On the 27th of August Simon Tomes and Elizabeth Zagroba ( @ezagroba ) will spend an exciting hour on The Club tapping away at their keyboards answering your questions related to Exploratory Testing. Ask your questions! We’re Elizabeth and Simon, and we both love exploratory testing! We’re here to …

You suggest the topic “Exploratory testing and its relationship to other testing activities”. I also know the phrase “All testing is exploratory.” This leads to 2 questions: What is your characterization (in order to not use definition) of Exploratory Testing? Probably clear after answering the fi…

Sometimes I ask myself: “How good is my (exploratory) testing?” So I am curious about: Do you have an idea how to judge “good testing” vs. “bad testing”? For example after a test session: (How) Do you answer the quesiton: Did I do good testing in this session? Could I have done better? How can you…

Any free resource on intro to exploratory testing?

Elizabeth, if I remember correctly, you shared in a talk at Agile Testing Days 2018 that you received feedback on test charters you wrote. How much context is needed to provide good feedback on charters? What do you suggest if there is no expert on exploratory testing in your organization that cou…

There are lots if different ways to take testing notes, thinking of the tool you use for this (pen and paper, text editor, screenshots, …) and the content that you actually note down (results matching your expectation, only things you see a potential issue, …). Do you have a default approach for t…

What tools do you find are great for helping you with exploratory testing?

How does one a noob tester go to learn about exploratory software testing?

How can the testing community get better at explaining the value of exploratory testing?

Have you ever, or do you know of anyone who has, conducted exploratory testing in a regulated environment (banking, automotive, medical, etc)? What tips would you have for those who work in such sectors?

If a tool could help with structuring and making successful your exploratory testing efforts, what would be its characteristics? For example, I could see that it should Be able to extract repeatable & reproducible scenarios Be able to analyze the events to a failure More?

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Ask Me Anything: Exploratory Testing 🗓️ Events exploratory-testing , ask-me-anything	16	1491	22 April 2021
Testing and notes/Evidence etc Discussions exploratory-testing , reporting	37	1183	5 February 2024
Exploratory Testing Tools Discussions tools , exploratory-testing	54	3168	22 May 2024
Curious: Is there a better way to capture steps during manual testing? Discussions tools , exploratory-testing , automation , process , ai	18	375	29 July 2026
What tools and things do you use to help you with exploratory software testing? Discussions exploratory-testing	58	15442	5 September 2022

Ask Me Anything: Exploratory Testing

🗓️ Events

exploratory-testing , ask-me-anything

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1491

22 April 2021

Testing and notes/Evidence etc

Discussions

exploratory-testing , reporting

37

1183

5 February 2024

Exploratory Testing Tools

Discussions

tools , exploratory-testing

54

3168

22 May 2024

Curious: Is there a better way to capture steps during manual testing?

Discussions

tools , exploratory-testing , automation , process , ai

18

375

29 July 2026

What tools and things do you use to help you with exploratory software testing?

Discussions

exploratory-testing

58

15442

5 September 2022

Power Hour - Exploratory Testing

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