

AB Testing – Episode 75: From Spider to Starfish

13 Feb 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We talk about how testers (and test specialists) can use the power of community to discover what they don’t know they don’t know. And othe...

AB Testing – Episode 74: Where in the World is the Weasel?

29 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

First show of 2018, with a variety of topics that are all mostly about Modern Testing. Items of note include the State of Testing survey, podcast plan...

AB Testing – Episode 73: 2017 Year in review and Predictions episode

18 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

It’s the 2017 year end extravaganza with discussions about 2017, thoughts and predictions about 2018, and more…including… The AB Tes...

AB Testing – Episode 72

05 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

It’s the penultimate AB show of 2017. More discussions about modern testing, a bit of a preview of what’s coming up in episode 73, the rol...

AB Testing – Episode 71

21 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this eclectic episode, we discuss college savings plans, personal finance (wtf?), definitions of “Modern Testing”, and recap the Unity...

AB Testing – Episode 70

06 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Steve Rowe is back for another visit, and he shares some of his experiences from STAR Canada, discusses logical fallacies, and we all chime in on the ...

AB Testing – Episode 69

16 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We had a brief break in recording, but we’re back with another fun-filled fifty minutes where we take mailbag questions on the pros and cons of ...

AB Testing – Episode 68

18 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We spend a chunk of time talking about a report (The State of Functional Testing), and how it aligns with modern testing. We answer a #mailbag questio...

AB Testing – Episode 67: The Traditional vs. Modern Test Manager Debate

07 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

For this episode, we shoved Brent into a time machine and asked 1990s “Traditional Test Manager” Brent to have a conversation with “...

AB Testing – Episode 66

21 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

A bit of a follow up episode with more management advice. We talk about how to give feedback to our employees and about frameworks and approaches we l...

AB Testing – Episode 65

15 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

It’s the AB Testing Management episode. We reflect a bit on our growth as managers and share some of the tools and philosophies that (we hope) a...

AB Testing – Episode 64

08 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We talk about Agile Testing (both the concept and the book), and how it relates to the “Modern Testing” we’ve talked about before. A...

AB Testing – Episode 63

18 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

More talk about data, CIRA (collect-inform-recommend-act), and Brent gives Alan free advice on maturing a data aware organization. We mention the grea...

AB Testing – Episode 62

10 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

It’s an all mailbag show, with questions (and answers) about Model-Based testing; if testers are being (or will be) phased out – or if the...

AB Testing – Episode 61: INTP – Intermittently Normal Tangential Podcast

26 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

It had to happen – it’s an all-tangent show! But, somehow we manage to cover a lot about technical testing, data science, tester mindset a...

AB Testing – Episode 60: #ATAOSQ – Information providers no more

12 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Here at AB Testing, we like this episode a lot. Give it a listen and let us know what you think. More on modern testing, and we break down “acce...

AB Testing – Episode 59

29 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We are back with Rants, Rages, and Regurgitated information from the world of software engineering, and software quality. Topics include just a bit of...

AB Testing – Episode 58

07 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Topics this time include a brief recap of episode 57, discussion on viewing a test organization as a community, and a mailbag question on dealing with...

AB Testing – Episode 57: Hans Buwalda explains action-based testing

01 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This time on AB Testing, we share the microphone with automation expert, Hans Buwalda. We talk with Hans a lot about his views on test design and test...

AB Testing – Episode 56

03 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Took a while, but we’re back and ranting away. This time, we talk about the role of Test / Quality as, Accelerating the achievement of shippa...

AB Testing – Episode 55

06 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

It’s the double-nickel episode of AB Testing. Included in today’s ramblings are: Alan and Brent talk about graduate school, and learning i...

AB Testing – Episode 54

21 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

First ever AB podcast with A&B working at two different companies. As expected, Alan talks about Unity the whole time.

AB Testing – Episode 53

26 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Alan’s last day at Microsoft, Tequila, and a mailbag. Oh yeah – and this show sponsored by Techwell. Use the promo code ABTesting to get $...

AB Testing – Episode 52

19 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Some bad recording (but only at the beginning this time), and some big news. Listen and find out the latest on AB Testing.

AB Testing – Episode 51: 2016 Year in review and Predictions episode

23 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

It’s our 2016 end-of-year extravaganza – if extravaganza means Brent and Alan randomly talking about their favorite software moments of 20...

AB Testing – Episode 50

14 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

It’s the Big Five-Oh for Alan and Brent. For our golden anniversary, we talk about TLAs, PMs gone wild, the Concierge MVP, and Brent takes a scr...

AB Testing – Episode 49

21 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

More about TestBash, and Alan (finally) gets into specifics on Microsoft Teams. And tangents….

AB Testing – Episode 48: Alan hosts the Three at Test Bash Philly

18 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Live from Test Bash in Philadelphia, this is VAMP Testing with three of the three (Vernon Richards (@testerfromleic), Michael Richards (@saltygunner),...

AB Testing – Episode 47

24 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This episode includes a discussion of Alan’s new car (along with ideas on learning and saving), and a long discussion on Alan’s long journ...

AB Testing – Episode 46: Steve Rowe discusses Data . . . and Stuff

28 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

In episode 46, we have our very first guest, as Steve Rowe joins us for a discussion on his 3 years in a data science role (plus the usual tangents an...

AB Testing – Episode 45

09 Sep 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Pretty much more stuff on what it takes to become data-centric. And weirdly, Alan gives Brent a hard time.

AB Testing – Episode 44

26 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is dedicated entirely to the topic of how to transition from data oblivious to a data-centric organization. Very little Alan yelling at ...

AB Testing – Episode 43

17 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Hey – audio is much better this time. Episode 43 includes discussions of test generation tools, learning, and whether or not Microsoft is a good...

AB Testing – Episode 42

25 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

First off, the audio on this episode has a few issues – we’ve taken steps to improve that in the future. The content includes Alan being A...

AB Testing – Episode 41

20 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Topics this time include Performance Reviews, Alan’s trip to the Better Software conference, the changing role of Program Management at Microsof...

AB Testing – Episode 40

07 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

It’s an(other) all mailbag show. And it’s episode 40. And it was recorded on National Donut Day – what else could you ask for?

AB Testing – Episode 39

20 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Hey everyone… This time around, we talk a bit about Alan’s trip to Waterloo, and then we deep dive into Agile’s “longstanding ...