agile serbia: exploratory testing explained and experienced
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Exploratory Testing Explained and Experienced
by Maaret Pyhäjärvi
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TESTING IS ABOUT FEEDBACK:
QUALITY-RELATED INFORMATION
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Testers don’t break the code, they break your illusions about
the code. - Adapted from James Bach
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Realizations on Nature of Testing
20 16
1639 5±2 4
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20 DYNAMICALLY ADAPT FOR LIMITED BUDGET OPPORTUNITY COST
5
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16 EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED
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1639 ROUTES ARE RELEVANT NOT ALL BUGS ARE EQUAL
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5±2 TAKE NOTES CREATE CHECKLISTS
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Testing as Performance (Exploring) vs. Testing as Artifact Creation
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What Testing gives Us U
nit T
estin
g
Expl
orat
ory T
estin
g
SPEC FEEDBACK REGRESSION GRANULARITY
GUIDANCE UNDERSTANDING
MODELS SERENDIPITY Testing as
artifact creation
Testing as performance
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Product is my external imagination
I am my developer’s external imagination
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Learning in Layers A Demonstration of Exploratory Testing
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Teaching Exploratory Testing in a Mob
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Strong-Style Navigation
“For an idea to go from your head to the computer it must
go through someone else’s hands”
*http://llewellynfalco.blogspot.fi/2014/06/llewellyns-strong-style-pairing.html
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Observations Retrospective
ONE IDEA PER STICKY
NOTE
CAPITAL LETTERS
EASY TO
READ
FEW WORDS
Lowercase letters
Don’t write in cursive or in biro
Avoid writing too much on one single note as it takes a while for people to
read the whole thing!
• IDEA 1 • IDEA 2 • IDEA 3
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Before implementing
While implementing
Before production
While in production
Testing as artifact creation
Testing as performance (exploration)
Ways to think of testing peak at different moments with regards to adding a capability
TOTALS
Testing is Everywhere!
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Maaret Pyhäjärvi Email: maaret@iki.fi Twitter: @maaretp Web: maaretp.com Blog: visible-quality.blogspot.fi (please connect with me through Twitter or LinkedIn)
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