The Engineering Quality Podcast

18: Not Accessible = Not Ready

22 Apr 2026

Recommended: Accessibility is something to remember.

Accessible digital design demands embedding inclusivity as a core value, prioritizing manual testing with real users, overcoming organizational and cultural barriers, and fostering leadership commitment to ensure proactive compliance and user-centered solutions over overhyped AI tools, addressing both ethical and economic imperatives.

17: Quality Isnt A Testing Problem, Its a Culture Problem

8 Apr 2026

The text discusses strategies for cultivating quality culture in software development through observation, retrospectives, and the QPAM model, highlighting collaboration between developers and testers, addressing challenges like adversarial dynamics and silos, and emphasizing inclusive practices, shared quality definitions, and adaptive leadership to empower testers and ensure organizational accountability.

16: Busy Isnt Productive: Staying Focused in Tech

24 Mar 2026

Redefining productivity as intentional focus on meaningful tasks rather than busyness, the text addresses distractions like communication tools and meetings, emphasizing prioritization, time-blocking, boundary-setting, avoiding multitasking, leveraging task management tools, time audits, and personalizing strategies to align daily efforts with long-term goals through intentional planning and protected focused time.

15: Quality coaching with Anne-Marie Charrett & Fiona Charles

4 Mar 2026

Leadership in software development is shifting towards cultivating collaborative cultures, systems thinking, and shared responsibility for quality.

14: Navigating the Tech Job Market with Ali Feldman

18 Feb 2026

The tech job market is being disrupted by AI-generated resumes and coding tools, forcing recruiters to adapt and candidates to showcase authenticity and experience in a shifting landscape.

13: Aligning Agile and Quality with Shaquanna Brown

4 Feb 2026

Agile practices improve software quality and team collaboration by emphasizing feedback, defined working agreements, and embedding quality in the development process.

12: Holistic Testing with Lisa Crispin

21 Jan 2026

Holistic testing is emphasized as an ongoing, integrated process throughout the software development lifecycle, requiring cross-team collaboration and continuous feedback for improved software quality.