Discover with us how to lead QA teams and do web and software QA better. We’re a QA community exploring the latest and best quality assurance approaches to help you with DevOps, Agile, Automation, Performance, API, Mobile, Analytics, RPA, AIOps, Shift-Left and right. Find the tips, tricks, how-to guides, and tools you need to build your QA team, and banish the bugs! Hosted by CTO of Digital Assured, President of Vivit-Worldwide, and Tedx Speaker Jonathon Wright.
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Modern Quality Engineering: How To Redefine Quality Strategy For Agile Frameworks (with Niko Mangahas from RCG)
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46:28Jonathon Wright is joined by Niko Mangahas, the global practice lead for quality engineering at RCG Global Services. Listen to learn more about redefining quality strategies for agile and DevOps, and what modern QE looks like.By Jonathon Wright
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How Open Source Software Simplifies Integration In Automation Engineering (with James Walker and Sanjay Kumar)
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36:03Jonathon Wright is joined by Sanjay Kumar, creator of Selectorshub, and James Walker from Curiosity. Listen to learn more about how open source tools help simplify xPath writing and integration in automation engineering.By Jonathon Wright
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Teamwork, AI, and Containerization (with NASA's Michael Ritchson)
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56:57Jonathon Wright is joined by Michael Ritchson, Flight Data Enterprise Solutions Architect at NASA. He has more than 20 years of Software Application programming experience developing solutions for several NASA Centers. Listen to learn more about teamwork, AI, and containerization.By Jonathon Wright
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The Generation Of Autonomous Automation And What It Looks Like (with Bertold Kolics from mabl)
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38:13Jonathon Wright is joined by Bertold Kolics, Software Quality Manager at mabl. He works directly with the team to elevate the software testing practice following The Modern Testing principles. Listen to learn more about autonomous automation and what the next generation of automation looks like.By Jonathon Wright
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Automated Testing (with testRigor CEO Artem Golubev & Paul Grossman)
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38:01This week, host Jonathan Wright is joined by two special guests. First up is Artem Golubev, Co-founder and CEO of testRigor, to talk about what they’ve been working on in the test automation space (it will blow you away). Second is the Dark Art Wizard himself, Paul Grossman, to share his insights into how testRigor is solving his automation challen…
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Next Generation Mobile Testing (with Eran Kinsbruner from Perfecto)
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52:45Jonathon Wright is joined by Eran Kinsbruner, Chief Evangelist at Perfecto. Eran is a recognized mobile testing influencer and thought leader, as well as an experienced speaker in major software engineering conferences. Listen to learn more about the next generation mobile testing.By Jonathon Wright
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How To Use Machine Learning And AI To Improve Test Automation (with Paul Gerrard from Gerrard Consulting)
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29:31Jonathon Wright is joined by Paul Gerrard, a consultant, teacher, author, webmaster, programmer, tester, conference speaker, rowing coach, and publisher. He has been working in the test automation arena for nearly 30 years. Listen to learn how to use machine learning and AI to improve your test automation.…
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How We Can Relate Technology To The Business Problems (with Sarah Saunders from Capgemini)
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42:38Jonathon Wright is joined by Sarah Saunders, a Senior Developer at Capgemini. She designs and builds performant, maintainable, cloud-native distributed systems in Java and C# with a DevOps mindset. She worked at all levels of the technology stack from shell scripting to agile coaching. Interested technologist, she enjoys staying abreast of current …
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How To Curate Information To Make Testers More Productive (with Wayne Ariola and Thomas Pryce from Curiosity Software)
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43:47Jonathon Wright is joined by Wayne Ariola and Thomas Pryce from Curiosity Software. 5 or 8 years ago, they met and had a conversation about the idea of nodes and connected nodes and the interconnectedness of what necessarily needs to have in order for the actual test to execute. Listen to learn how to curate information to make testers more product…
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Celebrating 20 Years Of The Agile Manifesto (with Giles Lindsay from Agile Delta Consulting)
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35:30Jonathon Wright is joined by Giles Lindsay, CEO and Business Agility Coach of Agile Delta Consulting to celebrate Agile Manifesto turning 20 and about an upcoming event celebrating this massive milestone in the agile world.By Jonathon Wright
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How QA Leads Can Engage Testing Teams (with Ileana Herrera from JBKnowledge)
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46:23Jonathon speaks with Ileana Herrera, an organizer for Ministry of Test in Salta. They discuss challenges and successes in team building and engagement.By Jonathon Wright
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How To Gamify Anything (with Pete Jenkins from GAMIFICATION+)
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52:54Jonathon covers gamification, its uses across industries and applications, and important considerations when implementing the tactic with guest Pete Jenkins.
