Podcast appearances and mentions of james bach

In today's episode, host Joe Colantonio is joined by renowned software testing expert Michael Bolton, who returns to the show after an eight-year hiatus. Join Michael and me at Breakpoint online event: https://testguild.me/breakpoint In part 1 of a two-part series, Michael dives deep into software testing, reflecting on what's changed (and what hasn't!) since their last chat, the impact of emerging technologies like machine learning and AI, and what it really means to "do" software testing in 2025. Michael explores the true essence of testing beyond the buzzwords, challenging the industry's love affair with automation and redefining its role as a tool to augment, rather than replace, human insight. Michael shares insights from his latest travels, collaborative projects, and the exciting new class he's co-developed with James Bach, focusing on smarter, tool-empowered testing practices. Prepare for a candid, thoughtful discussion full of practical advice, personal anecdotes, and a few laughs along the way. This will include live demos, tool recommendations, and real-life stories highlighting the "secret life" of automation many teams overlook. Also, make sure not to miss our next episode next week, in which Michael takes a deeper dive into AI's role in testing. You don't want to miss it - listen up.

Testing is a Goldilocks game.You don't want too many tests, and you don't want too few. You need to get it just right.Jason Huggins, Creator of Selenium, Co-Founder of Sauce Labs, and Founder & CEO of Tapster Robotics, shares how to find the perfect balance of testing. He reveals the worst automation mistake you can make, gives his best advice, and tells the stories behind Selenium and Sauce Labs.❓What did you think of the show? Leave your anonymous feedback:https://forms.gle/Df5sDABiNMQn4YSj7CONNECT WITH JASON HUGGINS

Speed and agility reign supreme in software development. However, this drive can sideline the role of testing: Bugs slip through the cracks, security vulnerabilities go unnoticed, and user frustrations mount. Amidst this turmoil, James Bach stands as the voice of reason—and dissent. From his unconventional beginnings as a computer salesman to his rise as an authority in the testing field, James shares his journey in the industry and the necessity for testers to challenge the norm.Listen to the full episode or read the transcript on the Semaphore blog.Like this episode? Be sure to leave a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review on the podcast player of your choice and share it with your friends.

Farrell describes a number of distinct roles important to the development of a collaborative circle. This episode is devoted to the roles important in the early stages, when the circle is primarily about finding out what it is they actually dislike about the status quo. In order to make the episode more "actionable", I describe the roles using Christopher Alexander's style of concentrating on opposing "forces" that need to be balanced, resolved, or accommodated. SourcesMichael P. Farrell, Collaborative Circles: Friendship Dynamics and Creative Work, 2001.Christopher Alexander et al, A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction, 1977.Mentioned (or that I wish I'd found a way to mention)Gamma et al, Design Patterns, 2004Eric Evans, Domain-Driven Design, 2003. I also like Joshua Kerievsky's pattern-language-like description of study groups, "Pools of Insight".Brian Marick, "Patterns failed. Why? Should we care?", 2017 (video and transcript)"Arches and Chains" (video) is a nice description of how arches work.Ryan Singer, "Designing with forces: How to apply Christopher Alexander in everyday work", 2010 (video)"Rational Unified Process" (wikipedia)James Bach, “Enough About Process, What We Need Are Heroes”, IEEE Software, March 1995.Firesign Theatre, "I think we're all bozos on this bus", 1971. (wikipedia)"Bloomers" (wikipedia article about a style of dress associated with first-wave feminists).CreditsThe picture is of Dawn and me sitting on our "Stair Seat", where we observe the activity on our lawn, sidewalk, and street. Which mainly consists of birds, squirrels, and people walking dogs. But it still fits Christopher Alexander's pattern of that name.

