It’s the Big Five-Oh for Alan and Brent. For our golden anniversary, we talk about TLAs, PMs gone wild, the Concierge MVP, and Brent takes a scrum master quiz.

More about TestBash, and Alan (finally) gets into specifics on Microsoft Teams. And tangents….

Live from Test Bash in Philadelphia, this is VAMP Testing with three of the three (Vernon Richards (@testerfromleic), Michael Richards (@saltygunner), and Perze Ababa (@perze)). We discuss sessions at TestBash along with the appropriate number of tangents.

This episode includes a discussion of Alan’s new car (along with ideas on learning and saving), and a long discussion on Alan’s long journey to continuous delivery. And a mailbag.

In episode 46, we have our very first guest, as Steve Rowe joins us for a discussion on his 3 years in a data science role (plus the usual tangents and random bits of trivia)

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.