Exploratory Testing Course

Exploratory Testing -
Risk-Based Agile Testing
Course description:

2 days workshop with exercises.

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Course Objectives:

Exploratory testing is “Simultaneous learning, planning and testing” (Cem Kaner). The objectives of this course is to give the students an overview of

	What is Exploratory testing? (As opposed to scripted testing and ad-hoc testing)
	When to use it?
	How to do it effectively?
	How to manage it?

Who should attend:

Everybody involved in software quality and planning of or execution of software testing:

	Quality Managers
	Product managers
	Project managers
	Test managers
	Test analysts
	Testers

Basic knowledge or experience with software testing is expected.

Topics in the course:

	Introduction; Introduction to testing, What is Exploratory Testing and Introduction to Risk.
	Summary Conventional Test Management and Testing Techniques (Testing Fundamentals).
	How to do Exploratory testing: Planning, Execution and Documentation.
	Exploratory Testing Styles.
	Exploratory Test Management.

What will you learn:

After the training the students should be able to:

Identify required knowledge to become an effective exploratory tester
When to apply and when not to apply exploratory testing
How to pick correct testing technique and style to do effective exploratory testing
How to manage an exploratory test team

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Danish Paper about Exploratory Testing - click here!

Case Study Exploratory Testing - click here!
This presentation is documented in the book "Software Quality and Software Testing in Internet Times", by Dirk Meyerhoff et.al. (editors), Springer-Verlag 2002, ISBN: 3-540-42632-9. For further questions regarding this paper or presentation, please e-mail jarle.vaga@chello.no.

Exploratory Testing - Risk-Based Agile Testing Course description: