Why is testing so slow? Why is testing taking so long? We’ve done lots of things to speed up testing, but we still face this time crunch when we get to the end of the iteration; then we find out from the field that there are problems that we didn’t anticipate. In this workshop, we’ll gather familiar patterns that slow down testing, and discover a few more in the process—and maybe we’ll find that the slowest parts of testing have nothing to do with testing at all. If you have problems that you’d like to solve or solutions that you’d like to offer, come along.

In this session, we’ll test some real small to medium size applications for quality and bugs. Through three main activities of collation, investigation and prediction, we’ll move through our explorations understanding applications then experimenting with discovery and failure situations, utilizing tools when relevant. While Erik will guide the session and explain the context, a large part of the testing will come from the audience, either as ideas or driving the keyboard. While this is accessible as an introductory session, it will also show how to perform industrial strength ET.