Discover your Explorer Soul

Meet your hidden power of exploratory testing and add fun to your testing journey
Discover new ways to explore your product under test and use a funny way to reveal the unknown unknowns. Join us to complement your tester’s toolbox.

Albert Einstein once said, "I have no special talents, I'm just passionately curious." This quote is not only true for a world famous theoretical physicist but also for the guild of exploratory testers. Driven by curiosity and coffee (or another hot beverage of choice) an exploratory tester spends time with the software artifacts and tries to unlock the hidden gem, discover areas where no user has been before, and find the unknown unknowns that could bear a risk to the software under test. Common misconceptions make us believe that exploratory testing does not require skills. In this workshop we will help you unlock crucial traits that will help the tester in you to find those unknown unknowns hidden deep down in the software, forgotten or never revealed in any documentation. From theoretical introductions and concrete examples based on our experience, we are pleased to run some hands-on exercises with you. During the session we will help you train your brain and think outside the box so that you can meet the explorer in you. Let’s experience together how you can apply exploratory testing. You will find out how ideas and software can be discovered. Learn how you can apply and incorporate the learnings from the workshop in your everyday testing. Join us in the workshop and unlock your inner explorer.

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1. Emna & Andrea
2. Emna Ayadi Emna.Ayadi@sogeti.com Loveletterfromatester@gmail.com Andrea Jensen
3. "I have no special talents, I'm just passionately curious." Albert Einstein © Arthur Sasse/AFP
5. Agenda Perform an Exploratory Testing Session with a Twist
6. Create your favorite Pizza with ‘Build a Pizza’ How to perform an Exploratory Testing Session?
7. Order Select Start
8. How to perform an Exploratory Testing Session? • Charter Template
9. How to perform an Exploratory Testing Session? • Charter Example
10. Define relevant Personas using the Personas Template
11. How to perform an Exploratory Testing Session? Get in touch with your Senses
14. How to perform an Exploratory Testing Session?
15. How to perform an Exploratory Testing Session? Run through your Charters • What is the expected outcome? • What information can be revealed? • Are new charters coming to your mind?
16. How to perform an Exploratory Testing Session?
17. Past Results Obstacles Outlook Feelings What happened? What did you learn? What got in your way? What want you to explore next? How do you feel? How to perform an Exploratory Testing Session?
18. Session Feedback - Event Storming Run Exploratory testing session Questions Learning Feeling Design effective charters Include senses activation in the exploration Use the product map in the testing session Debrief based on learnings … … … ….. … … … ….. … … ….. … … … ….. … … … ….. … … … ….. … … … ….. … … … ….. … … … ….. … … … ….. … … … ….. … … … ….. … … … ….. … … … ….. … … … ….. … … … ….. … … … ….. … … … ….. … … … ….. … … … ….. Learn about the product mission
19. Thank you for your Feedback and Contribution!! Session Feedback - Event Storming
20. Resources Useful Resources for Exploratory Testing Book Explore It! by E. Hendrickson Video about Exploratory Testing by E. Hendrickson List for Test Ideas You are not done yet - by M.Hunter A really useful List for Exploratory Testers by S. Tomes Test Heuristics Cheat Sheet by Ministry of Testing Useful Articles & Videoa Why Ad-hoc Testing is not Exploratory Testing by C Akehurst Ryan What will come after Agile by M. Harris Curiosity Quotient by T. Chamorro-Premuzic Exploratory Testing basics by E. Ayadi Exploratory Testing | TMAP by Sogeti Basketball Awareness Test by A. Drozdovskis