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Exploratory Testing

An affidavit of sorts

The last three months I’ve worked specifically with the goal of my testers taking responsibility for their work. I’m a strong believer that each person is responsible for their own lives. I try to live by it and I expect others to do the same. It's

Beware the Lotus Eaters

Beware the Lotus Eaters

I wrote a feature article for Logigear Magazine February Edition entitled Beware the Lotus Eaters. I really enjoyed writing this article, I hope you get something out of it. Beware the Lotus Eaters [http://www.logigear.com/magazine/exploratory-testing/beware-of-the-lotus-eaters-exploratory-testing/] Drawing from the Greek mythology of the lotus eaters, Anne-Marie

Discovering Big Trak

Discovering Big Trak

Recently, I’ve been reading up on how we approach and report on solving problems. One book recommended to me was Exploring Science by David Klahr. There’s a lot in this book. Khlar performs experiments in his “Discovery Lab” where participants are observed solving and reporting problems. He uses

reinventing the wheel

reinventing the wheel

I liken my experience of creating an Exploratory Testing workshop as similar to recreating the wheel. It would be easy to copy someone else’s version of a wheel, after all there are a lot of great wheels out there. Alternatively, I could create my own wheel. But how do

Waxing and Waning during Exploratory Testing

Waxing and Waning during Exploratory Testing

I had this great plan for today where I would observe how I work throughout a day of exploratory testing. Unfortunately, the software is not quite ready for testing, so my plan has been slightly scuppered. Still I suppose this situation is often typical of any testing scenario, so I

Do your bugs only glow when its dark?

Do your bugs only glow when its dark?

Have you ever been in the situation where no-one else can find and repeat the bugs you find? Perhaps you have a canny knack of finding unusual bugs, or maybe it’s time to improve and update how you write bug reports! I do a lot of offsite exploratory testing

Is document a dirty word in Exploratory Testing?

Is document a dirty word in Exploratory Testing?

I went on James Bach’s Rapid Software Testing (RST) course because some of the concepts and ideas that I had read about exploratory testing and RST appealed to me. I liked the idea that central to testing is a critical and context-driven approach and I also wanted to put