Testing Peers
Testing Peers is a community-driven initiative built by testers, for testers. We are a not-for-profit collective focused on supporting each other across software testing, quality, leadership, and engineering. This group is peer-led, values-driven, and passionate about shaping a more thoughtful, collaborative testing culture.
The Testing Peers podcast is now expanding beyond its original four hosts, David Maynard, Chris Armstrong, Russell Craxford and Simon Prior, striving to represent the voices of a diverse and thriving community.
Our inaugural in-person conference, #PeersCon, launched in Nottingham in March 2024, returning for #PeersCon25, with #PeersCon26 already scheduled - further solidifying Testing Peers as a not-for-profit, by testers, for testers initiative.
Episodes
133 episodes
Influencing Quality
Welcome to episode 133 of the Testing Peers podcast.In this episode, the Peers (Chris, Callum, David and Russell) explore the complex and often subtle art of influencing quality within teams, organisations and wider cultures.The t...
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Episode 133
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34:38
Software That Cares
Welcome to episode 132 of the Testing Peers Podcast.This time, joining David and Chris are the returning Rachel Kibler and first-time host Vanessa Zettler, with the Peers discussing Software That Cares.Key Quote “There is n...
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Episode 132
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32:44
PeersCon 26 Programme Committee and Theme Launch
Welcome to a special episode of the Testing Peers to announce our Programme Committee and Theme for PeersCon 26, which is happening on 12th March 2026 in Nottingham, UK.Join our Co-Chairs David and Simon as they introduce you to the rest...
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Episode 131
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35:22
Knowledge Resilience
Welcome to episode 130 of the Testing Peers Podcast.This time join David, Russell, Chris and Dermot as we talk Knowledge Resilience.After an ice breaker where Russell poses the question to the Peers of what have we wanted to lear...
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Episode 130
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34:20
Bad Quality By Design
Welcome to the latest episode of the Testing Peers podcast.This time, join David, Chris, Sanne and Beth as we discuss Bad Quality By Design (a more SFW term for ensh!ttifcation).<...
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Episode 129
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28:03
Making Work Visible
Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers Podcast. On this episode, Chris, Simon and David are joined by first time co-host Rachel Kibler. The Peers discuss the topic of making work visible.David starts us off with the banter on th...
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Episode 128
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38:14
Getting Quality a Seat at the Table
Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers Podcast. On this episode, Chris, Russell, David and Simon talk about how we can ensure Quality has a seat at the table of discussions, projects and all such scenarios where it should be there....
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Episode 127
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34:35
Storytelling
Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers. Chris, Russell and David are joined by the returning Sam to talk about a topic close to all testers hearts, the ability of storytelling.Before diving into the main topic, Russell asks the ...
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Episode 126
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32:03
Testability
Hello and welcome to episode 125 of the Testing Peers podcast.This time, joining Chris, Russell and David is the returning guest host, Al Goodall.Before diving into the main topic, Al asks the group to think about book collections...
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Episode 125
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28:52
Transformations
Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Testing Peers podcast.This week join Chris, David, Shey and Russell as the Peers talk about transformations.The banter for this week's episode comes from Shey, asking the group which ...
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Episode 124
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29:07
Professional Development
Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast. David, Russell and Chris are joined by Sergio Friere to talk about all things Professional Development.Sergio leads the banter and asks the peers what their oldest memories are, ev...
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Episode 123
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45:40
Holiday Season Backlog Refinement
Seasons Greetings! Thank you for joining us for our fifth annual podcast at Christmastime, this year's festive cheers with the Testing Peers brings Russell, Simon, David, Tara, Beth & Chris together to refine the holiday season backlog [see...
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Episode 122
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59:52
Tools for Testers
Thank you for joining us for episode 121 of the Testing Peers Podcast.This time, join Chris, Tara, Russell and David as we discuss tools for testers.Before diving into the main topic, to mark the festive period, Tara poses the ice...
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Episode 121
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33:56
Does the role of the SDET have a future?
Welcome to another Testing Peers podcast episode.This time, join Chris, David, Richard Bradshaw and Al Goodall (whose surname Chris had some real issues remembering, sorry Al!)In this episode, the Peers talk about the role of the ...
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Episode 120
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34:15
What's Next? (Careers)
Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers. On this episode, Chris is joined by Vernon Richards, Heather Carter and Richard Hinton to talk about career journeys and making that decision around next steps.Before that, Heather kicks o...
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Episode 119
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38:07
Authenticity at work
Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Testing Peers podcast.This time, join Chris, David, Simon and first-time host, Butch Mayhew.Ahead of the main topic, Butch asks the group about their ideal superpower. We discuss cont...
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Episode 118
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33:36
Letting Go
Welcome to episode 117 of the Testing Peers podcast.This time, join Chris, David, Russell and Heather as we discuss closure and letting go!Heather kicks us off with a discussion around last-minute travel decisions and we think Rus...
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Episode 117
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38:48
Single Points of Failure
Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast.This time, Jesper Ottosen joins Russell, David and Chris as we discuss single points of failure.As ever, we begin with our first email handles - as it turns out ours weren't ...
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Episode 116
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33:03
No Testers, No Problem
Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers podcast. This time, join Chris, Russell, Callum Akehurst-Ryan & Leigh Rathbone as we talk on the topic of "No Testers, No Problem".Before the main topic, Callum asks the group for their...
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Episode 115
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33:36
Learning Fast
Thanks for joining us for episode 114 of the Testing Peers podcast.This time, Ben Dowen joins Russell, David and Chris as we dive into the topic of learning fast (as a different take on failing fast).For this episode's banter, Ben...
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Episode 114
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38:11
Emotional Intelligence
Thank you for joining us for episode 113 of the Testing Peers podcast.This time, Sanne Visser & Vernon Richards join Chris & David to discuss Emotional Intelligence.By the way, if you haven't already heard - Vernon hosts t...
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Episode 113
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31:49
Building Testing Teams
Thank you for joining us for episode 112 of the Testing Peers podcast.This time around we are talking on the topic of building testing teams, with Simon, Russell, David & Chris.The banter focuses in on favourite or memorable p...
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Episode 112
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31:04
This Is The Way
Thank you for joining episode 111 of the Testing Peers podcast. This time Chris, David, Dermot & Sanne talk on the theme of 'This is the way', otherwise known perhaps as the gospel according to....Before the main discussion, Sanne as...
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Episode 111
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37:20
Quality Engineering
Welcome to another episode of the Testing Peers Podcast. Chris, David, Russell and Simon talk about one of the big buzzwords in the industry at present being the term of Quality Engineering, what it means, how it differentiates from "Testing" a...
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Episode 110
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33:52