Exploratory Testing – Exploring the Depths

What is Exploratory Testing? Most of the time, software testing methods are where you design a test case and later execute it. However, in exploratory testing, you can do designing and execution simultaneously. Exploratory testing gives individual testers the freedom to think and learn to run important tests with adequate responsibility. Exploratory testing relies on the guidance given by the individual testers. The testers dive deep to understand the defects which are not easily covered in different tests. You can compare exploratory testing with the traditional method of scrip testing, where detailed test cases are designed first. Then you can execute the tests according to the requirements. The efficiency of the system increases subsequently while carrying out an exploratory test. This is because both the tasks of the test case are done at the same time. History of Exploratory Testing Exploratory testing was earlier known as ‘Ad-Hoc’ testing. Then, software testing expert Cem ...