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Clarke Ching and Esther Derby

May 12, 2008—Soundbyte

Sponsored by Telelogic

Clarke Ching Esther Derby

In this episode, you’ll hear from Clarke Ching about how he uses journalism’s concept of the inverted pyramid to prioritize software development and then Francesca Matteu will talk a bit about Esther Derby’s upcoming column.

(5.05 MB, 5:29 min.)
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Bart Mediratta and

Antoine Picard

April 22, 2008—STAREAST Conference

Bart Mediratta Antoine Picard

Bart Mediratta and Antoine Picard’s STARWEST 2007 keynote, “Testing on the Toilet: Revolutionizing Developer Testing at Google,” was so popular that we’re bringing them back to present at STAREAST 2008. In this podcast, they talk about how Testing on the Toilet has changed since STARWEST and what you can expect to learn by attending their STAREAST keynote.

(6.5 MB, 7:03 min.)
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	This is a podcast series featuring content about and from Software Quality Engineering's conferences: STAREAST, STARWEST, the Better Software Conference & EXPO, and the Agile Development Practices Conference. • Email Us

	John Fodeh April 09, 2008—STAREAST Conference
	John Fodeh speaks about his keynote, “Ready to Ship?” in which he will describe a set of helpful metrics and conduct a role-playing exercise in which audience members will examine a set of metrics and decide whether the given system is ready to ship.
	(4 MB, 4:21 min.)

	James Whittaker April 07, 2008—STAREAST
	In James Whittaker’s STAREAST 2008 keynote, “Testing Dialogues—In the Executive Suite,” he’ll talk about why he believes the software development ecosystem is sick. In this podcast, he discusses just a few of the reasons.
	(3.6 MB, 3:54 min.)

	Michael Mah March 18, 2008—Better Software Conference & Expo
	In this, the first episode of the 2008 Better Software Conference & EXPO podcasts, Michael Mah discusses his upcoming conference keynote, “The Good, the Better, and the Rather Puzzling: The Agile Experience and Five Companies.”
	(6.57 MB, 7:10 min.)

	Tom Wissink March 14, 2008—STAREAST
	In this podcast, Tom Wissink talks about his STAREAST 2008 keynote presentation, “Transforming Your Test Culture: One Step at a Time,” in which will discuss how the value of testing has been misunderstood by many in senior management over the years and the steps organizations can take to change a culture of misunderstanding into a culture of appreciation, satisfaction, and excitement.
	(5.2 MB, 5:39 min.)

	J.B. Rainsberger December 13, 2007—Agile Development Practices
	In this podcast, the final of three recorded live on the EXPO floor of the Agile Development Practices 2007 Conference, Joey McAllister speaks with J.B. Rainsberger about evolving design, why simple code is better than complex code, and the value of refactoring.
	(21.1 MB, 22:57 min.)

	Linda Rising December 13, 2007—Agile Development Practices
	In this podcast, the second of three recorded live on the EXPO floor of the Agile Development Practices 2007 Conference, Joey McAllister speaks with Linda Rising about implementing change, influence strategies, and where agile and Sarbanes Oxley meet.
	(19.8 MB, 21:36 min.)

	Jean Tabaka December 13, 2007—Agile Development Practices
	In this podcast, the first of three recorded live on the EXPO floor of the Agile Development Practices 2007 Conference, Joey McAllister speaks with Jean Tabaka about collaboration, decision making, and how the agile community and federal government can work together.
	(8.1 MB, 8:45 min.)

	Bharat Mediratta & Antoine Picard October 15, 2007—STARWEST
	Google's Bharat Mediratta and Antoine Picard discuss their STARWEST 2007 keynote presentation, "Testing on the Toilet: Revolutionizing Developer Testing at Google," in which they will talk about the Google Testing Grouplet and "Testing on the Toilet," a clever way of distributing information and education.
	(9.5 MB, 8:16 min.)

	Frank Cohen October 12, 2007—STARWEST
	Frank Cohen, founder and CEO of PushToTest, discusses his STARWEST 2007 keynote presentation, "The Coming SOA Revolution: What It Means to Testers," in which he will talk about how SOA makes test designs more complex but makes executing tests much easier.
	(8.5 MB, 7:24 min.)

	Lee Copeland October 12, 2007—STARWEST
	Lee Copeland speaks about his STARWEST 2007 keynote presentation, "The Nine Forgettings," in which he will take a look at nine important things that the testing community has forgotten.
	(8.4 MB, 7:16 min.)

	Mike Cohn October 8, 2007—Agile Development Practices
	In this episode of the Agile Development Practices 2007 Conference Podcast, Joey McAllister speaks with Mike Cohn about his Agile Development Practices 2007 Conference keynote presentation, "Overcoming Waterfallacies and Agilephobias: Tales of Resistance and Woe," in which Mike will discuss reasons why some people fear and resist the switch to agile and how to overcome those obstacles.
	(11.4 MB, 9:55 min.)