I was a core member of what Farrell would call a collaborative circle: the four people who codified Context-Driven Testing. That makes me think I can supplement Farrell's account with what it feels like to be inside a circle. I try to be "actionable", not just some guy writing a memoir.My topics are: what the context-driven circle was reacting against; the nature of the reaction and the resulting shared vision; how geographically-distributed circles work (including the first-wave feminist Ultras and the Freud/Fleiss collaboration); two meeting formats you may want to copy; why I value shared techniques over shared vision; how circles develop a shared tone and stereotyped reactions, not just a shared vision; and, the nature of “going public” with the vision. MentionedMichael P. Farrell, Collaborative Circles: Friendship Dynamics and Creative Work, 2001.Cem Kaner, Jack Falk, and Hung Quoc Nguyen, Testing Computer Software, 1993.Édouard Manet, Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (The Luncheon on the Grass), 1863.context-driven-testing.com (including the principles of context-driven testing), 2001?Cem Kaner, James Bach, Bret Pettichord, Lessons Learned in Software Testing: a Context-Driven Approach, 2002.Association for Software Testing.Elisabeth Hendrickson, Explore It! Reduce Risk and Increase Confidence with Exploratory Testing, 2012.Jonathan Bach, "Session-Based Test Management", 2000.Patrick O'Brian, Post Captain, 1972. (It's the second in a series that begins with Master and Commander.)Four articles that demonstrate personal style:James Bach, “Enough About Process, What We Need Are Heroes”, IEEE Software, March 1995.Brian Marick, "New Models for Test Development", 1999.Bret Pettichord, "Testers and Developers Think Differently", 2000.James Bach, "Explaining Testing to THEM", 2001.Los Altos Workshop on Software Testing and related:Cem Kaner, "Improving the Maintainability of Automated Test Suites", 1997. (This contains the conclusions of LAWST 1 as an appendix.)The LAWST Handbook (1999) and LAWST Format (1997?) describe the meeting format.The "Pattern Writers' Workshop" style is most fully explained in Richard P. Gabriel, Writers' Workshops & the Work of Making Things: Patterns, Poetry... (2002). James Coplien, "A Pattern Language for Writer's Workshops" (1997), describes writers' workshops in the "Alexandrian style" of pattern description (the one used in the seminal A Pattern Language). "Writers Workshop Guidelines" is a terse description.Image creditThe image is the painting Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe.

 Michael P. Farrell's Collaborative Circles: Friendship Dynamics and Creative Work (2001) is about how groups of people ("circles") begin with discomfort about the status quo and, after collaboration and discussion, make creative breakthroughs. It's based on six case studies. Four are circles of artists and painters, one looks at the early development of Freud's psychoanalysis, and one is devoted to a particular group of "first wave" feminist agitators.This episode aims to tempt you to want to learn more: by summarizing two of Farrell's case studies. My original thinking was that Farrell's model of circle development would be generally applicable to software teams dissatisfied with the status quo of development and who didn't fit common models like forming-storming-norming-performing. As I dug into the details, I realized it's not as widely applicable as I'd hoped, at least without substantial customization. So the episode ends with some reasons you might not want to listen to the next one. But I hope you do!Other sources and referencesCem Kaner and James Bach, Context-driven testing, 2012?Cem Kaner, James Bach, and Bret Pettichord, Lessons Learned in Software Testing: a Context-Driven Approach, 2001Donald Davidson, "Lee in the Mountains", 1938The "Yes, and..." rule in improvisational comedy. See also Keith Johnstone, Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre (1979). Looking for links, I also noticed Yes, And: How Improvisation Reverses "No, But" Thinking and Improves Creativity and Collaboration (2015), which seems to be a more standard business book. I haven't read it.CreditsThe episode image is "Ulysses and Nausicaa" by Charles Gleyre. In theme and style, it's the kind of art the Impressionists were rebelling against. 

