AB Testing
Episodes
AB Testing – Episode 38
04 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
An almost all-mailbag show, Alan and Brent discuss planning semesters vs. milestones, v-teams, and managing teams vs. managing features.
AB Testing – Episode 37
18 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Live, on the air, we reply to a tweet that kicks off oneofthethree.slack.com. And then Brent (inspired by Patrick Prill aka @testpappy) asks Alan t...
AB Testing – Episode 36
10 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been two years, and 36 episodes…of the same stuff. Yet people still listen. This episode includes some discussion of shipping every d...
AB Testing – Episode 35
15 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
We’re baaaaack. This episode covers the one time when Alan was a developer, Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool, balancing quality, collective ownership, ...
AB Testing – Episode 34
12 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Another AB Testing podcast in the books (and on the web). This time, we discuss the nature of bugs, why we don’t want our testers back; and in t...
AB Testing – Episode 33
12 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Happy new year. This blab-fest covers Star Wars, Fallout 4, straw man arguments, even more on Combined (or Unified!) Engineering, and why smart people...
AB Testing – Episode 32: 2015 Year in review and Predictions episode
18 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the 2015 recap show, where Brent and Alan reflect on 2015, and make some predictions for 2016…and somehow take nearly an hour to do s...
AB Testing – Episode 31
05 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This episode includes a quick rant on tecking vs. chesting (or something like that), moving from predictive to adaptive, and the mailbag is back with ...
AB Testing – Episode 30
20 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is all about “stuff Alan and Brent did” – or at least it started that way until we start rambling. Quick recaps of the ...
AB Testing – Episode 29: LIVE from the Redfin HQ
10 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
From the offices of Redfin in Seattle, Washington, Brent and Alan deliver the first ever AB Testing roadshow. Sound isn’t fantastic, and the con...
AB Testing – Episode 28
25 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Yet another installment of AB Testing (including what I think is a world record for AB Testing release velocity). This episode includes another rant f...
AB Testing – Episode 27
04 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In their patented pattern of pure randomness, Alan and Brent talk about the context-driven school of testing, the video music awards, upcoming test co...
AB Testing – Episode 26
10 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded in downtown Bellevue, WA…Alan and Brent talk about a talk – and Alan asks Brent questions from a sample ISTQB test.
AB Testing – Episode 25
22 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Discussions include Agile, Alan’s new job, developer testing, and we go to the mail bag (maaaiilll baaaaaag) for a quick discussion of Tension M...
AB Testing – Episode 24
30 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
A trip report from STAR Canada; some discussion of whether or not test is dead (or if being dead is dead), and a trip into the mailbag to talk about m...
AB Testing – Episode 23
05 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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) te...
AB Testing – Episode 22
18 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode: Iterative is not Agile, Brent’s version of the penny game, and a short discussion of AB Testing vanity metrics. …and prob...
AB Testing – Episode 21: Dysfunctional Central Organizations
04 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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 s...
AB Testing – Episode 20
09 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
It’s our twentieth podcast, AND – it’s our one year anniversary show. We talk about logical fallacies, generalists, and a whole lot ...
AB Testing – Episode 19
24 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Alan and Brent talk about dashboards, scorecards, buzzwords, soapboxes, and Alan’s appearance on another podcast. Also included...
AB Testing – Episode 18
02 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
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 th...
AB Testing – Episode 17
05 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Eventually….Brent and Alan discuss their thoughts on the future of the Program Manager role at Microsoft. The journey there, as always, is inte...
AB Testing – Episode 16
20 Jan 2015
Contributed by Lukas
We’re back for our first episode of 2015…where we talk about almost nothing, but do manage to discuss management styles, holocracy, and wh...
AB Testing – Episode 15
19 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In our last podcast of Twenty-Fourteen, Brent and I talk about Generalizing Specialists, Specializing Generalists, and weird things Alan sees at Micro...
AB Testing – Episode 14
09 Dec 2014
Contributed by Lukas
We’re back! Topics this week include: Heroes vs. Teamwork Not Invented Here Syndrome Bean Counters The Mailbag And the completely bizarre story ...
AB Testing – Episode 13
13 Nov 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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.
AB Testing – Episode 12
27 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This episode includes discussions on peer feedback, the “Skill and the Will”, Alan’s favorite author, Steven Johnson, Not-Invented-H...
AB Testing – Episode 11
14 Oct 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Alan and Brent are back. In this episode, they discuss interviews, data driven engineering, knowledge sharing and the usual grab bag of tangents and r...
AB Testing – Episode 10
26 Sep 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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...
AB Testing – Episode 9
09 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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 brea...
AB Testing – Episode 8
09 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
And…we’re back. this episode covers Brent’s IRRs, Agile Testing, and, as usual, a wide variety of tangents and rants.
AB Testing – Episode 7
16 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this “all-mailbag” episode, we talk more about change (specifically some changes in engineering approaches we see at Microsoft, includi...
AB Testing – Episode 6
03 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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...
AB Testing – Episode 5
19 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
AB Testing – Episode 4: Leading Change, Learning Organizations, and Test Zombies
28 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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...
AB Testing – Episode 3: Dashboards, Documentation, and Dumb manifestos
14 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this installment, Alan and Brent talk about Alan’s trip to Florida, data driven engineering, and estimation. And Brent claims that he “...
AB Testing – Episode 2: What AND Why
07 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Brent and Alan talk about change management and the difference between Predictive, Iterative, and Adaptive software development mode...
AB Testing – Episode 1: Introductions
03 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 1 – Two Software Testing veterans from Microsoft decide to start podcasting.