Stp Radio

You've probably heard of this guy named Michael Bolton who has flown over a million miles to teach Rapid Software Testing in 35 different countries, who has tweeted more than 62,000 times almost always on software testing subjects and who enjoy's rare whiskies, asian food and playing bluegrass music. For the last 18 years of his nearly three decades in software testing, he has been the leader of DevelopSense, a Toronto-based testing and development consultancy. We had a greatly voluminous conversation on all sorts of subjects from the origins of RST, critical thinking in testing and self-sabotage in our work as testers. This is episode is short - quite edited, so we will be posting the longer, uncut version of the interview on our SoundCloud account: https://soundcloud.com/stpradio

Jason Arbon is the CEO of Test.AI - his company which is the product of his passion for AI-Powered Test Automation. Jason will be joining us at www.stpcon.com to give a workshop, a session and a keynote talk on machine learning and artificial intelligence applied to the software testing disciplines. In our talk he shared a very memorable quote: “Machine learning is fundamentally an automated way to teach a machine to recreate human judgements and behaviors. If you look at it the testing problem is exactly that. We’re trying to recreate production environments, we’re trying to recreate the end user and judge it from their eyes.” Find out more at https://test.ai

Mary and I met almost 10 years ago on project to optimize email marketing campaign automation. So I will now formally apologize for the volume and speed of spam in your inbox. Regardless, Mary is an absolute agile testing guru, author, teacher, leader, manager and mentor. Mary has held VP, director, and manager level positions in various software development organizations. Her expertise is a combination of agile scaling, agile testing, and DevOps that her clients find incredibly valuable. We spend time chatting about her keynote topic and session.

In this episode of This Week in Software Testing (TWiST) we hear from Michael Larsen and his plans for both a workshop on automation frameworks and inclusive design for the upcoming www.stpcon.com conference. If you don't know Michael (@mkltesthead) already, he has been a software tester or worked in software testing capacities for over 25 years. He is a prolific writer, live blogger and podcast producer for “The Testing Show”, a podcast sponsored by QualiTest. He is active as a founder/facilitator of both Weekend Testing Americas and the Bay Area Software Testers Meetup.

After just 30 minutes of interview with Nancy Kelln, you might start asking: "what the hell kind of podcast is that!?" No, not really. Nancy is a passionate Test Manager with 16+ years of diverse IT experience working with teams that are enhancing their exploratory and context-driven testing practices. She has coached test teams in various environments and facilitated numerous sessions, international workshops and presentations. She's an active member of the Calgary Software Quality Discussion Group, Association for Software Testing, and the Software Test Professional community. Nancy and her family live in a mountainous town called Airdrie near Alberta, Canada.

Stacking the Automation Deck is yet another great talk from Paul Grizzaffi, who is a Principal Automation Architect at Magenic (www.magenic.com). Paul and I have a brief chat about the layers of automation framework design and a few architectural patterns that he will describe in detail at his talk. Paul is also an accomplished keynote speaker and writer, having spoken at both local and national conferences and meetings. He is an adviser to Software Test Professionals and STPCon (www.stpcon.com), as well as a member of the Industry Advisory Board of the Advanced Research Center for Software Testing and Quality Assurance (STQA) at UT Dallas where he is a frequent quest lecturer. Paul enjoys sharing his experiences and learning from other testing professionals; his most cogent thoughts can be read on his blog (https://responsibleautomation.wordpress.com)

Dead, testing is not. In this episode I get to chat with Rex Black who has been thriving in the industry for 35 years of software and systems engineering experience. Rex is the President of RBCS (www.rbcs-us.com), a testing leader, providing consulting, training, and expert services. He has worked with clients from small start-ups to Fortune 20 global enterprises. He has experience helping clients apply testing best practices in a wide variety of development lifecycles, including Kanban, Scrum, DevOps, Waterfall, and Spiral. He is one of the most prolific authors practicing in the field of software testing today, having written fourteen books and dozens of articles over the last 20 years. And we get to chattin' about his history in testing, the testing industry evolution, expert services in testing and Star Wars.

What a great conversation with Melissa Tondi who is the founder of Denver Mobile and Quality (DMAQ), a board member of Software Quality Association of Denver (SQuAD) and the lead of the Professional Services at Rainforest QA (www.rainforestqa.com). We chat about how NOT to test and Testing in DevOps and getting out on the water in San Francisco.

Joel has been in testing for 20+ years as tester, a manager, a consultant and now a speaker. He has worked for companies in Israel and the USA and he is now the Chief Solution Architect at PractiTest (www.practitest.com). Joel supports various industry projects such as the OnlineTestConf (http://www.onlinetestconf.com/), the State of Testing Report and a few secret projects he can't tell you about.

Angie Jones is a Senior Developer Advocate who specializes in test automation strategies and techniques. She shares her wealth of knowledge by speaking and teaching at software conferences all over the world, as well as writing tutorials and blogs on angiejones.tech.

