Exploration in agile development

- [Instructor] This course isn't about … the agile development methodology. … But if you're familiar with it, you'll know … that one of the key tenent is rapid feedback. … It works in short iterations … so that we can get faster feedback … and it tries to constantly produce working software … so that we can get feedback on it. … This need for rapid feedback … and the ability to change quickly … has led some to say that all testing in agile development … needs to be automated. … The theory is that only automation is fast enough … to give the feedback quickly enough. … But what about exploratory testing? … Is there a place for it in the agile development process? … And if so, where should it happen? … I think the first thing that we need to know … is that agile development is a learning process. … The whole point of short iterations and quick feedback loops … is to learn so that we can adjust what we're doing. … This is exactly what we're doing … when we're using exploratory testing. … We are learning. …