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What Is Testing? A Conversation with James Bach and Michael Bolton

Podcasts on Quality Assurance and Testing

In this video podcast, Alex Khvastocvich sat down with James Bach and Michael Bolton to answer a deceptively simple question:
What is testing?

Alex says

A lot of people still reduce testing to “finding bugs.” But if you take testing seriously, it’s much bigger than that.

We talk about: What testing actually is (and what it isn’t)
And a bit about the future of testing

This conversation also helped me refine how I describe testing in my own work and writing. Which resulted with this: “As I see it, testing is more than just finding bugs, it is a process of helping improve product quality, assessing compliance with requirements and regulations, and helping to deliver a product that meets or exceeds user expectations.”

If you’ve ever struggled to explain what testers really do — this episode will give you better words and a sharper model.

YouTube: @alexusadays

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