Back in 2010, Matt Heusser took some time to talk with Gerald (Jerry) Weinberg. Listen in as Matt chats with Jerry about software and testing from the Project Mercury (1958-1963) all the way to modern times. Jerry provides his insight into testing through his many publications, Jerry and Matt chat about a few of those. Take a listen.

Welcome to another episode of STP Radio. In this episode, Mike Lyles chat with a couple of speakers from STPCon and the organizers of DC Agile Software Testing Group or DCAST (Meet-Up group based in the DC Metro area). Peter Kim and Cynthia Wu chat with Mike about how each of them got into testing and where their careers are today. Interested in Selenium? Learn how turning the page can help you get more robust coverage with your Automation!Learn More at www.STPCon.com

Returning host Mark Tomlinson (@markontask) and Paul Grizzaffi chat about testing automation and taking the responsibility to only apply it when appropriate. Also, gain a better understanding about the importance of the "language of testing"... Listen to this episode as Paul provides a little insight into his Keynote at the upcoming STPCon in the DC Metro Area (Sept. 25-29). Learn more about Paul's sessions and the conference at: http://www.stpcon.com/speakers/paul-grizzaffi/https://responsibleautomation.wordpress.com/

Today Mike Lyles, STPCon Spring 2017 Conference host, chats with the guys from Sauce Labs about where they have been and where they are going in the industry. Listen in to hear a little about the upcoming "SauceCon" in San Francisco and find out more about Leo Laskin's workshop; Selenium – Advanced Best Practices – Hands On.Learn More about Leo's Workshop:http://www.stpcon.com/sessions/workshop-selenium-advanced-best-practices-hands-on/

Well this STP Radio episode is packed with testing pros! Take a few minutes and hear from the Keynote Panel from the upcoming STPCon in Phoenix, AZ March 14-17. This panel is the third in what is titled:  Test (R)evolution III – An Expert Panel on Software Testing. Mike Lyles chats with Amber Race, Eric Proegler and Henrik Andersson about their expectations for the panel and other sessions and workshops that they will lead at the conference this Spring. Tune in, turn it up and enjoy!Learn more about Amber Race:http://www.stpcon.com/speakers/amber-race/Learn more about Eric Proegler:http://www.stpcon.com/speakers/eric-proegler/Learn more about Henrik Andersson:http://www.stpcon.com/speakers/henrik-andersson/

This STP Radio episode features Jess Lancaster, QA Practice Manager at TechSmith, the makers of Snagit, Camtasia, and other visual communication software applications. Mike Lyles takes some time to find out about Jess’ thoughts on Paired Testing. Jess also tells us how he designed session “40+ of the Best, Free Testing Tools in 60 minutes”. Jess also tells us what he is looking forward to most at the upcoming STPCon in Phoenix, March 14-17. Listen Now!Learn More about Jess:http://www.stpcon.com/speakers/jess-lancaster/

Today on STP Radio we have a true veteran of the software testing industry, Hans Buwalda. A California transplant from his native home, the Netherlands, Hans is a frequent international speaker and co-author of Integrated Test Design and Automation (http://amzn.to/2m7TvxW). Mike Lyles learns how the role of test design and a modularized keyword-driven approach can help with automation. Join us for this episode, listen now!Learn More about Hans: http://www.stpcon.com/speakers/hans-buwalda/

Time for another great STP Radio... Today our host, Smita Mishra chats with two testing professionals that are leading both workshops and sessions at STPCon this March in Phoenix. Anand Bagmar, a hands-on and result-oriented Software Quality Evangelist with 20+ years in the IT field, tells us why "just understanding the performance of the product is not sufficient." He explains his message he hopes to convey during STPCon. Smita also chats with Curtis Stuehrenberg, who has spent nearly two decades pursuing the career and craft of software testing and quality assurance. Curtis explains his technique that will help you "ACCelerate Your Agile Testing". Listen now!Anand Bagmar:http://www.stpcon.com/speakers/anand-bagmar/Curtis Stuehrenberg:http://www.stpcon.com/speakers/curtis-stuehrenberg/

Damian started testing software – on purpose and for money – in 1993. Since then, he has helped “build better software and build software better” using various methods and tools in numerous roles at many companies in diverse industries. Damian also enjoys performing improv comedy... How can that help you be a better tester? Listen to STP Radio host Smita Mishra chat with Damian and find out...Learn More:http://www.stpcon.com/speakers/damian-synadinos/

Connor Roberts is a Quality Manager with over 11+ years of testing experience. From building integration software to security testing and web services and test team management, his varied background has provided insight into multiple contexts and perspectives to aid in the build out of high-value artifacts and other material for testers. Smita Mishra chats with Connor about his upcoming workshop at STPCon in Phoenix this March. Listen in and learn more about The Future of Risk-Based Test Chartering...Learn More:http://www.stpcon.com/speakers/connor-roberts/