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'''Exploratory testing''' is simultaneous learning, test design and test execution. Since it has a highly situational structure it can seem, to the casual observer, that it has no structure at all.
It is also known as [[ad hoc]] testing. In the early [[1990s]], ad hoc was too often synonymous with sloppy and careless work. As a result, a group of test methodologists (now calling themselves the [[Context-Driven School]]) began using the term "exploratory" seeking to emphasize the dominant thought process involved in unscripted testing, and to begin to develop the practice into a teachable discipline. This new terminology was first published by [[Cem Kaner]] in his book ''Testing Computer Software''. Exploratory testing can be as disciplined as any other intellectual activity.
[[Session-based test]]ing is a method specifically designed to make exploratory testing auditable and measurable on a wider scale.
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