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'''Session-based testing''' is a software test method that provides rapid defect discovery through creative on-the-fly test design, combined with management control and metrics reporting. It is more closely related to [[Exploratory test]]ing than to [[Scenario test]]ing, but the concepts can be used in conjunction. Session-based testing was developed in 2000 by Jon and James Bach.
It is a controlled and improved ad-hoc testing that is able to use the knowledge gained by a test team as a basis for ongoing, sustained product improvement. The improved test results can help enable code changes throughout development, and provide ways in which the testing team can build on the initial processes to arrive at a better overall testing outcome. Session-based testing can be used to introduce measurement and control to an immature test process, and can form a foundation for significant improvements in productivity and error detection. Session-based testing is ideal when formal requirements are not present, incomplete, or changing rapidly.
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