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Conor Wolford has spent the majority of his young career specializing in software test design optimization. He works with many of the Fortune 500 companies around the globe to ensure teams are taking smarter, more systematic and efficient approaches to designing software tests. As the world gets more and more complex, Conor believes we must find ways to be much more thorough, while still remaining highly efficient, with our software testing efforts. We encourage you to connect with Conor Wolford on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/conorwolford/ You can sign up for a free, 30-day DesignWise trial at any time at: designwise.ranorex.com/signup Check out the full DesignWise demo / webinar here: https://www.ranorex.com/automated-testing-webinars/the-how-tos-of-designwise-with-ranorex-studio/

Kristof talks to Sergio about how making tutorials can be a great way to share knowledge, by giving concrete examples that teams can use as a booster to get started quickly and increase the adoption of new testing frameworks or of new CI/CD tools. But making tutorials is not something that is done in an unstructured way; if we want to increase the impact of our tutorials, technical or process related, we need to be more professional. Making a tutorial is like making a recipe; first we need to understand the recipes that are most worth it, then we need to deliver our message in a way that is easy to follow, and then we need to evaluate what we did. Sergio shares his experience with the many tutorials he made for the broad Xray community; maybe something you can also try internally to leverage knowledge within the teams or even as a way to share hands-on information with your customers.

Kristof talks to Darrel Farris from Mabl about accessibility testing. How can testers start to identify and report accessibility issues and Darrel will provide us a real life use case

The usual Testers’ Island Discs schedule is back on track, and we’re resuming things this month with Callum Akehurst-Ryan, who chats about activities during the recent Pride Month, the importance of embracing people’s authentic selves, and espousing love for the joy of exploratory testing. Along the way, we get into discussions about videogame crushes, tactical tattoo selections, watery mammals, using Dungeons & Dragons to help with healing from trauma, and there’s a little light excerpt of Callum’s DM storytelling which is perfect for ASMR fans. In Callum’s musical selections, there are covers, AI recommendations, songs with videogame connections, and a track which allows Neil to share a peculiar punctuation-related statistic. Podcast Links: Adarga Dungeons & Dragons TestBash Brighton 2018: 99-Second Talks (Callum’s is at the 8min mark) Library of Congress: About LGBTQ Pride Month Twitter: Nicola Martin (namechecked by Callum)

Kristof talks to Sergio Freire about using and contributing to open-source testing related projects. He goes over some recent contributions made back to the community to well-known projects such as Playwright and other contributions that were made from scratch and the rationale behind them. During the conversation,  we'll see testers not only as consumers of open-source testing tools but also as contributors, no matter if they have coding skills or not because testing goes way beyond automation.

Welcome to episode 10 of TestSphere Roulette. Joining Simon at the roulette table are 2 more testing superstars: Kristof van Kriekingen - Test Automation/Performance Test Consultant @ Quality@Speed Nicola Lindgren - Senior QA Engineer @ ustwo The wheel threw out some really interesting topics for conversation: Interruptions - Patterns Always & Never - Heuristics User Friendliness - Quality Aspects Adventurous - Feelings Kristof can be contacted on the following sites:   twitter - @Kristof_vk LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristof-van-kriekingen-241939166/  Nicola can be contacted here: Twitter - @NicolaLindgren LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolalindgren/  Nicola blogs here: https://nicolalindgren.com/ Nicola has written two books, check them out here: https://leanpub.com/u/nicolalindgren As mentioned, Simon will be giving up the hosting of the pod going forward, but will still be around in th

A discussion with Julie Fuelberth, Product Manager for Ranorex, about why every level of an organization should understand that the ROI of automated testing software is more than an investment to stay competitive, it is about generating innovation to stay ahead of the competition.

Mark is joined by Peet Michielsen a Lead Systems Verification Engineer to discuss his role as an automator. The two discuss the various tasks he takes part in on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. As well as deep diving into specific topics and tasks he's involved in. The discussion help contribute towards Ministry of Testing's new 'Community Curated' Curriculum on automation. Sign up to learn more about how you can help us reshape software testing training.

Richard is joined by Gabbi Trotter a Digital Recruiter and team lead for a recruiters who specialise in the Software testing recruitment space. The two discuss the role of automation from a recruiters perspective, offering an insight into market trends and what companies are looking for in automators. The discussion help contribute towards Ministry of Testing's new 'Community Curated' Curriculum on automation. Sign up to learn more about how you can help us reshape software testing training.

Richard is joined by Daniel Erasmus a Senior QA Recruitment Consultant who specialises in the Software testing recruitment space. The two discuss the role of automation from a recruiters perspective, offering an insight into market trends and what companies are looking for in automators. The discussion help contribute towards Ministry of Testing's new 'Community Curated' Curriculum on automation. Sign up to learn more about how you can help us reshape software testing training.

Richard is joined by Erin Donnelly a Senior Recruitment Consultant who specialises in the Software testing recruitment space. The two discuss the role of automation from a recruiters perspective, offering an insight into market trends and what companies are looking for in automators. The discussion help contribute towards Ministry of Testing's new 'Community Curated' Curriculum on automation. Sign up to learn more about how you can help us reshape software testing training.

