The conventional test method based on test cases is difficult to adapt to situations such as the agile development,frequent changes in requirements,short development cycle,weak documents,and in the face of software products which are increasingly large in scale and increasingly complex in business logic and application scenarios,problems such as weak defect detection ability,long test cycle,and very heavy workload required for document creation and maintenance have become increasingly prominent. Firstly,the principle and limitations of traditional method are analyzed comprehensively. Then,the concept and principle of exploratory testing are introduced. Finally,the importance of introducing this method to improve the quality of software testing in the level of methodology is pointed out.
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