Ab Testing

Pretty much more stuff on what it takes to become data-centric. And weirdly, Alan gives Brent a hard time.

This episode is dedicated entirely to the topic of how to transition from data oblivious to a data-centric organization. Very little Alan yelling at Brent, but a whole lot of Brent preaching goodness about how to use data to advance product quality.

Hey – audio is much better this time. Episode 43 includes discussions of test generation tools, learning, and whether or not Microsoft is a good example of advancing engineering. Don’t forget – use the promo code ABTESTING when you register for StarWest to get a $200 discount (or go to http://well.tc/starwestab)

First off, the audio on this episode has a few issues – we’ve taken steps to improve that in the future. The content includes Alan being Angry, the concept of “Feature Jam”, discussion about CDT, and a bit about data driven engineering.    

Topics this time include Performance Reviews, Alan’s trip to the Better Software conference, the changing role of Program Management at Microsoft, and a shot out to the folks at The Testing Show.

It’s an(other) all mailbag show. And it’s episode 40. And it was recorded on National Donut Day – what else could you ask for?

Hey everyone… This time around, we talk a bit about Alan’s trip to Waterloo, and then we deep dive into Agile’s “longstanding and ongoing attack on the testing role” As you can expect, it’s a fun one.

An almost all-mailbag show, Alan and Brent discuss planning semesters vs. milestones, v-teams, and managing teams vs. managing features.

Live, on the air, we reply to a tweet that kicks off oneofthethree.slack.com. And then Brent (inspired by Patrick Prill  aka @testpappy) asks Alan to define Quality, Testing, Test Cases, Testers, Integration Testing, and a few other terms that are difficult to define for most of the three, including (especially?) Alan.

It’s been two years, and 36 episodes…of the same stuff. Yet people still listen. This episode includes some discussion of shipping every day (or at least more often than once a week), open space work areas, and what could be our own AB Testing record for tangents within a podcast!

We’re baaaaack. This episode covers the one time when Alan was a developer, Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool, balancing quality, collective ownership, and developer owned quality. All in less than an hour.

Another AB Testing podcast in the books (and on the web). This time, we discuss the nature of bugs, why we don’t want our testers back; and in the mailbag session, discuss our role in backlog grooming and planning.

Happy new year. This blab-fest covers Star Wars, Fallout 4, straw man arguments, even more on Combined (or Unified!) Engineering, and why smart people do stupid things!

It’s the 2015 recap show, where Brent and Alan reflect on 2015, and make some predictions for 2016…and somehow take nearly an hour to do so. Some links from the show Podcasts: This American Life – Episode 403: Nummi – http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/403/transcript Freakonomics Radio – http://freakonomics.com/radio/freakonomics-radio-podcast-archive/ Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me – http://www.npr.org/podcasts/344098539/wait-wait-don-t-tell-me Good Job Brain – http://www.goodjobbrain.com/ Total Soccer […]

This episode includes a quick rant on tecking vs. chesting (or something like that), moving from predictive to adaptive, and the mailbag is back with a discussion on combined engineering.

This episode is all about “stuff Alan and Brent did” – or at least it started that way until we start rambling. Quick recaps of the Strata conference, Eurostar, Redfin, and Riot all find their way into our discussion.

From the offices of Redfin in Seattle, Washington, Brent and Alan deliver the first ever AB Testing roadshow. Sound isn’t fantastic, and the content, as usual, isn’t very original, but I’m sure one of us said something that will raise your eyebrows. Thanks to Evan and everyone else at Redfin for hosting us, feeding us […]

Yet another installment of AB Testing (including what I think is a world record for AB Testing release velocity). This episode includes another rant from Alan about dumb things people do at Microsoft, a long tangent on Alan’s music background that has no relevance whatsoever, and some discussion on upcoming public appearances from Brent and […]

In their patented pattern of pure randomness, Alan and Brent talk about the context-driven school of testing, the video music awards, upcoming test conferences, and pointy-haired managers! Errata: Lessons learned…came out in 2001 (not 2003 as Alan guessed on the show). A link to Ioana’s awesome CAST talk is here

Recorded in downtown Bellevue, WA…Alan and Brent talk about a talk – and Alan asks Brent questions from a sample ISTQB test.