Exploratory testing using the Goal Focus Approach methodology

In testing today, the focus is increasingly entirely on test automation. This ignores the limitations of test automation. Indeed, automated tests are only capable of controlling expected behaviour. However, with software products of any complexity, there is a high probability of unintended and erroneous behaviour that is difficult to predict!

With exclusive reliance on automated testing, chances are we will miss this undesirable behaviour because we don’t look for unexpected behaviour! A consequence of this is that important and “unexpected” bugs are only found in production!

Really good testing happens when, in addition to automated testing, you creatively/exploratively explore and challenge the product with human ingenuity. In doing so, you look not only at whether the product does what it is supposed to do, but also whether it exhibits unexpected behavior and whether it is robust. By skillfully exploring the product, you can really get to know the product and also discover behaviours that could be very undesirable in production! With exploratory testing, you additionally feed test automation with important, new test ideas for sound regression testing. This greatly enhances your value to your team.

This is the realm of the creative, human tester, this is the realm of Exploratory Testing! Polteq has developed the Goal Focus Approach methodology that supports and enhances this creative process. In this training, you’ll learn interactively what you didn’t already know about exploratory testing. In addition to theory, you will also train the skills for professional exploratory testing through extensive practical exercises on a real product! Make Exploratory Testing more effective and fun, use your own ingenuity, strengthen your creativity in testing and thereby boost the quality of testing in your team and organization! Exploratory testing training comes in one- two- and three-day formats with multiple content variations. If you do not know which variant suits you best, please contact us.