1. What?
   1. Style that emphasizes on a tester's:
      1. Personal Freedom
      2. Agency
      3. Responsibility
   2. In Short
      1. Test Design
         1. +
            1. Execution
            2. +
            3. Learning
   3. Key Components
      1. Test Design
      2. Test Execution
      3. Learning
      4. Reporting | Note Taking | Analysis
   4. What it is NOT?
      1. Adhoc Testing
      2. Monkey Testing
      3. Traditional Test Case Execution
      4. Not a Testing Technique
   5. Term Coined By:
      1. Dr. Cem Kaner, Retired Prof, Software Engineering, Florida Institute of Technology (1983)
2. What's Different Compared to Scripted Testing?
   1. Does not includes:
      1. Following Scripts
      2. Rigid Procedures
   2. Focuses on:
      1. Risks
      2. Variations
      3. Diverse Ideas
      4. Increasing Coverage
      5. Adapting to new possibilities
      6. Being in the Control of Tester
      7. Discovering unknown Information
   3. It's easy to miss stuff that you are not looking for!
      1. Awareness Test (Moonwalking Bear)
3. Key Activities for Systematic Exploratory Testing
   1. Preparation
      1. Study Competitors
      2. Research Product History
      3. Refer to Requirements
      4. Questioning
         1. Team
         2. Customers
         3. Other Stakeholders
         4. Any possible source?
      5. Active Research
   2. Heuristics and Oracles
      1. Ex: FEW HICCUPPS
      2. Checklists, Ex:
         1. Web Checklist
         2. Usability Checklist
   3. Mind mapping
      1. Risks
      2. Test Ideas
      3. Functions
      4. Product Modeling
   4. Practices that help
      1. Reporting and documentation
      2. Collaboration and communication
      3. Pair Testing
      4. Debriefing
   5. Session-based testing
      1. Testing in multiple sessions
         1. Time Boxed
      2. Each Session has:
         1. Mission
         2. Fixed Duration
         3. Report
            1. Notes
            2. Questions
            3. Ideas
            4. Bugs
4. Tools & References
   1. Browser Extensions
      1. Exploratory Testing Chrome Extension
      2. Bug Magnet
   2. Desktop Apps
      1. Rapid Reporter
      2. Yattie
   3. Hands-On Reference
      1. Demo: #Testing of "RedBus SortBy"
      2. VR testing - Let's test with Paul