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How To Test Data Science Models (with Laveena Ramchandani, Senior Test Consultant)
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51:03Jonathon chats with Senior Test Consultant Laveena Ramchandani about data science, big data, and finding opportunities to learn from your peers.By Jonathon Wright
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NoOps & The Future Of QA Automation (with Lewis Prescott from Cancer Research UK)
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46:16Lewis talks about how QA approaches are changing as NoOps begins to replace DevOps. He talks about the tools, training, and culture of QA automation, projects he's led, and the future of automation in QA.By Jonathon Wright
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AI-Guided Authoring In Autonomous Mobile Testing (with Royi Haddad from 21Labs)
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49:18Jonathon chats with Royi Haddad of 21 Labs about autonomous testing, functional UI testing, personalizing tests to devices, and more.By Jonathon Wright
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How to Hire New Software Testers For Your QA Team (with Henna Ashraf from Cashplus)
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34:47Jonathon chats with Henna Ashraf about the switch from software development to testing, tester interviews, career development, and more. Listen here.By Jonathon Wright
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How To Keep Up With Change In The Testing World (with Joel Montvelisky from PractiTest)
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55:41Jonathon chats with Joel Montvelisky of PractiTest about changes in the testing world and how testers and quality assurance managers can keep up.By Jonathon Wright
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How To Use Service Virtualization (with Mike Lyles from Bridgetree)
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1:14:46Jonathan chats with Mike Lyles about service virtualization, crowd testing, and future importance of accessibility testing. Listen to the episode here!By Jonathon Wright
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How To Test Complex GraphQL Knowledge Graphs (with Mike Harris from Geckoboard)
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34:20Guest Mike Harris discusses GraphQL testing, knowledge graphs, and capturing data. Listen to the podcast episode here!By Jonathon Wright
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How To Become A Global Practice Head Of Quality Engineering (with Adrian O'Leary from NIIT Technologies Limited)
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39:56Jonathon chats with Adrian O-Leary of NIIT Technologies about quality engineering, the importance of using data, and how software testing has changed.By Jonathon Wright
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Choosing The Right Quality Approaches & Boosting Engineering Efficiency (with Bernardo Guerreiro from Auth0)
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44:09Join Bernardo Guerreiro, Senior Engineer at Auth0, as he explains his approach to contract testing, mutation testing, and applying design patterns across clients.
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How To Measure Time To Quality: T2Q (with Niall Lynch from Spark of Guidance)
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1:55:30SQA consultant Niall Lynch talks about the Time to Quality metric and the trade-offs between shipping on time and shipping quality products.By Jonathon Wright
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How QAs Can Work Effectively On Agile Teams (with Tatiana Zinchenko from AVEVA)
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37:27In this episode, Test Architect Tatiana Zinchenko talks about how QAs can communicate well with teams, manage expectations, and defend their ideas while still maintaining great relationships.By Jonathon Wright
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How Inclusive Automation Supports Testers (with Brendan Connolly from Procore Technologies)
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39:04How can automation testing be more inclusive to software testers? Brendan Connolly from Procore Technologies explains his approach.By Jonathon Wright
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5 Years of Assure for 5 Million Customers (with Milan Kuveljic from N26 Group)
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34:22How do you do quality at scale? Milan Kuveljic, Head of Quality Engineering at N26 Group, explains how they've provided the best digital experiences for 5 million customers.By Jonathon Wright
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Following the Footsteps of Tesla in Serbia (with Nenad Cvetkovic from Betagy Ltd)
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1:06:56Learn from a veteran of the QA community about his mindset around containerization and implementing and improving test automation frameworks.By Jonathon Wright
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The Gremlin In The Machine: How To Achieve Chaos Engineering Like Netflix & Amazon (with Kolton Andrus from Gremlin)
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48:17Kolton Andrus, CEO and co-founder of Gremlin—the world's first "Failure-as-a-Service" platform—about the future of chaos engineering and shift right.By Jonathon Wright
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Developing The Next Generation Of Testers: The DevOps Girls Bootcamp (with Theresa Neate from DevOps Girls)
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57:18Join for an inspiring session about inclusion in QA with Theresa Neate, QA practice lead, developer advocate, and co-organizer of DevOpsGirls.By Jonathon Wright
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Your Data Quality Sucks (with Huw Price from Curiosity Software)
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44:00Huw Price, Managing Director of Curiosity Software, talks about the mistakes companies make when implementing complex data management systems, plus examples of how to do it right.By Jonathon Wright
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Unboxing QA: What's The Role of Software Developers And SDET in QA? (with Arun Kumar from Samsung)
