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Exploratory Testing是否只適用於senior testers的身上?

Is exploratory testing only for senior testers?
September 16th, 2008 in SearchSoftwareQuality
http://www.michaeldkelly.com/blog/archives/190

上一篇"Exploratory Testing的優缺點及適用時機"
http://www.wretch.cc/blog/kojenchieh/13053436#comment249421680
post完後, 有人說問說1) 當有新人進來-與缺點四衝突(它大量依賴 tester的 testing skills和 domain knowledge)

那時候我的回答是

"至於新人未必是沒有測試經驗的人, 他可能只是對這產品不熟. 即使沒有
經驗的人, 他也可能提供不同的思路, 讓你可能有不同的測試流程產生."

後來我上網找了一下,  有人的回答是這樣

1. Experience isn’t a requirement for exploratory testing, but certainly, as with anything, experience can help.
2. For example:
    An "experienced" Java programmer (whatever that means) will (in theory) write better code then a Java programmer out of college.
    That doesn’t mean the Java programmer out of college can’t write code — he can.
    He just doesn’t have the same experience to draw on.
3. The same is true with exploratory testing. Experience can be good, but it isn’t required. Notice I said can be, because the wrong experience can be bad.

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Paul Carvalho

另外有人回說, 有另外兩點也很重要, 也是審核是否有當ET的特質

1. For exploratory *Testing* to be effective, the person needs to know how to identify (important) bugs so that they can report them.
- I have found that many ‘experienced’ testers don’t always recognize their own biases and assumptions when testing and therefore miss a lot of important bugs.
- In fact, many ‘experienced’ testers take offense at the question when I ask them if they know how to recognize a bug.

2. Another key element in making someone successful in ET is good feedback.
- A good test lead/mentor/coach/senior tester will understand all of the skills you listed above (and more) and help a newbie fast-forward their professional development by providing good, effective, timely feedback.

There are an infinite number of questions that could be asked on any test project. Are you prepared to address/investigate any of them? A good exploratory tester will be.. regardless of past ‘experience.’

(其中最後這句因該是最重要的)
Embrace the unknown! =)