Exploratory testing is a testing technique that allows testing professionals to ensure whether the developed application is working as intended. Manual testing exists only because of exploratory testing. It can never be replaced with automation since it does not requires a fixed script or a pre-decided approach. Exploratory testing requires you to think out of the box and find out an innovative approach to test an application by putting yourself in the user’s shoe and check how the application is behaving. Here, we shall discuss 9 skills exploratory testers must have in order to successfully deploy an application in production. https://bit.ly/2EeqsCE

2. 9 Must Have Skills
To Master
Exploratory Testing

3. Taking the Parallel
Approach
Often a situation may arise when a
particular problem has been
investigated multiple times by the
members of your team. To reach the
solution it will require an
investigative thinking in a way that
has not been done before. Lateral
thinking that is taking an indirect
approach to investigate an issue is a
must-have skill in exploratory
testing.
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4. Take Rational
Approach
If you think systematically and
follow the “rulebook”, you will
be able to uncover critical bugs,
but may miss out on certain
simple bugs that may affect the
system during production. The
ability to take a rational
approach and think with
reasoning is must if you want to
uncover those hidden bugs.
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5. Be a Good
Communicator
It is necessary to have good
communication skills before you start
executing exploratory testing. There
will be times when you will find
yourself sitting in a meeting with the
development team or the stakeholders,
where you would have to explain them
about the scopes and strategies you
are about to undertake.
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6. Storytelling Ability
Storytelling ability is one of the
important skill for exploratory testing
professional must have. When you
detect a bug, the next step is to
explain it to the developers that why
getting this bug fixed is critical for
business. Your job would be to create
a fictional user and make the listeners
understand that how that user will
feel when he is unable to use the
specific functionality.
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7. Coordination is the most important
skill for exploratory testing.
Situations may arise when a
particular bug or problem is not
detected by an individual tester but
detected by someone else from the
team. It is rightly said that multiple
brains work better than one
Ability to Work
with a Team
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8. Be Technically Sound
Testing domains like visual testing
or accessibility testing do not
require much technical knowledge.
However, exploratory testing is a
completely different story. You
won’t be required to do any coding,
but you should have the knowledge
of a full-stack developer.
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9. Be the Sherlock of
Your Team
Just by mere observation, a skilled
exploratory testing professional will
be able to spot bugs that may have
been missed out by others. Just by
observing the system a skilled
exploratory testing professional is
able to find out probable bugs and
raise questions long before the
testing cycle began.
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10. Ability to Think Critically
When you are thinking critically
while performing testing, various
arguments will come to your find that
can explain the codes, leading to a
new observation. Exploratory testers
having critical thinking skill are ready
to suggest actionable approach with
respect to the risk associated.
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11. Be a Problem Solver
Another important skill for
exploratory testing is the ability
to solve problems. They should
stay focused on their goals and no
matter how many external factors
pressurize them, like lack of
resources, delivery deadline,
complex procedures, they should
not move away from the goals.
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12. HAPPY TESTING!!