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....
Aaron Nelson
Technology Analyst
State Farm
Aaron Nelson has over twenty years of experience working for State Farm on various efforts as a tester and QA Specialist. After starting with support of call monitoring tools, he moved to workstation platform testing. He later worked on an agile project to create an activity management system as his organization was trying out agile methods for the first time. While there, he learned the importance of exploratory testing. Since then, he has worked in research and development, Test Center of Excellence, and he is now part of test practice enablement consulting with teams to mature their tests.