In this episode, I sit down with software tester, author trainer, and consultant James Bach. James has worked in the software industry for under 40 years and has become a well-known and respected thought leader. Topics covered: Automation and Testing ChatGPT Importance of Personal Responsibility Real Testing vs. Fake Testing How pursuing a career in Testing has changed What skills can make you become a better Tester Importance of building positive relationships ............................................................................................. Subscribe to the ALLEGANY CareerCast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSFVCIFebu_FvZ1wQuCYLyQ

Are you curious about the potential impact of OpenAI ChatGPT on automation, performance, and security testing? Tune in to this episode of the Automation in DevSecOps New Shows for the week of Dec 11th. We'll explore the latest developments and discuss what they mean for the future of testing. So grab your favorite cup of coffee or tea and join us for an informative and enlightening discussion. Time News Title Rocket Link 0:30 Create a FREE applitools account https://testguild.com/free-account 1:48 OpenAI: Three ways it can help software testers https://testguild.me/d1x6lz 2:37 ChatGPT Real World Experience https://testguild.me/o58h70 3:36 James Bach take on ChatGPT https://testguild.me/rjmy7a 4:07 Cypress, Playwright, Selenium, or WebdriverIO Webinar https://testguild.com/appwebinar 4:51 7th Annual Automation Guild 2023 Registration Open https://guildconferences.com/ag-2023/ 5:16 ChatGPT Rap Video about Automation Guild https://testguild.com/rap 7:57 Performance Testing Kafka Using Gatling https://testguild.me/m5ctgh 9:02 How ChatGPT is changing cybersecurity https://testguild.me/5h4e9s

Neste episódio, falamos sobre como garantir a qualidade no desenvolvimento de softwares, abordando a importância do código, do investimento, da equipe e dos testes. Confira dicas para aprimorar a qualidade no desenvolvimento de software! 28:35 – NA PRÁTICA 31:16 – DICA TECH Livros: Código Limpo - por Robert Cecil Martin Clean Architecture - por Robert Cecil Martin Lessons Learned in Software Testing, por Cem Kaner, James Bach e Bret Pettichord Veja as nossas vagas para Devs e mais: http://engdb.me/VbFv9 Siga nossas redes: LinkedIn: @engineeringbr Instagram: @engineeringbr Youtube: @engineeringbrasil Blog: http://blog.engdb.com.br/

In this episode, we talk about:• Changing bad company culture organically• Owning your risks and mistakes• How momentum and retention are tied together• The need for discipline and structure• Why [...]Read More...

In this episode, we talk about:• Changing bad company culture organically• Owning your risks and mistakes• How momentum and retention are tied together• The need for discipline and structure• Why [...]Read More...

Software is everywhere. And good quality software has become very important and sometimes even critical as well. But with rapid progress in development cycle, testers don't often get enough time to test software. What if there is a better way to test software without compromising quality, which is more focused and which can be completed rapidly. In this week's talk, Amit and Rinat talk with Michael Bolton, co-author (with James Bach) of Rapid Software Testing (RST), about software testing, context driven testing, Rapid Software Testing, and a lot more! Michael Bolton's Twitter - https://twitter.com/michaelbolton Michael Bolton's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-bolton-08847/ About RST - https://rapid-software-testing.com/about-rapid-software-testing/  RST Methodology - https://www.satisfice.com/rapid-testing-methodology RST Courses - https://rapid-software-testing.com/rst-courses/

'Bachelor Jon' and Scotty Brandon present...episode 1 of Matt James' season of The Bachelor,their "First Impression No's",a handful of "Rosey Red Hot Takes" from this week's episode,and their "Big Proposals" to end the show.Follow and engage on Instagram @WhatShouldIDoThePodcast & @onlySPFitness and on Twitter @the_scottuation & @WSID_thepodcast.Find 'Bachelor Jon' on Instagram @bozbain.Contact us @ whatshouldidothepodcast@gmail.com.Follow (and thank) Verdant Band for our intro/outro music on Facebook @ VerdantBandDE.*Find and subscribe to "Bach'ing With The Boys" wherever you found this podcast*

#Engineering is the career up for discussion on today's podcast! Tune in to discuss the journey of an #Amazon & #Audible Director. Learn about working at Amazon, working at Audible, a career in Quality Assurance Engineering, and much more only on #TheCareerShow. Discover the Journey of a QA Engineer and find your QA Engineering passion by listening to the best Engineering Podcast on YouTube! Tanya started off her journey at leading investment banks, i.e, UBS & Morgan Stanley as an automation engineer. She currently is a Senior Director of Quality Assurance at Audible, an Amazon company and is helping to build a new Quality Assurance team to support innovative product development at scale. She is also the founder of the DevOps – Quality Assurance New Jersey Meetup group, a co-lead of Women in Tech employee resource group at Audible and an international speaker on the topics of Quality and DevOps. TANYA's BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS : 1. “The Phoenix Project” by Gene Kim - AUDIBLE - https://amzn.to/3gkY16j OR Hard Cover - https://amzn.to/2L60sxR 2. "How to Land that Engineering Job at Audible" - https://bit.ly/2InkEdB 3. “Cracking the Coding Interview” by Gayle Laakmann McDowell - https://amzn.to/3gqxGUu 4. “Lessons Learned in Software Testing” by Cem Kaner, James Bach & Bret Pettichord - https://amzn.to/3oxGI4C TANYA's LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanyakravtsov/ Super excited to introduce our newest podcast section: GOT CAREER QUESTIONS in partnership with SIZIGI, which will give students an opportunity to get their questions answered by experts! Sizigi is a professional branding platform that allows users to build custom job presentations with their immersive ePortfolio content. Sizigi: The Resume of the New Generation, create your FREE ACCOUNT at joinsizigi.com. Follow us and learn more: https://linktr.ee/Sizigi ------------------------------------- Introduction: (0:00) Role of Technology in Investment Banking: (2:21) QA Engineering in the Tech Industry V/S Finance Industry: (4:10) Customer Obsession at Audible & Amazon: (6:16) What is it like to work at Amazon & Audible?: (9:03) Career Trajectory at Amazon & Audible: (13:08) Biggest Challenge of being a QA Engineer at Amazon & Audible?: (18:26) 'Got Career Questions' in partnership with Sizigi: (22:13) Automation Testing & Manual Test at Amazon & Audible: (22:38) What teams does a QA Engineer work with?: (23:59) Tips to ace an Amazon & Audible interview: (26:15) Book Recommendations for Amazon & Audible interviews: (29:23) How to deal with a fast-paced work environment?: (30:42) Important advice to note!: (32:43) Conclusion: (35:20) ------------------------------------- INSTAGRAM: @the_careershow https://www.instagram.com/the_careershow/ LINKEDIN: @The Career Show https://www.linkedin.com/company/thecareershow --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thecareershow/message

This is the first episode of DevOps Unbound. A new video/audio series produced by us here at MediaOps, sponsored by Tricentis. Episodes will run every other week. Once a month there will be a roundtable open to the public as well. In this episode, two respected leaders in the testing space, Dr. Girgori Melnick and James Bach join us to look at the history of testing. How has it enabled DevOps and accelerated software deployment. We look at automation and continuous testing and more. Great discussion. The video edition of this is available on https://digitalanarchist.com

In this episode I interviewed Michael Bolton, one of my personal heroes in testing, someone who makes you think outside the box, and is known for stirring up great debate! In this long interview, I just asked a couple of simple questions and Michael shared with us lot of insights about software testing, automation, algorithms, AI, etc, and most importantly, about how he entered a career in software testing (which by the way, I haven't heard about it before). Also, we commented about his trip to Uruguay when he attended TestingUY as a keynote speaker. For a full transcript, check out our blog post: https://abstracta.us/blog/podcast/quality-sense-podcast-michael-bolton/ To learn more about Michael as well as his and James Bach's Rapid Software Testing Courses and methodology, visit: https://www.developsense.com/index.html

