'''Session-based testing''' is a software test method that combinesaims to combine [[accountability]] and [[exploratory testing]] to provide rapid defect discovery, creative on-the-fly test design, management control and metrics reporting. The method can also be used in conjunction with [[Scenario test]]ing. Session-based testing was developed in 2000 by Jonathan and [[James Bach]].
Session-based testing canproponents bestate usedsome toof introducethe benfits include introducing measurement and control to an immature test process, and that it can form a foundation for significant improvements in productivity and error detection. Session-basedThe technique aims to testingoffer isparticular idealbenfits when formal [[requirement]]s are not present, incomplete, or changing rapidly.