Exploratory Testing for Teams

For many of us, quality is a team responsibility. That means that we all get to do testing. Software Testing can be harder than it looks though. This class will teach the basics of exploratory testing, so you can kick start a team to begin testing in a fun way, right away!

No need for boring, long test scripts, no need for endless documentation.

Learn how to dive in and find bugs that bug users!

This course is suitable for everyone that works in a team and is required to perform software testing as an activity. These could be developers, business analysts, business people, customer support...hey even your CTO can join in! The class looks at how to identify and hone in on the spidery sixth sense that software testers seem to have, helping you become a software testing sleuth straight away!

Course Content

This one day exploratory testing training teaches teams how to jump in straight away and start testing without the ho hum of writing long boring scripts. Instead, through practical exercises, it explores how to make testing fun and engaging. How to identify people's super tester powers use them in a way to contribute to team success.

You will learn some basic exploratory testing skills such as :

Using MindMaps for Testing

Identifying Risk in the system your Testing

Heuristics to power drive your testing

Oracles and how you know there's a bug

When to Stop Exploratory Testing

Writing Bug Reports

Managing & Reporting Exploratory Testing

This course is designed for people who wish to perform Exploratory Testing as a team.