STARWEST 2024 - Exploratory Testing
Thursday, September 26
Not All Who Wander Are Lost—Exploratory Testing in Agile/DevOps
Thursday, September 26, 2024 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm
As we modernize and automate our tests in DevOps, or even adopt AI, we need to consider what we might be missing. In this presentation, Aaron will discuss the history of exploratory testing, how it gained popularity with agile and DevOps practices, and why we still need it as we move forward with AI-driven testing. We will briefly look at what a healthy test pyramid involves and discuss why we would want to use planned exploratory testing as part of the healthy pyramid. We will cover how exploratory testing is different than ad hoc testing, how to plan it, time box it, and use a charter....