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42:48How does "shift-left" actually work in real life? What kind of role can and should developers play in the testing process? In this episode, we learn about the role software developers can play in the QA process with Arun Kumar, Vice President of QA at JPMorgan Chase & Co.By Jonathon Wright
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Should We Build Better Software...Or Better People? (with Damian Synadinos from QA or The Highway)
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38:04In this podcast, I talk with Damian Synadinos—QA speaker, author, and legend—about how to develop the QA field by starting with its most valuable asset: its people.By Jonathon Wright
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Everything Is Just A Test (with Mariia Hutsuk from Zattoo)
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57:18What kind of brand damage can happen to a broadcaster when streaming cuts out? Who gets the blame? In this episode, Mariia Hutsuk, B2B QA Team Lead at Zattoo, joins me to chat about protecting brands testing B2B/B2C live streaming services.By Jonathon Wright
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Communicating Quality (with Conor Fitzgerald from Poppulo)
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49:00The week I'm joined by Poppulo's Head of Testing Conor Fitzgerald to chat about the importance of communication within testing, along with his leadership approach and what organizational practices he recommends to ensure good quality software.By Jonathon Wright
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Help Test COVID Safe Paths MIT Project (with Todd DeCapua from Splunk)
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18:49In this episode, I'm joined by global technology and business leader Todd DeCapua to share the exciting details of MIT's COVID Safe Paths app that has been designed to help flatten the curve of the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn how you can get involved with testing the Safe Paths app and help fight the coronavirus outbreak.…
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The Digital Quality Handbook (with Eran Kinsbruner from Perforce Software)
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52:09Today I'm joined by Eran Kinsbruner—Chief Evangelist, Author, Public Speaker and Blogger at Perfecto—for an engaging discussion on the latest industry trends for 2020 and how to test next-generation devices.By Jonathon Wright
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The Dark Arts Wizard of Quality (With Paul Grossman)
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50:22The Dark Arts Wizard of Quality is upon us! In this episode, I'm joined with my good friend and automation expert Paul Grossman for a technical discussion surrounding automation and the Magic Object Model (MOM).By Jonathon Wright
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Quality Energizer Bunny (with Phil Burgess from IT Career Energizer)
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42:23Looking to grow your IT career or considering IT as a career path? This week I'm joined with IT consultant, mentor, coach, and host of the IT Career Energizer podcast, Phil Burgess, who is on a mission to inspire testers to grow successful careers in tech.By Jonathon Wright
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Neurodiversity Is My Superpower! (with Simon Prior from EasyJet)
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41:14Join me as I sit down with leader, mentor, and STEM ambassador Simon Prior for a heartfelt conversation on the importance of mentorship, neurodiversity, and giving back within the QA community.By Jonathon Wright
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The Importance of Shift Left (with Joe Triccas from Airts)
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56:07Sit down with Joe Triccas, a long-time test engineer who's making the "shift left" by coaching development engineers on the testing mindset. We talk about the testing mindset and how agile teams can help involve development teams sooner and deeper in the testing process without sacrificing quality.By Jonathon Wright
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Quality In A.I. (with Adam Smith from Dragonfly)
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31:07Join me for a valuable opportunity to explore the capabilities, challenges, and international standards for building quality AI testing systems with Adam Smith, the CTO of Dragonfly (AI testing solutions and consulting) and expert in QA, testing, and AI.By Jonathon Wright
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Transitioning Into QualityOps (with Parveen Khan from Square Marble Technology)
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36:39In this episode, I'm joined with Senior Test Engineer, Parveen Khan, to discuss the evolution of the role of testing within DevOps.By Jonathon Wright
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Houston We Have A Quality Problem (with Theo Priestley from Tony Blair Institute For Global Change)
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46:03In the midst of the global health crisis, I sit down with author, futurist and newly appointed associate fellow with the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, Theo Priestley, to discuss the evolving role of testing in the future.By Jonathon Wright
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Quality Is Not An Act, It Is A Habit (with Kate Falanga from Code And Theory)
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47:01Agile testing has developed exponentially over the last two decades, with the role of QA continuously transforming. In this episode, I’m joined with Kate Falanga, Associate Director of QA at Code & Theory, to discuss the evolution of the QA role in Agile.By Jonathon Wright
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Introduction To The QA Lead (With Ben Aston & Jonathon Wright)
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56:36In this inaugural episode, you will be introduced to the host of The QA Lead podcast as we embark on our exciting podcast journey. What is The QA Lead? What are we all about? What can you expect? And why should you join our community? Keep listening to find out.By Jason Boog
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