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Quality over Coffee

Peter Thompson

Quality over Coffee is where quality engineering meets casual conversation. Grab a cup and join experienced QA experts, Geoff Thompson (UK) and Pete Thompson (Aus) as we unpack trends, swap lessons learnt and dive into the history behind the practices that keep software running. The QoC podcast offers actionable insights on QA and Devops methodologies, quality engineering and leadership in the testing domain. Real talk, no jargon - just quality, one coffee at a time.

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  • 13 episodes
  • fortnightly
  • Avg 31 min
  • English

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  • September 27 · 34 min

    Episode 13 - A chat with Leanne (Part 2)

    Episode 13 concludes out chat with Leanne. Some awesome insight into what potential employers, and employees should be looking at. A perfect addition to have your morning coffee to.

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  • September 13 · 31 min

    Episode 12 - A Chat with Leanne (Part 1)

    This week we have a chat with Leanne Howard about all things Agile, and it does not take us long to work out we need two episodes on this one. WE delve into what Agile means for QA and some of the pitfalls that projects fall into

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  • August 31 · 42 min

    Episode 11 - A chat with Chris

    This week you may require two cups of coffee. Geoff and I take a back seat this week to the awesome Chris Ambler, who takes us through his insights into AI and what the skills any future QA team will require

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  • August 16 · 31 min

    Episode 10 - A chat with Emma

    This week we have our very first guess, the owner and founder of Fortitude 17, the very lovely Emma Beckett. We take a look at the lack of women in the upper echelons of technology, and testing and Emma offers up excellent insight. A must listen in my humble opinion

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  • August 1 · 31 min

    Episode 9 - A bit of CoE chat

    After some technical difficulties, Geoff and I decide we should talk about CoE's and in our opinions how is the best way to operate. We reach back into the past to share a few memories of our experience.

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  • July 8 · 31 min

    Episode 8 - Eurostar the Return

    We are back with a wrap up of Eurostar from Geoff. He gives us more insight into the latest trends and we have more AI talk, of course.

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  • June 20 · 31 min

    Episode 7 - All aboard the Eurostar

    This episode has Geoff at the Eurostar conference in Norway. This is part 1 of 2 as we got so entrenched in our conversation we ran out of time to talk about some of the talks. Stay tuned for part 2 in the next couple of weeks

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  • May 31 · 31 min

    Episode 6: Metrics Fun

    This week Geoff and I touch on our favourite metrics, and what they mean to us. We debate the effectiveness of always wanting to measure the cost of testing, and/or quality

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  • May 9 · 28 min

    Episode 5: Do we really Shift Left

    Geoff and Peter are back to talk Shift Left and how it has been and gone and come back again. Peter challenges what it really is and we talk about some of our experiences in implementing it

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  • April 26 · 30 min

    Episode 4 - Checking the Checker

    Today we tackle the thorny subject of how do you test an AI system and share our thoughts on the subject. Look out for a fascinating tale of how Geoff scored himself a free coat

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    March 29 · 32 min

    Episode 2 - An introduction part 2

    In Episode 2 we hear more from Pete and his motivation for bringing this podcast together. We briefly touch on subjects that will be covered in upcoming episodes, whilst touching on the need for continuous learning and the importance of mentoring

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  • March 16 · 28 min

    Episode 1 - An introduction part 1

    Welcome to the very first episode of Quality over Coffee. In this episode we get an insight into Geoff, and how he got to be where he is today. Grab a coffee and come spend a cool half an hour with us.

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