Chapter 12 Explore Requirements
I once met a tester who didn’t see how exploratory testing skills contributed to requirements discussions. “Why should I bother going to requirements meetings?” he asked me. “I can’t contribute anything. I could listen, or I could wait until they figure out the details and then read the specification. They invite me but I just don’t see any reason to go. Those meetings are long and boring. I’d rather read the book than see the movie.”
I knew this tester was good at predicting risks and at exploring. I suspected that his team would benefit from his participation in the meetings. So I answered his question with a question: “When you build your tests on the specifications, do you ever find inconsistencies or ...
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