	Theresa Lanowitz October 2, 2007—STARWEST
	In this episode of the STARWEST 2007 Conference Podcast, Joey McAllister speaks with Theresa Lanowitz about her STARWEST 2007 keynote presentation, "Customer Advocacy: The Key to Testing Success," in which Theresa will talk about how testers should be viewed as customer advocates rather than the pessimists of the software world.
	(10.6 MB, 9:12 min.)

	Andy Hunt September 26, 2007—Agile Development Practices
	In this episode of the Agile Development Practices 2007 Conference Podcast, Joey McAllister speaks with Andy Hunt about his Agile Development Practices 2007 Conference keynote presentation, "Looking Toward the Future of Agile," in which Andy will take a look at how the business world changes over time and what place agile might have in the future.
	(13.6 MB, 11:51 min.)

	Jutta Eckstein September 14, 2007—Agile Development Practices
	In this episode of the Agile Development Practices 2007 Conference Podcast, Joey McAllister speaks with Jutta Eckstein about her Agile Development Practices 2007 Conference keynote presentation, "Scaling Agile Practices," which will cover how agile processes designed for small or mid-sized software development projects can be tuned to scale up to large projects.
	(8.6 MB, 7:27 min.)

	Mary Poppendieck September 7, 2007—Agile Development Practices
	In this episode of the Agile Development Practices 2007 Conference Podcast, Joey McAllister speaks with Mary Poppendieck about her Agile Development Practices 2007 Conference keynote presentation, "Welcome to the Mainstream," in which she'll discuss software development fads and how organizations can find agile success by avoiding three proven paths to failure.
	(13.3 MB, 11:36 min.)

	Lee Copeland August 31, 2007—Agile Development Practices
	In this, the first episode of the Agile Development Practices 2007 Conference Podcast, Joey McAllister speaks with Software Quality Engineering's Lee Copeland about what prompted the creation of the new conference, which will be held December 3-6 in Orlando, Florida. Lee also talks about what attendees can look forward to learning from the agile experts who will be speaking at the conference.
	(5.4 MB, 3:57 min.)

	Lloyd Roden 2007—STAREAST
	Lloyd Roden discusses his STAREAST 2007 keynote presentation, "Test Estimation: A Pain or ... Painless?"
	(4.3 MB, 4:38 min.)

	Steven Splaine 2007—STAREAST
	Steven Splaine discusses his STAREAST 2007 keynote presentation, "Positioning Your Test Automation Team as a Product Group."
	(6.9 MB, 7:27 min.)

	Randall Rice 2007—STAREAST
	Randall Rice, author of Surviving the Top Ten Challenges of Software Testing, discusses his STAREAST 2007 keynote presentation, "The Risks of Risk-Based Testing."
	(7.1 MB, 7:41 min.)


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	John Engle April 18, 2008—Gray Matters Sponsored by ThoughtWorks
	At last year's Agile Development Practices conference, John Engle led participants in a collaborative discussion called Open Space. John will be leading Open Space again at STAREAST 2008. In this podcast, Joey McAllister speaks with John about Open Space, its history, and what you can expect to see if you attend Open Space at STAREAST this year.
	(7.2 MB, 7:52 min.)

	Danny Faught March 2008—Gray Matters Sponsored by TestComplete
	Joey McAllister speaks with Danny Faught, proprietor of Tejas Software Consulting and creator of TestingFAQs.org, about a section of TestingFAQs.org called The Boneyard, which lists tools and tool organizations that have changed names, been absorbed into other tools or organizations, or been discontinued altogether.
	(14MB, 15:14 min.)

	Lee Copeland January 2008—Gray Matters Sponsored by SQE Training
	This episode of Gray Matters features clips from Lee Copeland's STARWEST 2007 keynote presentation "The Nine Forgettings." See the Podcast Links section below for a link to the new StickyMinds.com Videocasts page, where you can watch Lee's presentation in its entirety.
	(9.8MB, 10:36 min.)

	Esther Derby December 2007—Gray Matters Sponsored by Electric Cloud
	Joey McAllister speaks with Esther Derby about the sessions she led at the Agile Development Practices 2007 Conference, her latest article on StickyMinds.com, and what projects she has in the works. Topics discussed include the value of collaboration and "Change Artistry."
	(10.9MB, 11:53 min.)

	Alberto Savoia November 2007—Gray Matters Sponsored by Blueprint
	Alberto Savoia of Agitar Software is an expert in object-oriented testing methodologies and an evangelist and innovator in the area of software development tools. In this installment of Gray Matters, he discusses the ever-growing challenges for software tools and tool users, as well as his latest project, Crap4j.
	(17.7MB, 19:19 min.)

	Ellen Gottesdiener October 2007—Gray Matters Sponsored by SQE Training
	Requirements expert Ellen Gottesdiener elaborates on some of the topics she originally wrote about in her StickyMinds.com article "Adapting Your Requirements Practices."
	(33.6 MB, 36:39 min.)

