Checklists to support test charter design in exploratory testing

Ahmad Nauman Ghazi; Ratna Pranathi Garigapati; Kai Petersen

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-57633-6_17

Checklists to support test charter design in exploratory testing

Ahmad Nauman Ghazi, Ratna Pranathi Garigapati, Kai Petersen

Blekinge Institute of Technology

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Abstract

During exploratory testing sessions the tester simultaneously learns, designs and executes tests. The activity is iterative and utilizes the skills of the tester and provides flexibility and creativity. Test charters are used as a vehicle to support the testers during the testing. The aim of this study is to support practitioners in the design of test charters through checklists. We aimed to identify factors allowing practitioners to critically reflect on their designs and contents of test charters to support practitioners in making informed decisions of what to include in test charters. The factors and contents have been elicited through interviews. Overall, 30 factors and 35 content elements have been elicited.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming - 18th International Conference, XP 2017, Proceedings
Publisher	Springer
Pages	251-258
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-319-57633-6
ISBN (Print)	9783319576329
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57633-6_17
Publication status	Published - 2017 Jan 1
Externally published	Yes
Event	18th International Conference on Agile Software Development, XP 2017 - Cologne, Germany Duration: 2017 May 22 → 2017 May 26

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
Volume	283
ISSN (Print)	1865-1348

Conference

Conference	18th International Conference on Agile Software Development, XP 2017
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Cologne
Period	2017/05/22 → 2017/05/26

Subject classification (UKÄ)

Software Engineering

Free keywords

Exploratory testing
Session-based test management
Test charter
Test mission

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10.1007/978-3-319-57633-6_17

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Åkesson, J. (Researcher), Magnusson, B. (Researcher), Svensson Fors, D. (Researcher), Magnusson, E. (Researcher), Hedin, G. (Researcher), Kuchcinski, K. (Researcher), Andersson, P. (Researcher), Nugues, P. (Researcher), Robertz, S. (Researcher), Ekman, T. (Researcher), Loconsole, A. (Researcher), Orucevic-Alagic, A. (Researcher), Johnsson, B. A. (Researcher), Pfahl, D. (Researcher), Bjarnason, E. (Researcher), Söderberg, E. (Researcher), Sabaliauskaité, G. (Researcher), Jonsson, H. (Researcher), Janneck, J. (Researcher), Wnuk, K. (Researcher), Borg, M. (Researcher), Skoglund, M. (Researcher), Sulaman, S. M. (Researcher), Minör, S. (Researcher), Sandholm, T. (Researcher), Alce, G. (Researcher), Wallergård, M. (Researcher), Zhang, C. (Researcher), Barney, S. (Researcher), Martinsen, J. K. (Researcher), Grahn, H. (Researcher), Jalali, S. (Researcher), Ardö, A. (Researcher), Engström, E. (Researcher), Berntsson Svensson, R. (Researcher), Regnell, B. (Researcher), Runeson, P. (PI), Wohlin, C. (PI), Höst, M. (Researcher) & Wisbrant, J. (Project communication officer)
2008/09/30 → 2018/12/31
Project: Research

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Ghazi, A. N., Garigapati, R. P., & Petersen, K. (2017). Checklists to support test charter design in exploratory testing. In Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming - 18th International Conference, XP 2017, Proceedings (pp. 251-258). (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 283). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57633-6_17

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Ghazi, AN, Garigapati, RP & Petersen, K 2017, Checklists to support test charter design in exploratory testing. in Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming - 18th International Conference, XP 2017, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol. 283, Springer, pp. 251-258, 18th International Conference on Agile Software Development, XP 2017, Cologne, Germany, 2017/05/22. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57633-6_17

Checklists to support test charter design in exploratory testing. / Ghazi, Ahmad Nauman; Garigapati, Ratna Pranathi; Petersen, Kai.
Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming - 18th International Conference, XP 2017, Proceedings. Springer, 2017. p. 251-258 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 283).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Paper in conference proceeding › peer-review

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