Context:

Exploratory testing plays an important role in the continuous integration and delivery pipelines of large-scale software systems, but a holistic and structured approach is needed to realize efficient and effective exploratory testing.

Objective:

This paper seeks to address the need for a structured and reliable approach by providing a tangible model, supporting practitioners in the industry to optimize exploratory testing in each individual case.

Method:

The reported study includes interviews, group interviews and workshops with representatives from six companies, all multi-national organizations with more than 2,000 employees.

Results:

The ExET model (Excellence in Exploratory Testing) is presented. It is shown that the ExET model allows companies to identify and visualize strengths and improvement areas. The model is based on a set of key factors that have been shown to enable efficient and effective exploratory testing of large-scale software systems, grouped into four themes: “The testers’ knowledge, experience and personality”, “Purpose and scope”, “Ways of working” and “Recording and reporting”.

Conclusions:

The validation of the ExET model showed that the model is novel, actionable and useful in practice, showing companies what they should prioritize in order to enable efficient and effective exploratory testing in their organization.

中文翻译：

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大型软件系统的有效，有效的探索性测试

内容：

探索性测试在大型软件系统的持续集成和交付管道中扮演着重要角色，但是需要一种整体和结构化的方法来实现高效，有效的探索性测试。

目的：

本文旨在通过提供一个切实可行的模型来满足结构化和可靠方法的需求，以支持行业从业人员优化每种情况下的探索性测试。

方法：

报告的研究包括与来自六家公司的代表的访谈，小组访谈和研讨会，这些公司都是拥有2,000多名员工的跨国公司。

结果：

介绍了ExET模型（探索性测试中的卓越表现）。结果表明，ExET模型使公司可以识别和可视化优势和改进领域。该模型基于一系列关键因素，这些因素已被证明可以对大型软件系统进行有效的探索性测试，分为四个主题：“测试人员的知识，经验和个性”，“目的和范围”， “工作方式”和“记录和报告”。

结论：

对ExET模型的验证表明，该模型新颖，可操作且在实践中很有用，向公司展示了公司应优先考虑的事项，以便在组织中进行有效而有效的探索性测试。