STP Radio

In this episode we have a great conversation with Paul about his upcoming STPCON session on non-traditional automation techniques. His session shares a pragmatic approach that focuses on value to the testers his team serves and the benefits overall that the organization leverages therein. Paul is also hosting a roundtable at the upcoming www.stpcon.com in San Diego.

Brad joins us again for a great conversation on the hottest news from SOASTA, his upcoming sessions and keynote at STPCON Spring 2015 in San Deigo this March and how any attendees can jump into the deep end of the CloudTest pool and get training and certification at the conference. We thank SOASTA sincerely for their sponsorship of the upcoming conference and we hope to see you there! Register today at www.stpcon.com with discount code #SOASTACERTS15

Once again we have a great interview to share with you, this time with Andy Tinkham of Magenic Consulting; the only guy I know who officially would become a PhD of Software Testing someday! Andy have a great conversation discussing lenses of testing, employing a game design technique and exploring card #70 to learn how we might include the concept of story in our test strategy. This interview was too short, so I'm sure we'll have Andy back soon to chat about James Bach's ranting about Schools of Testing - ha!

This past summer, I interviewed my friend and mentor Seth Eliot about his latest innovations for leveraging data sciences in your practices for software test design. At STPCON in November 2014, Seth and his colleague will actually be teaching a workshop on the subject and they'll be sharing deeper experiences and exercises on how to integrate data analytics and quantitative signalling in your testing. We had a great conversation on this exciting and engaging approach; the next revolution in quality enhancement.

In this episode of STPRadio I get a chance to speak with Brad Johnson where he shares many of his observations from the wide-angle lens in his role as the VP of Marketing and Business Development at SOASTA. He shares insights about recent industry trends that force testers to adjust their approaches to manual and automated testing, the speed and priority of their efforts and how a healthy dislike of mundane manual testing is a good thing. We get a chance to dig a little deeper than you might expect with this automated testing tool innovator's interview because Brad has such a rich history of experience, a wealth of advice and curiosity about what changes are impacting testers today.

What a treat to spend a little time with Anna chatting about her workshop on Tester Awareness and Value based on her recent research on the trends and changes to how our industry engages and derives value from contemporary software testers. We chat about changes to tester professional identity, the roles that testers play, interactional expertise and how the workshop exercises can help you to best learn the interdisciplinary skills that are becoming essential to your success as a tester.

Listen in as JeanAnn Harrison conducts yet another interview, this time with STPCon Fall 2014 speaker Philip LewIn this episode JeanAnn and Philip discuss their "Extended Session - McGyvering Through the Mysterious World of Mobile Testing.” Learn more about Philip's other sessions as well... Tune in to this episode and get ready for STPCon coming up in Denver next week! See Philips sessions here: http://www.stpcon.com/speakers/Philip-Lew/

Listen in as JeanAnn Harrison conducts even more interviews with STPCon Fall 2014 speakers in episode 2 of our STPCon Speaker Teaser. In this episode JeanAnn first speaks with Howard Chorney - Enterprise Test Architect at SOASTA. JeanAnn and Howard discuss his session and share some thoughts on STPCon. JeanAnn also chats with Bob Galen, Agile Consultant, Coach & Trainer at RGCG, LLC about Transitioning from Traditional to Agile Testing. They also touch on his second extended session with Shaun Bradshaw Yin and Yang: Metrics within Agile and Traditional Lifecycles. Tune in to this episode and get ready for STPCon coming up in Denver this November. Learn more at www.STPCon.com

Join us as JeanAnn Harrison, one of the many speakers at STPCon Fall 2014 being held in Denver Colorado – Nov 3-6, chats with speakers about their upcoming sessions. In this episode, JeanAnn chats with Jay Philips - CEO, Project Realms & TeamQualityPro, Mark Tomlinson - Performagician, West Evergreen Consulting, LLC, and Jim Hazen - Contractor at Nelnet. Listen in and get a teaser of the sessions these testing professionals will be leading this fall.

Industry veteran tester Raj Subramanian and I had a great chat a little while ago on the subject of software testing for mobile applications - tools, analytics, techniques, challenges and the changes he experienced as he converted to become a "mobile tester." Raj will be teaching and presenting on different topics at the upcoming STPCON in Denver: http://www.stpcon.com/speakers/raj-subramanian. You can follow him @@epsilon11 and blogging at http://www.rajsubra.com