# How much value do you find in testing-related heuristics?

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**Created:** [8 July 2022 09:31 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/how-much-value-do-you-find-in-testing-related-heuristics/61038 "2022-07-08T09:31:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![mirza](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/mirza/32/9965_2.png) [@mirza](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/mirza)\
**Post date:** [8 July 2022 09:31 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/how-much-value-do-you-find-in-testing-related-heuristics/61038/1 "2022-07-08T09:31:53Z")

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I find them very useful, especially when I’m on a new project and I don’t have much domain knowledge yet, I try to use common exploratory testing heuristics and try to find any similarities to my previous experiences and try to use that as well.

For example, if I have some data stored in a table and available on the UI, I would try to use common sense to find issues typical for that kind of functionality. The biggest challenge here I think is the fact that you could end up falling a victim to a cognitive bias, where you rely too much on similar past experiences and draw the wrong conclusion, or skip something important.

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**Author:** ![jon\_thompson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/jon_thompson/32/6753_2.png) [@jon\_thompson](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/jon_thompson)\
**Post date:** [8 July 2022 10:39 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/how-much-value-do-you-find-in-testing-related-heuristics/61038/2 "2022-07-08T10:39:39Z")

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Hendrickson’s Cheat Sheet is excellent for this. Her book is even better.

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**Author:** ![mirza](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/mirza/32/9965_2.png) [@mirza](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/mirza)\
**Post date:** [8 July 2022 11:22 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/how-much-value-do-you-find-in-testing-related-heuristics/61038/3 "2022-07-08T11:22:35Z")

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Oh yes! Explore it is excellent, I use it for all my charters!

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**Author:** ![elliottjames870](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/elliottjames870/32/6617_2.png) [@elliottjames870](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/elliottjames870)\
**Post date:** [12 July 2022 07:56 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/how-much-value-do-you-find-in-testing-related-heuristics/61038/4 "2022-07-12T07:56:59Z")

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> [@jon\_thompson](#):
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> Hendrickson’s Cheat Sheet

I have that as my desktop background to remind me in those occasions I have a little downtime.

My personal favourite is RCRCRC for regression. It helps remind me not to put all the focus on the new functionality and to consider things like the previous bugs that have been fixed and closed down.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/system/32/14378_2.png) [@system](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [7 July 2024 09:32 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/how-much-value-do-you-find-in-testing-related-heuristics/61038/5 "2024-07-07T09:32:18Z")

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Closed on 7 July 2024 09:32 UTC

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