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Consultant
Agile / Testing / Regulatory
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This Presentation Covers …
• How to think about Exploratory Testing
• The questions to ask yourself
• Project roles and Exploratory Testing
• Warning Signs
• Project stories and a stump-speech
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EXPLORATORY TESTING IS …
Simultaneous …
• Test Execution
• Test Design
• Learning
• Optimization
Execution
Design
Learning
Optimization
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EXPLORATORY TESTING IS …
… not your Hands.
The thoughts inside your Head…
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EXPLORATORY TESTING
… requires …
… and …
… to Question
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FOUR QUESTIONS …
Performance
• Should I change how I perform a task?
Redesign
• Should I redesign the task?
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… FOUR QUESTIONS
Mission
• Am I working on the correct mission?
Learning
• Am I learning
and adapting?
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1. PERFORMANCE
Should I change how I perform a
task?
• Intentional Alternation and Variation
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2. REDESIGN
Should I redesign the task?
• Intentional Galumphing …
… or cut the
Gordian-Knot
… or
cut-to-the-chase
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3. MISSION
Working the correct mission?
• Who values the mission, and Why?
Ask the Zero Questions
• Is this a problem for me, right now?
• Anything not worth doing, …
• Where’s the Beef?
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4. LEARNING
Am I learning and adapting?
• Can I solve my own problems?
• Am I self-healing?
• Am I aware of the greater context?
• … or am I stuck
and need a jiggle?
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Doer
Manager-of-Doer
Client
THREE ROLES: STORIES
Execution
Design
Learning
Optimization
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WARNING SIGNS OF
SUPERFICIAL COMMITMENT
Abdication
• Refusing responsibility
Resignation
• Mentally Unengaged with the Design
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WARNING SIGNS OF
SUPERFICIAL COMMITMENT
Mechanistic Efficiency
• Using people like Machines
All Success – No Failures, No Slack
• And no Learning
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THE FINAL QUESTION
Constantly ask yourself …
What is the best test,
I can perform right now?
… and do that.
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How to Think about ET
• Having the Courage to Think
The four questions to ask yourself
• Should I change how I perform a task?
• Should I redesign the task?
• Am I working on the correct mission?
• Am I learning and adapting?
SUMMARY … A
HOW COURAGE AND FREEDOM INFLUENCE
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Project Roles and Exploratory Testing
• The courage and freedom need for each role
Four Warning Signs
•
Abdication, Resignation, Mechanization,
All Success
The Final Question
• What is the Best Test,
SUMMARY … B
HOW COURAGE AND FREEDOM INFLUENCE
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IMAGE CREDITS …
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… IMAGE CREDITS
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alexander_cuts_the_Gordian_Knot.jpg
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QUESTIONS AND STORIES
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