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From  Formal  Test  Cases  to    Session-­‐Based  Exploratory  Tes<ng  

StarCanada  2015  Ron  Smith  

Prezi  version  of  presenta<on  

•  hFp://prezi.com/gehifprq5gs3  

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About  Me  

Credits  for  Exploratory  and  Session  Based  Test  Management  

•  James  &  Jonathan  Bach  •  hFp://www.sa<sfice.com/sbtm/  •  hFp://www.sa<sfice.com/ar<cles/what_is_et.shtml  

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Disclaimer  

What  is  Tes<ng  

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I  look  for  bugs  

What  is  your  oracle  

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Tes<ng  with  an  oracle  

Formal  test  cases  

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Where  were  we?  

Bugs  and  Landmines  

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Audience  of  test  cases  

Documenta<on  

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Process  over  individual?  

What  does  a  tester  look  like?  

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Where  would  we  like  to  be?  

Session  Based  Exploratory  Tes<ng  

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A  journey  of  a  thousand  miles  begins  with  a  single  step  

How  do  we  get  there?  

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Talk  about  it  

Start  Small  

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Create  Charters  

Don’t  re-­‐invent  the  wheel  

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Just  Enough  Documenta<on  

Mind  Map  

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Wiki  

Session  notes  

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Safety  Net  

Repor<ng  

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Bug  reports  

Developer  Tes<ng  

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Answers  for  Managers