Presentation about how to start performing exploratory testing as a developer. Very basic and simple, and very streamlined. Should be the start for a developer who has not tested before.

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Exploratory Testing
SimplifiedFor Developers in an Agile Context

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Introduction
 The purpose of this presentation is to get developers started
with performing exploratory testing on their own code
 It is very simplified and practical to make it easy to adapt and
use
 This is just the first step in learning more about testing

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Simplified Workflow Overview
Impact analysis
Perform
Exploratory
Testing
Select Test
Techniques

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Overview
 Create a map of the features you have changed
 Rate the impact on the features that have been changed
 None, Low, High
 Select Test Techniques from a list that are relevant for testing
your impacted features
 Perform exploratory testing

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Impact Analysis
Feature A
Feature B Feature C Low
High
None
High:
Major changes to the feature
Low:
Minor changes to the feature or
major changes to a dependent
feature
None:
No changes to the feature, or minor
changes to a dependent feature that
does not have obvious impact
In this example a major
change has been done to
feature A which impacts
feature C

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Select Test Techniques
 Always start with running Happy Path testing
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_path
 Depending on the Impact your changes have on a component,
select a number of additional heuristics that are relevant and
exercise that piece of code
 None: 0 techniques
 Low: 3 techniques
 High: 5 techniques

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List of Test Techniques
Techniques
Boundary testing
Equivalence class analysis
State-based testing
Input constraints
Output constraints
Computation constraints
Storage (or data) constraints
Performance testing
Long sequence testing
Combination testing
Path testing
Map and test all the ways to edit a field
Logic testing
Lessons Learned in Software Testing: Testing Techniques
http://www.testingeducation.org/BBST/testdesign/KanerBachPett
ichord_Lessons_Learned_in_SW_testingCh3-1.pdf

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Exploratory Testing
Test Scope
Selection
Perform
Exploratory
Testing
“As long as the tester is thinking and learning while testing and the next
tests are influenced by the learning, the tester is performing exploratory
testing.”
http://university.utest.com/exploratory-testing-the-basics/

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Conclusion
 This is an extremely simplified overview to get you started with
your exploratory testing
 Look at the following resource, and the appendix, for future
learning
 http://www.testingeducation.org/BBST/foundations/

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Appendix
 Lessons Learned in Software Testing: Testing Techniques
 http://www.testingeducation.org/BBST/testdesign/KanerBachPettichord_Lessons_Learned_in_SW_testingCh3-1.pdf
 Test Heuristics Cheat Sheet
 http://testobsessed.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/testheuristicscheatsheetv1.pdf
 Heuristic Test Strategy Model
 http://www.satisfice.com/tools/htsm.pdf
 Test Tours
 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj620911.aspx
 Heuristics Risk-based Testing
 http://www.satisfice.com/articles/hrbt.pdf
 Black Box Software Testing: Test Design
 http://www.testingeducation.org/BBST/testdesign/BBSTTestDesign2011pfinal.pdf