Os benefícios obtidos ao participar de eventos internacionais como a EuroSTAR, STARCanada e STAR(East|West) e a construção do conhecimento a partir do conhecimento existente. Entrevista com Larissa Rosochansky & Rafael Cintra sobre Design Thinking em testes e como foi a submissão e aprovação da palestra em um dos maiores eventos internacionais sobre testes de software, o Agile Testing days, em Chicago, IL. Minhas respostas a perguntas sobre preparação de palestras, eventos internacionais e sobre a construção de novos conhecimentos a partir da mescla de testes com outras áreas. Testadores mencionados nesse episódio em ordem cronológica: James Bach, Michael Bolton, Janet Gregory, Lisa Crispin, Elisabeth Hendrickson, Lee Copeland, Elias Nogueira, Walmyr Filho, Moisés Ramírez e Samanta Cicilia.

In this week’s Bloomberg Intelligence radio show, Washington, D.C.-based analyst James Bach discusses Microsoft’s landing of the Pentagon JEDI contract, Anurag Rana gives his take on the competitive landscape of the cloud and Deborah Aitken gives her take on Tiffany takeover prospects. Credit analyst Steve Flynn looks at SoftBank doubling down on WeWork and George Ferguson discusses the implications of IndiGo’s order for 300 Airbus A320s. The BI Radio show broadcasts on Saturdays and Sundays on Bloomberg’s flagship radio station WBBR (1130 AM) in New York, 106.1 FM/1330 AM in Boston, 99.1 FM in Washington, 960 AM in the San Francisco bay area and channel 119 on SiriusXM. It also podcasts through Apple’s iTunes, Spotify and Luminary. Bloomberg Intelligence, the research arm of Bloomberg L.P., provides in-depth analysis and data on more than 2,000 companies and 130 industries.

In this week's Bloomberg Intelligence Radio show, analyst Michael Dean explains why Brexit is a bigger threat to European automakers than higher U.S. tariffs. Sarah Jane Mahmud looks at changes coming to MiFid II and the plans to deepen capital markets. James Bach digs into the new risks to General Dynamics' chance to dominate the defense cloud-services market. Vince Piazza shows how Mother Nature hasn't helped energy prices as winter approaches, and George Ferguson analyzes the greater risks for Airbus than Boeing in the U.S.-Europe aircraft war. The BI Radio show broadcasts on Saturdays and Sundays on Bloomberg's flagship radio station WBBR (1130 AM) in New York, 106.1 FM/1330 AM in Boston, 99.1 FM in Washington, 960 AM in the San Francisco bay area and channel 119 on SiriusXM. It also podcast through Apple's iTunes and Spotify. Bloomberg Intelligence provides in-depth research and data on more than 2,000 companies and 130 industries. Hosts: Alix Steel and Paul Sweeney

James Bach: Self-Education and Passion | Steve Hargadon | Jul 20 2010 by Steve Hargadon

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.

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. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/abtesting/support

Eli Lake, Bloomberg Opinion columnist on why Trump's cave to China's ZTE hurts his Iran strategy, and North Korea threatening to cancel the Trump summit. Jeff Smedsrud,  co-founder of HealthCare.com and Founder and CEO at PivotHealth.com, on Trump's new drug pricing proposal, insurance affordability, and Obamacare outlook. Sarah Halzack, Bloomberg Opinion retail columnist, on Macy's sales gains and positive outlook. James Bach, Government Analyst: Federal Contracts for Bloomberg Intelligence, on the likely winner of the $10 billion Pentagon cloud contract: Amazon vs. Microsoft.

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Michael Bolton sits down to dive deeper into the concept, requirements, and goals for the Rapid Software Testing course he and James Bach teach around the globe each year. Bolton also sheds light on the relationship between testing and checking, the art of "successful stumbling," and how to use confusion as a tremendous asset in exploration.

Back for part two of our discussion, is my good friend, Michael Bolton. Michael has been consulting and training people on software testing all over the world and is the co-author with James Bach of Rapid Software Testing. Join us as we talk about training testers, community leadership, and common problems all testers face. Enjoy!

