
Creating Valuable Products with Andrea Sipos
Quality Bits
02/06/23
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Are you curious about the behind-the-scenes workings of product development? Want to know who's really responsible for the products we build and how to ensure they're valuable?
Tune in to this episode of our podcast, where we sit down with guest Andrea Sipos, a seasoned product manager who shares her insights and expertise on the role of a product manager, the differences between product and project management, and the importance of a collaborative team effort in creating successful products.
Andrea worked at various companies, such as Prezi, Skyscanner, and Oda, and also served as the Head of Product at OptiMonk. She works as a freelance product manager with companies like LABA and Craft.
Join us for an enlightening and informative conversation that will give you a deeper understanding of the product management and development process.
Find Andrea on:
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/AASipos
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreasiposb/
Mentions and references:
- Quality Bits episode with Nadine Oldorf about building the right product mentioning Continuous Discovery: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2037134/11279363
- Quality Bits episode with Rouan Wilsenah mentioning courage as Extreme Programming value: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2037134/11623978
- Andrea's book and article recommendations:
- "INSPIRED: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love" by Marty Cagan
- "Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making" by Tony Fadell
- Teresa Torres's blog: https://www.producttalk.org/
- Lenny Rachitsky's Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/
Links to books are to Amazon and as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases
Follow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/buggylina
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte/
- Website: https://qualitybits.tech/
Follow Quality Bits on your favorite listening platform and Twitter: https://twitter.com/qualitybitstech to stay updated with future content.
If you like this podcast and would like to support its making, feel free to buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/linazubyte
Thank you for listening!
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Testing in Production with Rouan Wilsenach
January 23, 2023
•40m
Testing in production: scary abnormality or familiar regularity?
In this episode, Lina talks to Rouan about the role of a QA that is more than testing and testing in production. You'll hear about the misconceptions of testing in production, the requirements for reliable testing in production, and even how to clean up your messy alerting systems.
Find Rouan on:
- His website: https://www.rouanw.com
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/rouanw
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rouanw/
Mentions and references:
- Rouan's website with ideas for more interesting standups: https://funstandups.com
- Quality Bits episode with Steve Upton on the definition of quality: https://qualitybits.buzzsprout.com/2037134/11248422
- Rouan's article about the QA role "Is QA dead?": https://www.thoughtworks.com/insights/blog/qa-dead
- Testing in Production:
- Rouan's article on Martin Fowler's blog: https://martinfowler.com/articles/qa-in-production.html
- Elizabeth Hendrickson on Agile Testing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqi_T2B8DvY
- Kent Beck on Facebook Engineering Process: https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2020/12/10/facebook-engineering-process-with-kent-beck-repeat/
Follow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/buggylina
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte/
- Website: https://qualitybits.tech/
Follow Quality Bits on your favorite listening platform and Twitter: https://twitter.com/qualitybitstech to stay updated with future content.
Thank you for listening!
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Security Engineering with Aleksandra Kornecka
February 20, 2023
•40m
Aleksandra Kornecka turned from a QA into a Security Engineer. In this episode, Lina talks to Aleksandra to learn more about this switch, the importance of security, and its parallels with quality. You'll learn about threat modeling, where to start when learning more about security, and so much more, including some anecdotes referencing the most famous hacker in pop culture - Mr. Robot.
Find Aleksandra on:
- Her Website: https://aleksandrakornecka.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aleksandrakornecka/
Mentions and resources:
- Elevation of privilege: https://github.com/adamshostack/eop
- OWASP: https://owasp.org/projects/
- Free Cyber Security Certification Training: https://www.isc2.org/
Follow Quality Bits host Lina Zubyte on:
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/buggylina
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linazubyte/
- Website: https://qualitybits.tech/
Follow Quality Bits on your favorite listening platform and Twitter: https://twitter.com/qualitybitstech to stay updated with future content.
If you like this podcast and would like to support its making, feel free to buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/linazubyte
Thank you for listening!
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