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Exploratory testing (ET) consists of simultaneous learning, test design, test execution, and optimization. Most people are able to adopt the outward behaviors of ET but struggle to adopt an ET mindset. Griffin Jones explains that this mindset requires reflecting on four basic questions: Am I learning and adapting? Am I working on the correct mission? Should I redesign the task? Should I change how I perform the task? Sharing his experiences across project roles, Griffin explains why courage and freedom are critical ingredients in answering those four questions. He describes the warning signs of a superficial commitment to the values of ET. Learn the power of asking the question: What is the best test I can perform, right now? Move beyond mimicry and the superficial. Leave with a way to align yourself with the deeper values of exploratory testing.
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Courage and Freedom in Exploratory Testing
October 2013
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Griffin JonesConsultantAgile / Testing / Regulatory
October 2013
This Presentation Covers …• How to think about Exploratory Testing• The questions to ask yourself• Project roles and Exploratory Testing• Warning Signs• Project stories and a stump-speech
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EXPLORATORY TESTING IS …Simultaneous …
• Test Execution• Test Design• Learning• Optimization
Execution
Design
Learning
Optimization
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EXPLORATORY TESTING IS …
… not your Hands.
The thoughts inside your Head…
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EXPLORATORY TESTING
… requires …
… and …
… to Question
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FOUR QUESTIONS …Performance• Should I change how I perform a task?
Redesign• Should I redesign the task?
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… FOUR QUESTIONSMission• Am I working on the correct mission?
Learning• Am I learning
and adapting?
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1. PERFORMANCEShould I change how I perform a task? • Intentional Alternation and Variation
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2. REDESIGN Should I redesign the task? • Intentional Galumphing …
… or cut the Gordian-Knot
… or cut-to-the-chase
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3. MISSION Working the correct mission? • Who values the mission, and Why?
Ask the Zero Questions• Is this a problem for me, right now?• Anything not worth doing, …• Where’s the Beef?
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4. LEARNING Am I learning and adapting? • Can I solve my own problems?• Am I self-healing?• Am I aware of the greater context?• … or am I stuck
and need a jiggle?
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DoerManager-of-DoerClient
THREE ROLES: STORIESExecution
Design
Learning
Optimization
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WARNING SIGNS OFSUPERFICIAL COMMITMENT
Abdication• Refusing responsibility
Resignation• Mentally Unengaged with the Design
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WARNING SIGNS OFSUPERFICIAL COMMITMENT
Mechanistic Efficiency• Using people like Machines
All Success – No Failures, No Slack• And no Learning
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THE FINAL QUESTIONConstantly ask yourself …
What is the best test, I can perform right now?
… and do that.
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How to Think about ET• Having the Courage to Think
The four questions to ask yourself• Should I change how I perform a task?• Should I redesign the task?• Am I working on the correct mission?• Am I learning and adapting?
SUMMARY … AHOW COURAGE AND FREEDOM
INFLUENCE
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Project Roles and Exploratory Testing• The courage and freedom need for each role
Four Warning Signs • Abdication, Resignation, Mechanization,
All Success
The Final Question• What is the Best Test,
I can perform right now?
SUMMARY … BHOW COURAGE AND FREEDOM
INFLUENCE
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