Mark is joined by Manuel Fidalgo Sicilia a QA Engineer to discuss his role as an automator. The two discuss the various tasks he takes part in on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. As well as deep diving into specific topics and tasks he's involved in. The discussion help contribute towards Ministry of Testing's new 'Community Curated' Curriculum on automation. Sign up to learn more about how you can help us reshape software testing training.

In an episode delayed by a horrible cold which Neil is audibly still not over, we bring two-thirds of the Tech Team Weekly podcast together as Gwen Diagram arrives for a long overdue (and colourful) testing discussion. We talk about Gwen’s career and tech passions which have burned from a young age, her path from Australia into the UK, and the chance events which led her into IT, into testing, and subsequently into test management and engineering management. We talk about the challenges of big career jumps, speaking at conferences/online, speaking truth to executives, and representing the rights of the humans in our teams, in a session which was 100% not designed to be cathartic for Neil. Honest. Among Gwen’s raucous musical selections, there’s punk, garage rock, songs which cause us to bemoan the passage of time, and the shortest song that’s ever appeared on the podcast (played in its entirety). Plus, Gwen’s Leeds musical roots give Neil the perfect opportunity to finally wax

Kristof talks to Cristiano Cunha, the solution architect from Xray about his background, how he got into testing and his job at Xray. Touching almost all parts of IT during his career, he's giving you solid advice on what he would tell himself in the past if he could go back. Cristiano's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Melioth

Kristof talks to Darrel Farris about the shift to quality engineering and how testing teams are adapting

Kicking off our new podcast series, Kristof is joined by Heather Vercillo at TestRail where they discuss TestRail's 2021 annual survey and the future of testing.

Welcome to episode 9 of TestSphere Roulette. Joining Simon at the roulette table are 2 more testing superstars: Beth Marshall (@Beth_AskHer) - Senior Quality Engineer @ Ada Health Mark Winteringham - (@2bittester) - OpsBoss @ Ministry of Testing   The wheel threw out some really interesting topics for conversation: Anger  - Feelings Ikea-Effect - Patterns Risk Analysis - Techniques   Beth can be contacted on the following sites:   twitter - @Beth_AskHer LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/beth-marshall/  Before joining Ada Health, Beth did some work as a QA Relations at Mailinator, check out her blogs here: https://www.mailinator.com/site/home-application-minimal/mailinator-blog/   Mark can be contacted here: Twitter - @2bittester LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/markwinteringham/ Incase you didn’t hear it on the episode, Mark is writing a book. If you’re wanting to learn about Web API

We’re trying something a little bit different this month, as Contract Testing aficionado Lewis Prescott joins us to talk about the joy (and challenges) of using Pact to support the development of multiple connected services without introducing breaking changes. It’s a technical topic which is tough to cover optimally in audio format, but there’s something here for everybody: those who are already familiar with Pact will find some practical tips and when and how you should (and shouldn’t) use it, whereas newcomers will find a good grounding in the general lingo, and some recommendations for where to look in order to get hands-on experience. Lewis also manages the rare feat of selecting songs by five artists who’ve not appeared on the podcast before, as we welcome some modern classics into the island vaults, from the world of pop, R&B, hip-hop and rap. Podcast Links: Cera Care TestSphere Roulette Episode (with Lewis Prescott & Karo Stoltzenburg) TestSphere

A new year means a new start for many people, and that’s definitely the case in this episode, where both host and guest have just started new roles as Head of QA. This month, Neil interviews Simon Rigler, which is another way of saying that Neil wants to ask Simon all of the most difficult questions that are keeping your host awake at night. It’s a veritable Greatest Hits of test leadership discussions, as they discuss what draws people into (and out of) the world of testing, the importance of collaborating between disciplines and breaking down walls, remote collaboration challenges, and how to handle the situation where managers are fixated solely on automation. We’ve got diversions aplenty, including discussions about globetrotting, lockdown life on the coast, timezone headaches, and how to avoid being the testing equivalent of the Grim Reaper. On the music front, there are electronic and instrumental offerings, some Antipodean friends, a band marking their fifth appearance on the podca

Happy new year and welcome to episode 8 of TestSphere Roulette. Joining Simon at the roulette table are 2 more testing superstars: Gem Hill (@gem_hill) - Principal Quality Engineer @ Cazoo Ide Koops (@djidee) - Senior Test Specialist @ KZA The wheel threw out some really interesting topics for conversation: Indifferent  - Feelings Personas - Techniques Impartiality - Quality Aspects Starve - Heuristics Gem can be contacted on the following sites:   twitter - @Gem_Hill LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gem-hill-69644a71/  Ministry of Testing Slack - @gemhill Check out Gem’s Testing Podcasts too - “Let’s Talk About Tests, Baby” at http://letstalkabouttests.xyz/ Gem is also the founder of The Self Care Backpack - https://selfcarebackpack.com/  Ide can be contacted here: Twitter - @djidee LinkedIn -https://www.linkedin.com/in/koopside/ Ministry of Testing Slack - @djidee