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| Testing people have mentioned the concept of " | Testing people have mentioned the concept of " | ||
| - | To quote Jonathan Bach (co-inventor? | + | > "We had this problem when doing exploratory testing for a client. We wanted to be accountable for our work. We wanted to give status reports that reflected what we actually did. We wanted to show that we could be creative, skilled explorers, yet produce a detailed map of our travels. We invented Session-Based Test Management as a way to make those intangibles more tangible. It can be thought of as structured exploratory testing, which may seem like a contradiction-in-terms, |
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| - | "We had this problem when doing exploratory testing for a client. We wanted to be accountable for our work. We wanted to give status reports that reflected what we actually did. We wanted to show that we could be creative, skilled explorers, yet produce a detailed map of our travels. We invented Session-Based Test Management as a way to make those intangibles more tangible. It can be thought of as structured exploratory testing, which may seem like a contradiction-in-terms, | + | |
| - | pre-scripted. It means we have a set of expectations for what kind of work will be done and how it will be reported." | + | |
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| After session there is a review session to understand what was done, and also determine future testing opportunities. In other words, a review / retrospective. | After session there is a review session to understand what was done, and also determine future testing opportunities. In other words, a review / retrospective. | ||
| - | Note that people differentiate between adhoc testing and exploratory testing by (see http://en.wikip | + | Note that people differentiate between adhoc testing and exploratory testing by (see http://en.wikipedia.org/ |
| - | edia.org/ | + | |
| - | Exploratory testing has always been performed by skilled testers. In the early 1990s, ad hoc was too often synonymous with sloppy and careless work. As a result, a group of test methodologists (now calling themselves the Context-Driven School) began using the term " | + | "Exploratory testing has always been performed by skilled testers. In the early 1990s, ad-hoc was too often synonymous with sloppy and careless work. As a result, a group of test methodologists (now calling themselves the Context-Driven School) began using the term " |
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