The QA Lead Podcast
Discover with us how to lead QA teams and do web and software QA better. We’re a QA community exploring the latest and best quality assurance approaches to help you with DevOps, Agile, Automation, Performance, API, Mobile, Analytics, RPA, AIOps, Shift-Left and right. Find the tips, tricks, how-to guides, and tools you need to build your QA team, and banish the bugs! Hosted by CTO of Digital Assured, President of Vivit-Worldwide, and Tedx Speaker Jonathon Wright.
Episodes
44 episodes
Modern Quality Engineering: How To Redefine Quality Strategy For Agile Frameworks (with Niko Mangahas from RCG)
Jonathon Wright is joined by Niko Mangahas, the global practice lead for quality engineering at RCG Global Services. Listen to learn more about redefining quality strategies for agile and DevOps, and what modern QE looks like.
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46:28
How Open Source Software Simplifies Integration In Automation Engineering (with James Walker and Sanjay Kumar)
Jonathon Wright is joined by Sanjay Kumar, creator of Selectorshub, and James Walker from Curiosity. Listen to learn more about how open source tools help simplify xPath writing and integration in automation engineering.
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36:03
Teamwork, AI, and Containerization (with NASA's Michael Ritchson)
Jonathon Wright is joined by Michael Ritchson, Flight Data Enterprise Solutions Architect at NASA. He has more than 20 years of Software Application programming experience developing solutions for several NASA Centers. Listen to learn more abou...
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56:57
The Generation Of Autonomous Automation And What It Looks Like (with Bertold Kolics from mabl)
Jonathon Wright is joined by Bertold Kolics, Software Quality Manager at mabl. He works directly with the team to elevate the software testing practice following The Modern Testing principles. Listen to learn more about autonomous automation an...
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Automated Testing (with testRigor CEO Artem Golubev & Paul Grossman)
This week, host Jonathan Wright is joined by two special guests. First up is Artem Golubev, Co-founder and CEO of testRigor, to talk about what they’ve been working on in the test automation space (it will blow you away). Second is the Dark Art...
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Next Generation Mobile Testing (with Eran Kinsbruner from Perfecto)
Jonathon Wright is joined by Eran Kinsbruner, Chief Evangelist at Perfecto. Eran is a recognized mobile testing influencer and thought leader, as well as an experienced speaker in major software engineering conferences. Listen to learn more abo...
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52:45
How To Use Machine Learning And AI To Improve Test Automation (with Paul Gerrard from Gerrard Consulting)
Jonathon Wright is joined by Paul Gerrard, a consultant, teacher, author, webmaster, programmer, tester, conference speaker, rowing coach, and publisher. He has been working in the test automation arena for nearly 30 years. Listen to learn how ...
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How We Can Relate Technology To The Business Problems (with Sarah Saunders from Capgemini)
Jonathon Wright is joined by Sarah Saunders, a Senior Developer at Capgemini. She designs and builds performant, maintainable, cloud-native distributed systems in Java and C# with a DevOps mindset. She worked at all levels of the technology sta...
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How To Curate Information To Make Testers More Productive (with Wayne Ariola and Thomas Pryce from Curiosity Software)
Jonathon Wright is joined by Wayne Ariola and Thomas Pryce from Curiosity Software.5 or 8 years ago, they met and had a conversation about the idea of nodes and connected nodes and the interconnectedness of what necessarily needs to have...
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Celebrating 20 Years Of The Agile Manifesto (with Giles Lindsay from Agile Delta Consulting)
Jonathon Wright is joined by Giles Lindsay, CEO and Business Agility Coach of Agile Delta Consulting to celebrate Agile Manifesto turning 20 and about an upcoming event celebrating this massive milestone in the agile world.
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35:30
How QA Leads Can Engage Testing Teams (with Ileana Herrera from JBKnowledge)
Jonathon speaks with Ileana Herrera, an organizer for Ministry of Test in Salta. They discuss challenges and successes in team building and engagement.
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How To Gamify Anything (with Pete Jenkins from GAMIFICATION+)
Jonathon covers gamification, its uses across industries and applications, and important considerations when implementing the tactic with guest Pete Jenkins.
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52:54
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How To Test Data Science Models (with Laveena Ramchandani, Senior Test Consultant)
Jonathon chats with Senior Test Consultant Laveena Ramchandani about data science, big data, and finding opportunities to learn from your peers.
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51:03
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NoOps & The Future Of QA Automation (with Lewis Prescott from Cancer Research UK)
Lewis talks about how QA approaches are changing as NoOps begins to replace DevOps. He talks about the tools, training, and culture of QA automation, projects he's led, and the future of automation in QA.
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46:16
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AI-Guided Authoring In Autonomous Mobile Testing (with Royi Haddad from 21Labs)
Jonathon chats with Royi Haddad of 21 Labs about autonomous testing, functional UI testing, personalizing tests to devices, and more.
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49:18
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How to Hire New Software Testers For Your QA Team (with Henna Ashraf from Cashplus)
Jonathon chats with Henna Ashraf about the switch from software development to testing, tester interviews, career development, and more. Listen here.
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34:47
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How To Keep Up With Change In The Testing World (with Joel Montvelisky from PractiTest)
Jonathon chats with Joel Montvelisky of PractiTest about changes in the testing world and how testers and quality assurance managers can keep up.
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55:41
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How To Use Service Virtualization (with Mike Lyles from Bridgetree)
Jonathan chats with Mike Lyles about service virtualization, crowd testing, and future importance of accessibility testing. Listen to the episode here!
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How To Test Complex GraphQL Knowledge Graphs (with Mike Harris from Geckoboard)
Guest Mike Harris discusses GraphQL testing, knowledge graphs, and capturing data. Listen to the podcast episode here!
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34:20
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How To Become A Global Practice Head Of Quality Engineering (with Adrian O'Leary from NIIT Technologies Limited)
Jonathon chats with Adrian O-Leary of NIIT Technologies about quality engineering, the importance of using data, and how software testing has changed.
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39:56
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Choosing The Right Quality Approaches & Boosting Engineering Efficiency (with Bernardo Guerreiro from Auth0)
Join Bernardo Guerreiro, Senior Engineer at Auth0, as he explains his approach to contract testing, mutation testing, and applying design patterns across clients.
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44:09
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How To Measure Time To Quality: T2Q (with Niall Lynch from Spark of Guidance)
SQA consultant Niall Lynch talks about the Time to Quality metric and the trade-offs between shipping on time and shipping quality products.
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How QAs Can Work Effectively On Agile Teams (with Tatiana Zinchenko from AVEVA)
In this episode, Test Architect Tatiana Zinchenko talks about how QAs can communicate well with teams, manage expectations, and defend their ideas while still maintaining great relationships.
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