{"id":2148,"date":"2017-04-26T17:31:56","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T17:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/codoid.com\/learning-exploratory-testing-from-carl\/"},"modified":"2023-01-20T06:23:54","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T06:23:54","slug":"learning-exploratory-testing-from-carl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/codoid.com\/exploratory-testing\/learning-exploratory-testing-from-carl\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning Exploratory Testing from Carl"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I was coaching my team on how to create robust automated regression suite and reduce false positives, I posted the below question to them.<\/p>\n

“What are you going to achieve once you automate regression testing?”<\/p>\n

Answers from the team:<\/strong><\/p>\n

  • It reduces testing time.<\/li>\n
  • Automated testing eliminates errors. The testing is done exactly the same way every time.<\/li>\n
  • We will get more time to perform exploratory testing.<\/li>\n

    I was attracted with the last answer and asked another question.<\/p>\n

    “What is exploratory testing?”<\/strong><\/p>\n

    That’s it. The entire room was silent. I was surprised. Why the team was not able to answer it.<\/p>\n

    I took the blame. As a QA manager, I failed to teach the skills which were required when we were transitioning from traditional one to Agile environment.<\/p>\n

    I answered the question with the following definition.<\/p>\n

    Exploratory testing is an approach to software testing that is concisely described as simultaneous learning, test design and test execution.-Cem Kaner<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    However, I wanted to give an interesting example for exploratory testing.<\/p>\n

    I opened YouTube, played “Up Married Life Carl Ellie” clip from the animation movie UP<\/a> and asked them to watch it carefully.<\/p>\n