From the course: Software Testing Foundations: Test Techniques
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Experience-based methodologies
From the course: Software Testing Foundations: Test Techniques
Experience-based methodologies
- [Narrator] Imagine five years, 10 years, even 20 years from now. What if you continuously worked in the same position, testing each iteration of your software. When do you develop a deep understanding and knowledge of your product? Couldn't you consider yourself after all that time to be an expert? More important, don't you think your colleagues would also consider you an expert? Experience-based testing is leveraging the knowledge gained over time to your advantage, to help accelerate and improve testing. It's not magic when you look at a product and immediately understand what's broken or not working. Over time, testers develop an inherent vast and comprehensive knowledge of the failures and success of a product. This hands-on experience often reveals a clear understanding of issues as opposed to strict test procedures. Isn't this experience-based model subjective? Absolutely, a test or on the job, develop…
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