Comments on Agile Testing | Tester Troubles: Exploratory Testing - An Agile Approach?

Ray, thank you for an interesting article on Agile...

2011-04-08T10:57:06.727+01:00

Ray, thank you for an interesting article on Agile testing. I have a question for you about test planning and test execution reporting. I am working in an organization where waterfall methodology is adopted. Prior to SIT, test plan and test scripts have to be implemented, number of test cases is published, test execution is planned, and reporting is based on number of tests executed. If the requirements and thus, test scenarios are continiously emerging, how is the overall project status can be assessed? How can we know and effectively report to the management whether the project is on track or not? Thanks.

I don't have knowledge about Agile. But, after...

2010-11-23T04:49:59.470Z

I don't have knowledge about Agile. But, after reading this article I got some idea about Agile and I am going to implement the Agile in my organization soon.

Hi Ray, I am new to Agile and found your articles ...

2010-10-29T19:12:44.435+01:00

Hi Ray,
I am new to Agile and found your articles very interesting. R&D in my company is currently using Agile and for testing we do mostly Exploratory testing. If possible, could you please post some templates for writing "Stories". Or any article on how to get started with Agile?

Thank you,
Pavana

Hi Kay, 1. When testing in a more traditional way...

2010-06-05T21:23:55.634+01:00

Hi Kay,

1. When testing in a more traditional way, you plan for expected behaviour, so an emergent behaviour is the opposite. These are behaviours that make you divert from your plan.

2. How many times have you run a planned test script over and over again without finding a defect only for one to appear after the softwares gone live? I guess this has happened. So by including an exploratory phase into your plan you're more likely to find defects that would otherwise miss.

Hope this helps.

Ray (tester troubles)

Hi Ray, I am an agile tester and I found the aricl...

2010-05-14T11:35:55.128+01:00

Hi Ray,
I am an agile tester and I found the aricle interesting as it reflects my working environment. I have few queries on the above:
1. Could you explain the 'emergent behaviours' in more detail?
2. How do ascertain that exploratory testing finds bugs that other approaches won't find at all

Thanks,
Kay