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Latest Episodes

AB Testing – Episode 93: The Quality Culture Transition Guide
November 12, 2018

We eventually talk about a model Alan built to help a team discover where they need to grow in order to build a quality culture or move towards modern testing (they’re kind of the same thing). Some rants and ramblings also included.

AB Testing – Episode 92: Customers, Bugs, and Triangles
October 22, 2018

We almost (but not quite) blast through the banter at the beginning, but eventually get a chance to talk a bit more about interpreting Principle #5, and dive into a James Bach talk on the Test Automation Pyramid.

AB Testing – Episode 91: Stories and Models and Things
October 08, 2018

We answer a mailbag question,  begin to dive into what attributes make up a quality culture, and talk about other stuff. And we have a new intro.

AB Testing – Episode 90: A Lot About Nothing
September 24, 2018

It’s almost an all tangent episode, but we do (eventually) get a chance to discuss how ML and AI are changing testing and quality, and we pay our respects to the great Jerry Weinberg.

AB Testing – Episode 89: Modern Testing Mailbag
September 10, 2018

All mailbag episode as we answer questions about combined engineering teams, life after Modern Testing, and early project “data” samples

AB Testing – Episode 88: Testing Isn’t Dead (Testers, OTOH…)
August 20, 2018

It’s the last of our deep-dive series on Modern Testing Principles. This time, we discuss the (sometimes controversial) principle number 7: We expand testing abilities and knowhow across the team; understanding that this may reduce (or eliminate) the n...

AB Testing – Episode 87: The One About Data
August 06, 2018

On to the next principle in our deep dive series. Principle Number 6 says: We use data extensively to deeply understand customer usage and then close the gaps between product hypotheses and business impact.

AB Testing – Episode 86: Not the Customer’s Champion
July 24, 2018

We’re back to discuss another of the modern testing principles. We believe that the customer is the only one capable to judge and evaluate the quality of our product Discussions include a brief discussion of the Kin phone from Microsoft.

AB Testing – Episode 85: The Community Principle
July 09, 2018

Our dive into the Modern Testing Principles continues with a dive into principle number four: We care deeply about the quality culture of our team, and we coach, lead, and nurture the team towards a more mature quality culture.  

AB Testing – Episode 84: Stories about Changes and Nets
June 25, 2018

On to Principle number 3 (full list at moderntesting.org). We are a force for continuous improvement, helping the team adapt and optimize in order to succeed, rather than providing a safety net to catch failures. As promised in the show,