Exploratory Testing: Adding Structure

Learn the basic building blocks to help think like a skilled tester, and use exploratory testing techniques to help put you and your wonderful mind in charge of your testing.

Exploratory Testing: Analysis and Modeling

Discover how to apply up-front and real-time analysis techniques to guide your exploratory testing sessions. Exploratory testing does not need to be an ad hoc, in-the-moment bug hunt. It can also be used to create complex, thorough testing at other interfaces than just the user interface. Creative analysis and modeling skills are essential for any tester who wants to move beyond basic black-box testing.

Exploratory Testing: Management and Reporting

Testing managers often wonder how they can manage exploratory testing. It turns out that it isn’t that difficult, provided you learn how to strategize and make the most of your testers and testing resources. Using session-based test management, testers can report on what they have tested. Learn how to plan, strategize and manage exploratory testing groups, and learn how to use session-based tools and techniques to record what has been tested.

Exploratory Testing and Test Automation

Test automation can be blended with exploratory testing in several ways. Learn how to use automation strategically to help your test team do more with less.

Exploratory Testing on Agile projects

Exploratory testing can plug right in on Agile projects, and any other project that values rapid feedback on what has been developed. Learn how to use exploratory testing techniques to provide feedback on emerging designs, to advocate for testability, and to help complement automated unit and user acceptance testing.