The document discusses different types of software testing: manual testing, automated testing, and sapient testing. It states that sapient testing involves modeling, observation, asking useful questions, logical reasoning, and the process of discovery. This type of testing offers thoughtful test design and allows investigators to explore the product.

1. Its not Manual or Automated
Its Sapient....
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2. Manual Testing
• Boring
• Repetitive
• Unskilled
• Anyone can do it
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3. Automated Testing
• Automated Testing
• Unit Tests
• Integrated Tests
• BDD or ATDD
• System GUI Testing
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4. Sapient Testing
• Modelling
• Observation
• Asking Useful Questions
• Logical Reasoning
• Process of Discovery
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5. Sapient Testing
• A/B Testing
• Lean Startup Business
Model
• Software Testing
• Big Data
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6. Big Trak
is back........
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7. Commands
• CM : Clear Memory
• Forward: 1 or 2 digit number e.g 10
• Back : 1 or 2 digit number
• Rotate Left: 1 or 2 digit number e.g 15
• Rotate Right 1 or 2 digit number e.g 15
• Fire: 1 or 2 digit number
• Go: Executes the program
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8. Challenge
• Formulate hypothesis, design, run and interpret
experiments that bear on their hypothesis
• Write a series of programs and observe the devices
behaviour, relate the outcome of their experiments to
their hypothesis
• Terminate the process when the new rule or principle has
been discovered
• Verbalise your ideas within your team
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9. Reporters & Observers
Reporters
• Remind teams at the start to use the CM at the start of
each experiment
• Note hypothesis, program, prediction and behaviour of each
experiment
Observers
• Note Process of Discovery
• How do they approach the exercise
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10. What does x2 do?
• x2 is also known as the repeat key
• x2 requires a numeric parameter (n).
• x2 can only be used once in a program
• x2 has no effect on instructions following its location in
the program
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11. What does X2 do?
One repeat of the last n steps
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12. Possible Hypothesis
• N repeats of the entire program
• N repeats of the last step
• One repeat of the first n steps
• One repeat of the nth step
• One repeat of the entire program
• One repeat of the last step
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13. Observations
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14. Exploring Science
• Tests can be easy to construct and easily observable, but
don’t offer much information.
• Knowing where to look & Understand what is seen
• Experimental design: design of experimental and
observational procedures
• Hypothesis formation: formation and evaluation of theory
• Confirmation Bias: “Tendency for people to seek evidence
to verify their hypothesis rather than refute them”
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15. Science & Testing
• Testing is more about acquiring information than pass/fail
• Testing like experiments requires good test design
• Watch out for Confirmation Bias
• Testing requires we ask useful questions, challenge
assumptions
• Testing is about thinking critically
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16. Sapient Testing
• Offers thoughtful test design in ANY testing
• Automated Checking good for confirmation
• Exploratory Testing allows us to investigate the product
• Focus on Testability rather than large automated
regression suites
• Testability in creating test data
• Helping to recognise problems
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17. Thanks!
• Exploring Science - David Klahr
• Science == Testing - James Bach
• Feedback
• mavericktester.com
• exploratory testing class on 4th feb next year
• @charrett
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