Any web site testing, desktop testing or mobile application testing demands a lot of preparatory works and documentation. But there are situations when there are no possibility to rely on specification requirements, test cases and other documents.

As a Rule, This is the Case:

• when there is no time on needed preparations, the software product must be checked as soon as possible;
• at final stages of a project, when all tests are already executed and passed, and the testers just want to make sure that everything works properly.

In these situationsad hoc testing is performed. This testing type does not rely on any supplementary materials; it is based just on tester’s intuition and skills.

Among of the advantages of ad hoc testing is that no time is spent on creating test cases, requirements and other documentation. An experienced tester can quickly find significant and serious defects.

But a software testing company advices to perform full-scale mobile testing, desktop testing or web site testing. As ad hoc testing is not streamlined or structured and a tester can miss some serious errors.

In Order to Increase Efficiency of Ad Hoc Testing it is Wise:

• to think over carefully the testing process;
• to pay more attention to the most important functions and the most frequently used areas of the application under test;
• to utilize various instruments and techniques;
• to keep records during testing.