Explore It!

Foreword

A small group of people can exert influence over many by bundling innumerable decisions into a logical artifact called a program. The full nature of that influence defies a priori assessment. This leaves the influential wondering: Is there anything more we might want to change?

There is the philosophical question: How do we know what we know?

There is the economic question: When will we know enough to move forward with confidence?

There is the psychological question: How do we convince each other that one more change is needed, or is not needed?

Elisabeth Hendrickson shows us how to answer these questions through a methodical inquiry called exploratory testing. Elisabeth speaks with the authority of a successful practitioner ...