Johan Jonasson
Johan Jonasson is a senior test specialist at House of Test, a testing services company based in southern Sweden. He is a firm believer in the Context-Driven approach to testing and is passionate about both gaining a spreading knowledge in the field of testing.
Track abstract - Testing
Introducing Exploratory Testing into the organization
Traditional testing methods teach us that explicit and testable requirements need to be developed and formalized in order for testers to design relevant test scripts or test cases. These scripts must be written in such a way that even a tester with limited or no experience from working with the system under test will be able to execute the scripts in an exact and repeatable manner to ensure that we test the same every time.
Exploratory Testing, as coined by Cem Kaner in the early 1990s, is an approach that complements traditional scripted testing. It encourages and emphasizes simultaneous learning, test design and test execution. Its strength lies in empowering testers to ask themselves, what is the best test I can perform next, without being limited to a prewritten script or set of rules for their testing.
This talk gives an overview of Exploratory Testing and how it can be structured for traceability and credibility without losing out on the creativity and freedom of the approach. It will also present experiences from a real world introduction of the concept and discuss the positive impact that adding Exploratory Testing can have on the overall quality of testing in a heavily scripted test organization.
