Ad-hoc Testing
Informal, unscripted testing performed without a predefined plan, aimed at quickly uncovering defects through improvisation.
What is Ad-hoc Testing?
What is Ad-hoc Testing?
Ad-hoc testing is deliberately unstructured: a tester pokes at the application without a script, following hunches to surface defects that formal cases might miss. It leans on experience and product knowledge, and it is especially useful right after a new feature lands, when you want to shake out obvious problems fast. Its weakness is repeatability—an ad-hoc bug found once is easy to lose. A good workflow is to reproduce the issue, record the reproducing flow, and promote it into a permanent regression test so the defect can never quietly return.