Back for part two of our discussion, is my good friend, Michael Bolton. Michael has been consulting and training people on software testing all over the world and is the co-author with James Bach of Rapid Software Testing. Join us as we talk about training testers, community leadership, and common problems all testers face. Enjoy!

Welcome to Episode 6! This month we're talking to Paul Maxwell-Walters and Victoria Lea about James Bach's "Seven Types of Testers"! We also try not to talk about football too much (but fail) Thanks for listening!

In this episode of STP Radio, Mike Lyles takes a moment to chat with the well-known testing celebrity and STP Test Luminary Award recipient James Bach. Mike and James discuss how James began in testing and the testing industry today. They also chat about the up-coming Rapid Software Testing class in Charlotte, North Carolina, May 9-11. Check it out! If you are interested in attending this class we are offering 15% off if you register by April 20th. Use Promo Code: RADIO. Thanks for tuning in!Learn More: http://www.stpcon.com/rapid-software-testing-charlotte-nc/

In this episode of STP Radio, Mike Lyles takes a moment to chat with the well-known testing celebrity and STP Test Luminary Award recipient James Bach. Mike and James discuss how James began in testing and the testing industry today. They also chat about the up-coming Rapid Software Testing class in Charlotte, North Carolina, May 9-11. Check it out! If you are interested in attending this class we are offering 15% off if you register by April 20th. Use Promo Code: RADIO. Thanks for tuning in!Learn More: http://www.stpcon.com/rapid-software-testing-charlotte-nc/

In this episode, The Testing Show crew takes a trip to New York City to participate in James Bach’s presentation to the NYC Testers Meetup. We discuss a bit about the GitHub site outage, and the ramifications of inevitable downtime. This leads into the main topic, which is “what do we do when we don’t have enough testers?” Is testing really a bottleneck, or is it set up in a way that delays are inevitable? What can we as organizations, and as testers, do to mitigate these issues, and what means do we have to change the process?   Resource by QualiTest Group

James Marcus Bach is a famous software tester that pioneered in that field and invented several testing techniques. In this interview he talks about that, his daily life and adventures in software testing, the social component of testing, etc

James Marcus Bach is a famous software tester that pioneered in that field and invented several testing techniques. In this interview he talks about that, his daily life and adventures in software testing, the social component of testing, etc

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!

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!

Directly from his home on the West Coast of the USA James Bach, the original self-proclaimed Buchaneer-Scholar himself joins us for "test" of his thinking about the recent STPCON keynote on the schools of software testing and how he might juxtapose his own opinion on ISTQB with a contemporary understanding of systems thinking. We chat about great books and movies to help learn about systems thinking, we talk about chickens who created gravity and how to add some windows and doors to the "silos" in your organization. Be sure to check more about James' teachings around the world on his website www.satisfice.com.

Directly from his home on the West Coast of the USA James Bach, the original self-proclaimed Buchaneer-Scholar himself joins us for "test" of his thinking about the recent STPCON keynote on the schools of software testing and how he might juxtapose his own opinion on ISTQB with a contemporary understanding of systems thinking. We chat about great books and movies to help learn about systems thinking, we talk about chickens who created gravity and how to add some windows and doors to the "silos" in your organization. Be sure to check more about James' teachings around the world on his website www.satisfice.com.

In this show we discuss coaching testers with Anne-Marie Charrett and James Bach.

In this show, we sit down with testing legend James Bach and discuss all pairs and the effectiveness of pairwise testing.

In this show, we sit down with testing legend James Bach and discuss walking away from a client, failing fast, and the tools that James uses.

Scott's in Sweden and he sits down with well-known Software Tester James Bach to talk about what it means to be an unconventional learner. James has had success in the software industry even though he dropped out of school at age 14. His new book "Secrets of a Buccaneer-Scholar" explores the issue of nontraditional learning as it relates to success later in life. James is an interesting dude. I hope you enjoy the show.