	Jeff Patton September 2007—Gray Matters Sponsored by SQE Training
	Last month, Jeff Patton received the Gordon Pask Award for Contributions to Agile Practices from the Agile Alliance. In this installment of Gray Matters, Joey McAllister speaks to Jeff about the award, user-centered design, and Jeff's upcoming tutorials at the 2007 Agile Development Practices Conference.
	(19.7 MB, 17:12 min.)

	Scott Barber August 2007—Gray Matters Sponsored by SQE Training
	In this installment of Gray Matters, we listen to Scott Barber's lightning talk from STAREAST 2007, in which he summarizes performance testing in five minutes and one acronym, "CCD IS EARI."
	(9 MB, 6:31 min.)

	Randall Rice June 2007—Gray Matters Sponsored by HP Software
	This installment of Gray Matters features a conversation with with Randall Rice about his STAREAST 2007 pre-conference tutorial, titled "Becoming an Influential Test Team Leader." He also talks about the book Surviving the Top Ten Challenges of Software Testing, which he co-authored and which is being revised for an upcoming edition.
	(8.7 MB, 9:28 min.)

	The Grove Players & Guest March 2007—Gray Matters
	In this episode of Gray Matters, the Grove Players (and guests) perform a skit written by members of Grove Consultants. It takes a look at some of the differences between how developers and testers look at the same situations. It was recorded at STAREAST 2006, and all four performers are scheduled speakers at STAREAST 2007.
	(13.2 MB, 28:48 min.)

	Dion Johnson February 2007—Gray Matters Sponsored by VMWare
	This installment of Gray Matters features a conversation with with Dion Johnson, a senior test consultant and managing partner for DiJohn IC and Achieve QA. His consulting services focus on the quality assurance, quality control, and requirements analysis elements of the development lifecycle.
	(10.9 MB, 23:42 min.)

	Lee Copeland January 2007—Gray Matters
	This episode of Gray Matters features a presentation by Lee Copeland from STARWEST 2006. In the presentation, which Lee originally gave at EUROSTAR in 2005, Lee takes a look at software testing through the filter of Robert Fulghum's popular book, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.
	(9.7 MB, 21:06 min.)

	Johanna Rothman December 2006—Gray Matters
	In this episode of Gray Matters, Johanna Rothman speaks about her work as a management consultant, her most recent book (Behind Closed Doors: Secrets of Great Management, co-written with Esther Derby), and her experiences in the software industry. She also discusses the importance of communication in management practices.
	(19.4 MB, 41:16 min.)

	Lloyd Roden, Gary McGraw, and Jean Tabaka November—Gray Matters
	In this episode of Gray Matters, we listen in on moments from some of the keynote presentations of STARWEST 2006. Lloyd Roden, Gary McGraw, and Jean Tabaka share their wisdom in the areas of test management, software security, and agile methodology.
	(8.1 MB, 17:40 min.)

	Payson Hall October 2006—Gray Matters
	In this episode of Gray Matters, Joey McAllister speaks with Catalysis consulting systems engineer and project manager Payson Hall about some simple, low-tech project management tools that you may be using without even recognizing the value they add to your work. Along the way they discuss stickynotes, permanent markers, and a bit of samurai philosophy.
	(12.3 MB, 26:53 min.)

	Gary McGraw September 2006—Gray Matters
	In this installment of the StickyMinds.com Gray Matters podcast, Joey McAllister speaks with Cigital CTO Gary McGraw about his upcoming keynote presentation on software security at STARWEST 2006, his books--including a new one due out early next year--and the ''musicality'' of software development.
	(9.8 MB, 24 min.)


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	Danny Faught and Dion Johnson April 2008—Late Sponsored by ThoughtWorks
	In this episode, Danny Faught explains what hockey sticks and onions have to do with performance testing; then Francesca talks about Dion Johnson’s column—the last chapter in his taekwondo-mation series, and what’s coming out in the May issue of Better Software magazine.
	(5.75 MB, 6:17 min.)

	Naomi Karten and Johanna Rothman April 2008—Early Sponsored by ThoughtWorks
	In this episode, Naomi Karten details good and bad open door policies and what we all can do to improve relationships between managers and employees. Then Francesca Matteu discusses Johanna Rothman’s column about understanding the difference between project goals and requirements and why we must work on one before the other.
	(8.42 MB, 9:12 min.)

	Linda Hayes, Peter Clark, and Payson Hall March 2008—Late Sponsored by TestComplete
	In this episode, Linda Hayes talks about trusting and testing commercial off-the-shelf applications and then Francesca Matteu discusses Peter Clark and Payson Hall’s columns about developing offshore teams and the art of negotiations, respectively.
	(6.82 MB, 7:27min.)

	Michele Sliger & Jeff Patton