{"id":16532,"date":"2023-01-11T11:16:58","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T11:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techpearl.com\/1645704443043\/?p=16532"},"modified":"2024-02-14T13:12:23","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T13:12:23","slug":"exploratory-testing-an-excellent-complement-to-traditional-software-test-approaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techpearl.com\/1719395789229\/exploratory-testing-an-excellent-complement-to-traditional-software-test-approaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploratory Testing &#8211; An excellent complement to traditional software test approaches"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"16532\" class=\"elementor elementor-16532\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1c0f187 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default 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traditional software test approaches<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fb4e23 elementor-author-box--image-valign-top elementor-author-box--align-left jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-author-box\" data-id=\"2fb4e23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"author-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-author-box__name\">Srikanth Renganathan (VP - Techpearl)<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b35e3f bdt-ss-btns-view-icon bdt-ss-btns-shape-rounded bdt-ss-btns-align-left bdt-ep-grid-0 bdt-ss-btns-style-flat bdt-ss-btns-color-original jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-43bc469 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"43bc469\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-be1f602 jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"be1f602\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a735c66 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a735c66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Introduction<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a1efed7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"a1efed7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d054336 jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"d054336\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a06f5fa jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a06f5fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exploratory testing is an approach to software testing defined as simultaneous learning, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">test design<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and test execution.\u00a0 The term \u201cExploratory testing\u201d was first coined and popularized by Cem Kaner in the early 1980s. Kaner is a professor of computer science and a leading authority on software testing. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ec3a71 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ec3a71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My initiation to exploratory testing dates back more than a decade when I experimented with it to improve test coverage and ensure test sufficiency. For the telecom projects I handled, test sufficiency was a huge concern as the products developed were used by millions of people. At that time the literature around exploratory tests was very less and James Bach (A renowned Software Test expert and a pioneer in the field of exploratory Tests) was beginning to work in this area.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a45a8b jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a45a8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exploratory testing is a type of software testing that involves actively exploring the application or system under test, without following a predetermined test plan or cases. The aim of exploratory testing is to uncover new and important defects in the application or system under test\u00a0 that might not have been discovered through traditional testing methods.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ce80446 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"ce80446\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ed3be1a jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"ed3be1a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cb563c jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3cb563c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Exploratory Test Process<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5e4e0e1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"5e4e0e1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0f2aefe jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"0f2aefe\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ea2a6b jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ea2a6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Exploratory tests were originally seen as an ad hoc test where you do random things and find issues. It was even equated with the term monkey testing. In reality, exploratory tests are much more subtle and profound. The tester here, ideally a person with good knowledge in the product domain is entrusted with this work. In our case, we used experts in the telecom domain to perform exploratory tests for telecom products in the Intelligent Network area. The process involves learning the system and testing the system simultaneously. Being the expert in the domain, he\/she starts exploring the system most likely looking at a specific area more deeply based on the high risk areas identified by the product owner. Say for example the high risk area is security, he starts exploring the various ways in which the system could be compromised and tests various user scenarios. Once he identifies issues or vulnerabilities of the system he may go for more rigorous tests which can potentially break the reliability of the system. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4f24eea elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"4f24eea\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6f996ad jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"6f996ad\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b09f5f2 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b09f5f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/techpearl.com\/1719395789229\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Four-Phases-of-Exploratory-Testing.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Four Phases of Exploratory Testing\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techpearl.com\/1719395789229\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Four-Phases-of-Exploratory-Testing.png 1024w, https:\/\/techpearl.com\/1719395789229\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Four-Phases-of-Exploratory-Testing-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/techpearl.com\/1719395789229\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Four-Phases-of-Exploratory-Testing-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-856355b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"856355b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2db5d88 jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"2db5d88\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60a2299 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60a2299\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">From the process perspective, it has mainly three aspects involved.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7fd9e2 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b7fd9e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a) Asking an expert to focus on specific areas of the system under test. It can be based on the risk, past issues in the system, customer usage scenarios etc<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68f3d32 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68f3d32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">b) The exploratory tests are time boxed into sessions of 1 to 2 hrs each as very long hours bring saturation for a creative and innovative work like exploratory test<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93d041e jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"93d041e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">c) The tester is preferred to be domain expert to make sure the learning is fast and is sure when he finds an issue or defect<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e0821fd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"e0821fd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7e6bc94 jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"7e6bc94\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fd1e3f jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0fd1e3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Gamifying Exploratory Test Sessions<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-09fefd5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"09fefd5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-460f20f jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"460f20f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c3462e jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c3462e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We can gamify exploratory test sessions. In Techpearl, we have \u201cBug day\u201d once a month and announce rewards to encourage participation. We identify the specific project for the particular month which will go through exploratory tests on the bug day. We identify the most high risk module or sub-system or feature set in that project and allow all employees who registered for this bug day event to have a go at it. Typically people from the same project, company level architects, people who have worked in the same project a while back etc participate in the event.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5b6e12 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d5b6e12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The bug day is divided into roughly 3 sessions of 2 hours each to explore and find issues in the system. It is very much like a hackathon in spirit. The participants have access to all relevant documents. The defects identified during bug day can be analyzed to see if they could be caught by traditional test methods. Bug day or Bug bashes are one of the creative ways to put exploratory tests in action. People have used mind-maps to implement exploratory tests and achieved successful results. It is up to us to design the right framework around exploratory tests suitable for our team or organization.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dc4b83b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"dc4b83b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-026d7b3 jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"026d7b3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c66221b jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c66221b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Summary<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e8e9446 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"e8e9446\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d8c52de jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"d8c52de\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2190d2 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b2190d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In my own experience, I feel exploratory tests are an excellent complementary test approach in addition to the traditional model of systematic tests based on test design and cases. Instead of the traditional static structure of test design, in this case the test case design is dynamic and happens on the run while exploring. Some companies even have titles for testers as exploratory testers. The main advantage of exploratory testing is that less preparation is required, and important bugs are found very fast. In summary, a software development organization irrespective of their size should consider exploratory tests as a key part of their overall test strategy and leverage its value.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction Exploratory testing is an approach to software testing defined as simultaneous learning, test design and test execution.\u00a0 The term \u201cExploratory testing\u201d was first coined and popularized by Cem Kaner in the early 1980s. Kaner is a professor of computer science and a leading authority on software testing. My initiation to exploratory testing dates back &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/techpearl.com\/1719395789229\/exploratory-testing-an-excellent-complement-to-traditional-software-test-approaches\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Exploratory Testing &#8211; An excellent complement to traditional software test approaches<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":16652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,21],"tags":[52],"class_list":["post-16532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-software-development","tag-software-development"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techpearl.com\/1719395789229\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techpearl.com\/1719395789229\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techpearl.com\/1719395789229\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techpearl.com\/1719395789229\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techpearl.com\/1719395789229\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16532"}],"version-history":[{"count":62,"href":"https:\/\/techpearl.com\/1719395789229\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17352,"href":"https:\/\/techpearl.com\/1719395789229\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16532\/revisions\/17352"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techpearl.com\/1719395789229\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techpearl.com\/1719395789229\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techpearl.com\/1719395789229\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techpearl.com\/1719395789229\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}