STARWEST 2020 Concurrent Session : Exploratory Testing, Why Its Important, How to Get Better, and How to Measure Success Around It

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Thursday, October 8, 2020 - 3:45pm to 4:45pm

Exploratory Testing, Why Its Important, How to Get Better, and How to Measure Success Around It

Exploratory testing is a phrase that is thrown around a lot as something organizations should be doing well. But how do you define success around it, especially since the goal is to not release bugs? And how do testers or organizations know that they are doing it right? Join Belinda as she teaches you how to leverage the team and tools around you to become better at exploratory testing and prevent bugs from making it into the wild. We will be covering how to make the most of pairing with designers, product, developers, support teams and other QA's to build users personas to test against and identify areas in the system that are at risk of bugs. To sharpen our skills we will be doing exercises that you can do to get better at exploratory testing and take from the session back to your teams so make sure to bring your problem solving hat.

Belinda_Goodman
SalesLoft

Belinda Goodman is a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer at SalesLoft, located in Atlanta GA. At SalesLoft she has gotten the opportunity to work on the company's first acquisition, as well a wide variety of projects and teams. She has helped participate in scaling the market at a company that was named one of the fastest growing companies by Deloitte three years running. She is passionate about all things testing, and believes that communication is key to the success of any software team . In addition to her role at SalesLoft, she is also a co-organizer of the Atlanta chapter of Ministry of Testing. In her free time she enjoys hanging out with her dogs, eating tacos, and listening to podcasts, especially ones on true crime.