{"id":1334,"date":"2017-08-04T00:17:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T00:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rainforestqa.com\/blog\/?p=1334"},"modified":"2026-02-11T19:47:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T19:47:32","slug":"exploratory-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rainforestqa.com\/blog\/exploratory-testing","title":{"rendered":"What is exploratory testing?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Exploratory testing is an&nbsp;<em>unscripted<\/em>&nbsp;QA testing technique used to discover unknown issues during and after the software development process. In addition to being used to discover new bugs, exploratory testing is also understood as a way to learn about the application and design functional and&nbsp;regression test cases&nbsp;to be executed in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re excited to announce that Rainforest QA now offers exploratory testing to super-power our customers\u2019 QA efforts. Rainforest Exploratory is an unscripted approach to QA where the tester, provided with a set of guidelines, canvases a website or app to find errors that may not be covered by standardized functional regressions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rainforestqa.com\/blog\/exploratory-testing\/#Your_Dedicated_Team_of_Elite_Testers\" >Your Dedicated Team of Elite Testers<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rainforestqa.com\/blog\/exploratory-testing\/#Using_Exploratory_to_Find_Bugs_in_Your_Product\" >Using Exploratory to Find Bugs in Your Product<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rainforestqa.com\/blog\/exploratory-testing\/#Let_Rainforest_Write_Your_Tests_for_You\" >Let Rainforest Write Your Tests for You<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rainforestqa.com\/blog\/exploratory-testing\/#Increase_Test_Coverage_and_Discover_New_Regressions_Rapidly\" >Increase Test Coverage and Discover New Regressions Rapidly<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Your_Dedicated_Team_of_Elite_Testers\"><\/span>Your Dedicated Team of Elite Testers<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We provide you with a team of 4 top performing testers, hand-screened from our pool of professional QA testers based on outstanding performance. Your team is dedicated to your account and they become experts on your website or app as your runs progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To use Rainforest\u2019s Exploratory feature, first choose your objective \u2013 \u201cFind Bugs\u201d or \u201cWrite My Tests.\u201d You may provide optional instructions for testers and when you are ready, click \u201cStart Exploratory Run.\u201d Your tester team will receive the instructions and dedicate a total of 8 hours finding bugs or writing tests for you site. Exploratory testers collaborate to avoid redundancies and are instructed to deliver results within 72 hours or less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20221201111152im_\/https:\/\/wp-images.rainforestqa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/f72d04d2d11e9f3ff3ffc0c194b72d0d.png\" alt=\"exploratory-v2-2\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once your tester team is done, you will see the output of their work in the form of regular Rainforest regression tests in your account in a designated folder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20221201111152im_\/https:\/\/wp-images.rainforestqa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/46dd8852e8470a07f876c45063d75c56.png\" alt=\"exploratory-v2-1\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Using_Exploratory_to_Find_Bugs_in_Your_Product\"><\/span>Using Exploratory to Find Bugs in Your Product<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you choose \u201cFind Bugs,\u201d our testers can either focus on one feature or section of your site if you instruct them to do so, or they can perform general exploratory testing throughout your app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once they are done, you will find all bugs in a dedicated folder containing scripted Rainforest tests with detailed steps on how to reproduce each bug, as well as accompanying video recordings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Let_Rainforest_Write_Your_Tests_for_You\"><\/span>Let Rainforest Write Your Tests for You<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you choose \u201cWrite My Tests,\u201d your tester team will dedicate 8 hours to writing regressions tests for your product. You may use this feature to expand your coverage or build out your initial test suite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20221201111152im_\/https:\/\/wp-images.rainforestqa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/fa18c0f5453b5080c1c2a4df9799ec33.png\" alt=\"exploratory-v2-3\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Increase_Test_Coverage_and_Discover_New_Regressions_Rapidly\"><\/span>Increase Test Coverage and Discover New Regressions Rapidly<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Rainforest Exploratory lets you quickly increase test coverage with minimal effort, run exploratory tests on-demand and discover new regressions and bugs quickly. Beta users of Rainforest Exploratory are already seeing great results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During Rainforest Exploratory\u2019s private beta, which was held in 2016, Exploratory users discovered an average of 18 previously uncaught bugs after 3 exploratory runs. Users who leveraged their Exploratory team to write their initial regression test suite saw between 30-50 Rainforest regression tests generated after the first 2 runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether used for writing tests or finding bugs, Rainforest Exploratory allows customers to spend less time building out exploratory capabilities internally and instead strategically reallocating resources towards other activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exploratory testing is an&nbsp;unscripted&nbsp;QA testing technique used to discover unknown issues during and after the software development process. 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