Risk-Based Quality Engineering & Traceability with Adam Sandman | Why Didn't You Test That? #23

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Welcome to episode 23 of the Why Didn’t You Test That? Podcast. In this episode, Rich Jordan and Huw Price are joined by Adam Sandman, CEO & Founder of Inflectra. Together, they explore the continuous evolution of quality engineering, highlighting critical aspects like traceability, auditability, risk-based testing and regulatory compliance.

The conversation stars with Adam Sandman tracing the evolution of Inflectra, which he founded to offer affordable quality assurance and test management solutions. Continuing on, Adam highlights how merely investing in cybersecurity solutions is insufficient, and only robust software development practices and thorough testing can prevent breaches. While, compliance and traceability can play key roles in verifying security measures and demonstrating adherence to regulators and stakeholders.

Huw Price states that organisations should be mapping their entire software ecosystem, identifying critical failure points, and adopting best practices in software development and quality assurance in order to mitigate data breach risks. This kind of proactive approach should also involve regular audits and continuous monitoring to protect sensitive information.

Rounding out the discussion, Huw, Rich and Adam discuss the challenges of system integrations and migrations, with Huw highlighting the importance of understanding legacy systems and maintaining integrity during transitions.

Watch the full episode to learn more!

The Curiosity Software Podcast, hosted by Rich Jordan, Huw Price and the Curiosity team! Together with guests, they share their insight and expertise in driving software design and development in test. Learn how you can improve your journey to quality software delivery, by considering how much do you really understand about your systems, and when things inevitably go wrong, why didn’t you test that?

Time Stamps:
2:42 Evolution of testing tools.
6:50 Importance of compliance and risk-management.
11:31 Challenge of testing AI systems.
23:12 Over-engineered Brooklyn Bridge.
25:27 Regulated industries and adopting agile.
27:22 Achieving quality and data migration.
29:25 Investing in continuous improvement.
32:26 Role of refactoring.
37:55 Moral obligation to prioritise quality.