Quality Sense Podcast

Alan Brande is the CEO and Co-founder of Light-It. Combining his two passions, software and medicine, he helps healthcare start-ups and organizations build successful software products and scale their development teams.

In the episode, we’ll discuss the challenges that working in the healthcare industry entails, the importance of testing software in this field, and more.

Matias Fornara is a Senior Leader at Abstracta and has been working in the industry for more than 10 years.

In today's episode, we discussed everything Test Automation, how to ensure its quality, and much more.

Episode Highlights

Matias’ start in the industry and his transition to Software Testing.

His take on how to continuously improve the quality of your test automation.

Opportunities for improvement within a team

Matias’ Test Automation Manifesto

Mukta Sharma has been in the world of testing for over a decade and is very active on social media where she shares her knowledge with her community. She often gives advice to those interested in the world of testing through her social profiles.

In this episode, we'll discuss Defect Management and some tips on how to create a good and useful LinkedIn profile to reach your professional goals and more.

Episode Highlights

The importance of Defect Management

Best practices when reporting a bug

The importance of Communication

Building a professional social media profile

For relevant links and the episode's transcript go to: https://abstracta.us/blog/podcast/quality-sense-podcast-mukta-sharma-defect-management/

Gev Hovsepyan is the Head of Product at mabl with over a decade of experience in Software Product Management, Analysis, and Development for B2B SaaS and PaaS products. He is also an Agile advocate with proven ability to successfully capitalize on emerging market trends at large and small companies.

In this episode, we’ll discuss the topic of Accessibility Testing, its importance, how to make it a part of your development workflow, and more.

Episode Highlights

What is Accessibility and why should we care about it?

Gev’s experience with Accessibility Testing

Is it possible to automate it? How much of it?

How Gev sees the future of Accessibility Testing and his advice for testers to get ready for it.

For the episode transcript and relevant links, check here: https://abstracta.us/blog/software-testing/quality-sense-podcast-gev-accessibility-testing/

In todays episode, I interviewd Lewis Prescott. He is a QA Lead at Cera Care and has worked across testing projects including property management, e-procurement, electronic trading platforms, and government. In different areas such as Functional, Automation, and Performance Testing.

We talked about contract testing, its advantages, and how it can be paired with API testing. Our takes on pair programming and more.

You will also get a glimpse into Lewis’s fatherhood and how becoming a parent changed his perspective as a leader.

Episode Highlights

How Lewis' background in Psychology led him to a career in Software Testing.

What the challenges related to quality and testing in the health care industry are.

For the episode transcript and relevant links, check here:

Andrew Knight, better known as "Automation Panda". He describes himself as a software enthusiast, with a specialty in test automation and behavior-driven development. And he is a developer advocate at Applitools.

They’ll discuss Test Automation at Scale, how to keep up with changes in the system, how to maintain the quality of your test suite, and more.

Episode Highlights

How Andy got into software testing and specifically, automation testing.

Doing test automation at scale.

How expensive can making a mistake within a 10 people team vs a much larger one can be.

How to distribute tasks within an automation testing team and its importance.

For the episode transcript and relevant links, check here:

https://abstracta.us/blog/software-testing/quality-sense-podcast-andy-knight-test-automation-at-scale/

Nicola Lindgren is an experienced Senior Test Engineer, QA Lead, and Manager for ustwo. She's worked on projects in many different industries such as trade, education, and e-Commerce. She founded the Stockholm Software Testing Talks meet-up and co-founded the WeTest Auckland testing meet-up. She has also recently published her second book “How Can I Test This” which she will tell us about. We’ll talk about Implicit Requirements, where we should look for them, how to make them explicit, and much more.

Episode Highlights

How Nicola ended up in Software Testing.

What her definition of Implicit Requirements is

Where should we look for them? And how do we make them explicit?

For the episode transcript and relevant links, check here: https://abstracta.us/blog/software-testing/quality-sense-podcast-nicola-lindgren-implicit-requirements/

S4E02 - Eran Kinsbruner - The future of mobile applications by Federico Toledo

S4E01 - Paul Holland - From computer science, to pilot, to tester. by Federico Toledo

As the New York Times best-selling author, Brené Brown says, "Leadership is not about titles or the corner office. It’s about the willingness to step up, put yourself out there, and lean into courage."

In today's cultural and work environment, we're no longer capable of avoiding sensitive and pressing issues, but many leaders are paralyzed by the fear of making mistakes in the way they address them. This is especially true when it comes to addressing concerns around diversity, equity, and inclusion.

That's why, in this final episode of season 3 of Quality Sense, I'm so pleased to share my recent conversation with a leader in the DEI space. Ash Coleman has had a very unique and interesting career path that has led her to her current role as the Head of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion at Credit Karma. Before that, she was a professional chef and then later, she got into testing. These professional experiences have led her to understand what goes into making amazing experiences and products that meet the requirements for a diverse population.

What I enjoy about this conversation is that Ash breaks down some of the most simple things you can do as a colleague, leader, and just as a human being in your daily life to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion that will make a positive impact.

Episode highlights:

- Why the role of quality engineering helps companies be more inclusive

- Pros and cons of having a distributed team and its impact on diversity

- Reverse discrimination, racial and gender equity in the workplace

- How important representation is at work and its impact on employee retention

- Three simple ways individuals can help promote DEI

For the episode transcript and relevant links, check here: https://abstracta.us/blog/podcast/ash-coleman-diversity-equity-inclusion/