Referencing some of software testing's most well-known thinkers, Ingo Philipp answers the question, "Why does exploratory testing matter?"
References and Sources:
1:07, “Testing Continuum”
Black Box Software Testing, Cem Kaner, James Bach
http://www.testingeducation.org/k04/documents/bbst17_2004.pdf
1:54, “Session-Based Testing”
Session-Based Test Management, Jonathan Bach
http://www.satisfice.com/articles/sbtm.pdf
2:45, “Learning, Design, Execution & Interpretation”
Resources On Exploratory Testing, Metrics & Other Stuff, Michael Bolton
http://www.developsense.com/resources.html
3:00, “Becoming More Exploratory”
What is Exploratory Testing, James Bach
http://www.satisfice.com/articles/what_is_et.shtml
3:15, “Testing Purpose”
Exploratory Testing an API, Maaret Pyhäjärvi
https://dojo.ministryoftesting.com/lessons/exploratory-testing-an-api
3:40, “Information Value”
Software Engineering Stack Exchange, Cem Kaner
https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/191531/why-does-cem-kaner-consider-a-test-not-revealing-a-bug-a-waste-of-time
4:35, “Invisible, Ambiguous, Unthinkable, Anonymous”
Becoming a Software Testing Expert, James Bach
http://www.satisfice.com/presentations/bste.pdf
5:08, “Agile Testing Equation”
Exploratory Testing in an Agile Context, Elisabeth Hendrickson
http://testobsessed.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ETinAgile-agile2011-final.pdf
