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'''Exploratory testing''' is the tactical pursuit of software faults and defects driven by challenging assumptions. It is an approach in [[software testing]] with simultaneous learning, [[test design]] and test execution. While the software is being tested, the tester learns things that together with experience and [[creativity]] generates new good tests to run.
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==History==
Exploratory testing has been performed for a long time, and has similarities to [[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.
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