ABT 343 – Melissa Eaden

We talk a bit about personality types (more on this in 136), touch on some thoughts on record & playback automation, and a few other tangential topics. Books mentioned on this podcast include: Accelerate (Forsgren et al) Radical Candor (Scott) Where Good Ideas come from (Johnson) How to Measure Anything (Hubbard) Lean Startup (Ries) The Leaders Guide to Radical Management (Denning) Drive (Pink) One more for the bookshelf that we didn't call out is Principles of Product Development Flow (Reinertsen)

8 Mars 202149min

It's a bit of a meandering discussion this time, but we dance around the role of teams that support other teams success. Here's the blog post link Brent refers to in the podcast - Test Doesn't Understand the Customer

22 Feb 202149min

We reflect a bit on Alan's recent article (inspired by episode 132), and then talk quite a bit about the correlation of test automation ownership and quality. We hope you enjoy the show.

1 Feb 202148min

It's our first episode of 2021 - where we talk (a little) about the US political situation, then discuss mindsets and skillsets - and then wrap things up with a discussion on estimation metrics.

11 Jan 202152min

This is our last recording of 2020, so we reflect a little on 2020 and look forward to 2021.

7 Dec 202047min

We talk a bit about the upcoming U.S. Election, discuss ideal team size, and then workshop some ideas on what “advanced” training for Modern Testing may look like.

2 Nov 202052min

This time it’s the story of Alan – from music teacher to bicycle messenger to modern testing (and just a few steps in between). It’s another view into the origins of modern testing.

19 Okt 202050min

It’s origin story time. We talk about the early days of Brent’s testing career and how he found his way into the thing we now call Modern Testing.

21 Sep 202052min