Comments on: Exploratory Testing vs. Scripted Testing – rich terminology http://thetesteye.com/blog/2009/11/exploratory-testing-vs-scripted-testing-rich-terminology/ by rikard edgren, henrik emilsson and martin jansson - with torbjörn ryber and henrik andersson Sun, 05 Feb 2012 11:36:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Rikard Edgren http://thetesteye.com/blog/2009/11/exploratory-testing-vs-scripted-testing-rich-terminology/comment-page-1/#comment-814 Rikard Edgren Mon, 23 May 2011 05:50:46 +0000 http://thetesteye.com/blog/?p=643#comment-814 It took me a year and a half to make up my mind about which of these two to use (activity or approach) I think it is both. It's like the light, which is both a wave and a particle. This of course also goes for scripted testing, it is both an activity, and an approach. I think this is good; you get a broader terminology, that isn't wrong to use in any of the ways (although misunderstandings can happen), and there will be more powerful follow-up concepts, e.g. exploratory test design, that can be both on-the-fly-testdesign, and investigation of multiple information sources. It took me a year and a half to make up my mind about which of these two to use (activity or approach)
I think it is both. It’s like the light, which is both a wave and a particle.
This of course also goes for scripted testing, it is both an activity, and an approach.

I think this is good; you get a broader terminology, that isn’t wrong to use in any of the ways (although misunderstandings can happen), and there will be more powerful follow-up concepts, e.g. exploratory test design, that can be both on-the-fly-testdesign, and investigation of multiple information sources.

]]> By: Justin Hunter http://thetesteye.com/blog/2009/11/exploratory-testing-vs-scripted-testing-rich-terminology/comment-page-1/#comment-214 Justin Hunter Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:35:45 +0000 http://thetesteye.com/blog/?p=643#comment-214 Rikard, Nice post. It is a topic I've been thinking about a lot lately. FYI - There's a discussion about the general topic here. I just added a link to your post to it: http://testing.stackexchange.com/questions/237/lessons-learned-from-combining-exploratory-testing-and-scripted-testing Rikard,

Nice post. It is a topic I’ve been thinking about a lot lately.

FYI – There’s a discussion about the general topic here. I just added a link to your post to it:

http://testing.stackexchange.com/questions/237/lessons-learned-from-combining-exploratory-testing-and-scripted-testing

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