Your manager would like to introduce
exploratory testing to your agile team. He has received the following
suggestions on how to proceed from previous colleagues:
(i). User
stories are assigned to testers who are completely new to the user
story. There is allotted 120 minutes allocated to complete exploratory
testing on the user story. Testers do not need to document tests, or
test results, but do need to log defects if any are encountered.
(ii). User stories are assigned to testers who have already
completed risk based testing on the same areas. There is allotted 120
minutes allocated to complete exploratory testing for this user story.
The team expects at the end of the 120 minutes to have a list of test
ideas, including data and actors, results and issues encountered, and
list of defects to be logged in the defect management tool.
(iii). A user story is assigned to business representative. The
business representative is told to use the system like the customer
would on a day-to-day basis. If issues are encountered, the business
representative is told to inform the tester, so that they can prioritize
and log the defect.
(iv). A user story is assigned to a tester for exploratory testing.
Tester is told to learn the functionality of the user story, to make
sure the functionality is correct and to include negative testing. There
is no set deadline for this exploratory testing to be complete; it
depends on what is found by the tester. Documentation is not necessary,
but defects need to be logged in defect tracking tool. Your manager
presents you with his conclusions about how best to introduce
exploratory testing to an agile team.
Which one of your manager’s conclusions is correct?