Testing Peers
Episodes
Outside Influences on Our Testing
16 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hello and welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast. In a show of our busyness recently, we chose our topic right before recording and i...
Motivation
02 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Happy New Year!2022 (not 2023, David) kicks-off with the Testing Peers talking about motivation.The Peers chat about what it is that wakes them up in ...
Christmas Dinner MVP
19 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Season's greetings from the Testing Peers!As with last year we tapped into our 'great' creative minds to find a Christmas-themed episod...
Dream Jobs
05 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hello and welcome to another episode of the Simon Show Testing Peers Podcast.In this episode, the Peers talk about dream jobs. Before we dive into th...
Coaching Testing
21 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hello and welcome back for another episode of the Testing Peers podcast!In this episode, the Peers will be discussing coaching testing.We take a look ...
Performance and Goal Setting
07 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thank you for joining as this time we share our views and ideas on performance and goal setting.Chris starts us off by taking us into the archive of h...
Onboarding Testers
24 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thank you for joining us again. On this episode, we discuss our experience with onboarding new members to our teams. We spend time talking about the g...
Testing From The Start
10 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 40 of the Testing Peers! Episode 40??? How did that happen? Pleased to know people are still listening and supporting us! Thank you...
Testing Rants
26 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hello and welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers. Our gloves are off this week and we don’t have a specific topic to discuss. Instead we al...
Accountability
12 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hello and welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast!!This time the Peers are talking accountability, which is actually the foundational ...
Nurturing People
29 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thank you for joining the Testing Peers as we talk nurturing. We all are passionate about nurturing people and teams. The Peers find we actually we n...
Culture of Quality
15 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast. With this podcast, we have matched the age of our youngest Peer as the ripe old age of 36 (Ca...
What is quality?
01 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast.This week the Peers are talking around the perennial topic of quality.The Peers dive into what...
How did QA miss this?
18 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us again for another episode of the Testing Peers. In this episode we talk about a phrase and scenario which fills us all with drea...
Interview tests for Testers
04 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us for another podcast episode. This week we talk about interview tests for Testers. We will also take a trip down memory lane and ...
Communities of Practice
20 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers Podcast.This week join the Peers, as we discuss Communities of Practice.After a brief cake disagreemen...
Why We Automate
06 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us for another podcast episode. This week we talk about why we automate but we start with what automation is and its value. Automa...
Anniversary AMA#2
30 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the final episode of our first anniversary month.As mentioned in episode 28, the Peers don’t really do brevity, so we had to record an ad...
Certifications
23 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks for joining us for another podcast episode. On this weeks, we talk about all things certification. We discuss the value of testing certificatio...
Anniversary AMA#1
16 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode has perhaps the best intro ever?One year into the Testing Peers Podcast project, and we are coming to you with an AMA.For today's ep...
Burnout
09 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers. This episode is special to us for two reasons. Firstly, this is being released exactly a year since w...
Leading Upwards
25 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Thank you for joining us for another episode. On this episode, we are talking about our experiences of leading upwards and allowing our teams to lead ...
Dealing With the Unexpected
11 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the 25th episode of the Testing Peers Podcast.Join Russell, David and Chris as we discuss the unexpected.After talking about unexpected or ...
Attracting Great Testers
28 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers. On this one, we are discussing how companies can attract the best talent to their testing roles. Bef...
Personal Reputation and Brand
14 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 23 of the Testing Peers. This time we talk about reputation and brand. We cover what it is, why it matters and some tips to help yo...
Exploratory Testing
28 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 22 of the Testing Peers podcast. This week the Peers tackle exploratory testing.After the important check-in on David’s potato ha...
Conflict
14 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 21 of the Testing Peers and thank you for sticking with us. What better topic to discuss for our Valentines Day release than our ex...
Imposter Syndrome
31 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 20 of the Testing Peers podcast.In this episode, the Peers discuss something that we all are confronted with in life - imposter syn...
Retrospectives
17 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Testing Peers! Each New Year, many of us reflect on the year we've had and think about the year ahead of us. We make resolution for th...
#MakeATester
03 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Happy new year and welcome to the first Testing Peers episode of 2021. Hopefully, you have all managed to enjoy the holiday season given the restricti...
RiskStorming Santa's 2020 (Testing Peers and Friends)
20 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this the last episode of the Testing Peers podcast of 2020, join Festive Cheers with the Testing Peers for our special Christmas episode.In this sp...
Being Remote (recorded live @ EuroSTAR 2020)
06 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Thank you for joining us again! We had the great pleasure of being asked to do a live recording of our podcast at the EuroSTAR conference this year. D...
Dealing with disappointment
22 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 15 of the Testing Peers Podcast.After getting over the initial disappointment of Russell not making this episode, the Peers talk ab...
Managing Defects
08 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 14 of the Testing Peers Podcast.This week, the Peers have new mics and are a trio for the first time. We will be working out in the...
Our Personal Development
25 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, the Peers talk about their journey of personal development. We all come from varied backgrounds into testing so as you can imagine, t...
When have you done enough testing
11 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 12 of the Testing Peers Podcast.This time the Peers are using a Donna Summer reference for all you music fans to discus when is eno...
Telephone Interviews
28 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 11 of the Testing Peers Podcast.This time the Peers are following on from episodes 6 and 8, where we covered CVs and preparing for ...
Testing in 2030
13 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 10. We’ve made it to double figures! Thank you to everyone who has downloaded one or more of our earlier episodes and given us th...
Peers talk passion
30 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 9 of the Testing Peers podcast.In this episode, we talk about passion.This is a topic that was inspired by a post by Philip Wong in...
Discussions on interviews
16 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode eight of the Testing Peers podcast.This week, the Peers are following on from our CV episode (Podcast Episode 6 – CVs) with a dis...
First Inspirations & Good Reads
02 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 7 of the Testing Peers Podcast. Yes, we made it to 7 episodes! This week the peers are going to reflect a little on who initially i...
What we look for in CVs
19 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode six of the Testing Peers Podcast. This week the peers are talking CVs.In a time where lots of people are finding themselves looking...
Rambling on Reporting
05 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode five of the Testing Peers Podcast, we're practically old hat at this podcasting malarky now. Hope you are still enjoying our r...
Cognitive Bias
21 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode four of the Testing Peers Podcast.This week we the peers are talking Cognitive Bias.We find cognitive bias everywhere, the awarenes...
Empowering teams
07 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For episode three, the Peers talk about their experiences around empowering teams, what has worked and what didn't.We'd love you to get in t...
Leading 1 to 1s
25 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This time around the Peers talk about out positive and negative experiences on 1 to 1s and what has shaped the way we do them as leaders. As you’ll ...
Welcome to the Testing Peers
10 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Thursday July 18th 2019 is a significant date in the short history of the Testing Peers.Simon had finally convinced Russell, David and Chris to explor...