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Explore it! reduce risk and increase confidence with exploratory testing…
Explore it! reduce risk and increase confidence with exploratory testing by --Elisabeth Hendrickson
Chapter1 = On Testing and Exploration
Working in Time-Boxed Sessions
Essential Elements of Exploratory Testing
Learning
Executing
Designing Tests
Steering
Brainstorm a list of questions
testing=checked+explored
taking notes and debrief with
stakeholders
CHAPTER 2
Charter Your Explorations
exploring is to discover informationof interest and value of your stakeholders
The Nightmare Headline Game
Choose a Big Risk to Work On
Brainstorm Contributing Causes
Set the Stage
Gather Headlines
Refine Causes into Charters
chartering the expedition
Target
Resources
Information
maintain simple chartering
template
maintain good charters - it should
be like direction
find a way to dig deeper
chapter 3 - observe the details
Software is like an iceberg: much of
the action is below the water line
Have you seen the bear - I have
seen it at second time
Be Alert for Subtle Clues
Touching
Seeing
Hearing
develop ability to observe
Testability is visibility and control
consoles and logs are resources
too
Chapter 4 - find interesting
variations
A variable is anything that you can change or cause tobe changed indirectly while operating the software.
Variables
subtle ones
Be alert for subtle clues
recognizing and manipulating subtle variables is to practice doing it.
Things You Can Count
relative position
files and storag
geographic locations
timing , frequency,duration
input and navigation
formats
size
taking notes and debrief with
stakeholders
chapter 5 - evaluate results
Identify the Never and Always
conditions
focus your discussion around the
risky conditions
Identify external resources
Identify useful approximations
Quality Factors
Accuracy
Reliability
Availability
Usability
Accessibility
Security