No more Fooling around -- Skills & Dynamics of Exploratory Testing
summary
Argues that exploratory testing depends on human judgment and practiced technique rather than rigid scripts, claiming test automation cannot replace skilled testers and that standardization often finds only the bugs that agreed to follow the standard. Recommends treating management demands symmetrically—ask for management scripts when asked for test scripts—and states that reliable predictive metrics require a stable team and stable project, not temporary churn or blame culture.
AI-written summary · about
related talks
24mExploratory: Testing Humanely, Checking Robotically
42mOpening Keynote: Blunders in Test Automation
08mTesting In Agile
42mExploratory Testing Basics, Experiences and Future
49mDoes software testing need to be this way?
01h 01mIntersection of Automation and Exploratory Testing
01h 48mNo Such Thing as Manual Testing and Other Confusions
48mOwning Our Narrative