tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722108.post6471463016524010295..comments2024-03-28T12:11:07.539+05:30Comments on Thinking Tester: Exploratory Testing - the state of the art, Evening TalkShrini Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10782753752478547381noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722108.post-48699577814258728582016-03-02T18:10:12.206+05:302016-03-02T18:10:12.206+05:30Very informative post and it was thoroughly helpfu...Very informative post and it was thoroughly helpful to me. I also wrote related lines on exploratory testing on my blog post - http://bit.ly/1RneKkbAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10473111233232888170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722108.post-28050892761656713312010-02-01T18:04:53.749+05:302010-02-01T18:04:53.749+05:30Genial post and this mail helped me alot in my col...Genial post and this mail helped me alot in my college assignement. Gratefulness you on your information.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722108.post-33882883390448821872008-11-07T20:12:00.000+05:302008-11-07T20:12:00.000+05:30ET is good. But I have seen a shortage of good tes...ET is good. But I have seen a shortage of good testers in industry. So it is practical to have this technique. dont u feel ET is person dependant.? Can it be a substitute for Normal test case writing and execution.?Ukkuruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03121124255004635910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722108.post-42625360096517101882008-11-05T11:46:00.000+05:302008-11-05T11:46:00.000+05:30I'm just teasing you Shrini - I tend to be careles...I'm just teasing you Shrini - I tend to be careless with words sometimes and you always make me stop and think about what I say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722108.post-35787647664667379322008-11-04T19:48:00.000+05:302008-11-04T19:48:00.000+05:30Alan ...I happen to read about "General semantics"...Alan ...<BR/><BR/>I happen to read about "General semantics" while exploring about "words" or "playing with words".<BR/><BR/>I was lead to Alfred Korzybsky's book "science and Sanity". This book is available on Google. Quick reading of first few pages made me think ... why words so important... especially the context in which they are communicated? What all this means to software testing .... chain of questions ...<BR/><BR/>I hope to get a (convincing) answer to your comment "you love to play with words".<BR/><BR/>I love to play with words ... but I am not sure why ...<BR/><BR/>Thanks for initiating a thread of thinking in my mind ...<BR/><BR/>ShriniShrini Kulkarnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10782753752478547381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722108.post-57619486704095831732008-11-04T12:14:00.000+05:302008-11-04T12:14:00.000+05:30>>>oh, you do love to play with words.Yes...>>>oh, you do love to play with words.<BR/><BR/>Yes I do. I do it to get clarity on the intention and context behind those words. I believe this is an important skill for testers - questioning words and their usage. I have been often accused of "hair splitting". To me, that helped in many ways to communicate and engage in conversation better. It is general tendency of people to "just move on assuming whatever is generally accepted meanings". I am a tester and it is difficult for me accept anything without questioning it adequately.<BR/><BR/>>>> I would say that ET is an approach that uses a set of techniques.<BR/><BR/>Don't you think that is "different" from saying "ET is a technique"? To me, a technique is a recipe where as an approach or methodology is "way of doing things".<BR/><BR/>>>> Your statement isn't really a myth - it's just a poor choice of wording :}<BR/><BR/>Well, to me it is a myth as projecting ET as a technique sets "wrong" expectations from it. People perceive technique in a different way than the approach.<BR/>ET is not a technique simply because any technique (in the context of testing) can be performed in either exploratory or scripted way.<BR/><BR/>BTW, these are not my words ... but the words that I constantly hear when people discuss about ET and tend to discard ET thinking that it is a not viable technique.<BR/><BR/>ShriniShrini Kulkarnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10782753752478547381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722108.post-89582306502855272492008-11-04T02:53:00.000+05:302008-11-04T02:53:00.000+05:30"Exploratory Testing is a Technique"oh, you do lov..."Exploratory Testing is a Technique"<BR/><BR/>oh, you do love to play with words. I would say that ET is an <I>approach</I> that uses a set of techniques. Your statement isn't really a myth - it's just a poor choice of wording :}Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7722108.post-15061893794497073832008-10-31T13:46:00.000+05:302008-10-31T13:46:00.000+05:30Here's one of my favorites:"Exploratory testing is...Here's one of my favorites:<BR/><BR/>"Exploratory testing is just doing whatever you feel like doing."<BR/><BR/>That one can really get my engine running, especially when I hear a dismissive tone. When I remember to be diplomatic, I count to ten in my head and then ask "Why do you say that?" <BR/><BR/>Sometimes I don't remember to be diplomatic. But I'm getting better at that. :)Michael M. Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04127836766713836066noreply@blogger.com