Adhoc Testing

Adhoc Testing:

Ad hoc Testing is an informal or unstructured software testing type that aims to break the testing process in order to find possible defects or errors at the early possible stage. Ad hoc testing is done randomly and it is usually an unplanned activity that does not follow any documentation and test design techniques to create test cases.

It is also called Monkey Testing, it is random testing without proper test cases. The main aim of Adhoc testing is to break the system. 

Who can do Adhoc Testing:

Testers should have good knowledge of the business and a clear understanding of the requirements- Detailed knowledge of the end-to-end business process will help find defects easily. Experienced testers find more defects as they are better at error guessing.

The advantage of Ad-hoc testing is to check for the completeness of testing and find more defects than planned testing. The defect-catching test cases are added as additional test cases to the planned test cases.

Advantages of Adhoc Testing:

In a project, Ad-hoc Testing saves a lot of time as it doesn’t require elaborate test planning, documentation, and Test Case design.