Test charter
Also called: Session charter
The goal and scope of an exploratory testing session, written before it starts.
Definition
A charter keeps exploration focused, for example 'Explore checkout with expired cards to discover payment error handling'. Sessions are usually time-boxed to 60–90 minutes.
In practice
Charter: 'Explore the search filters on a slow network to find loading and race-condition issues.' 60 minutes.
Learn it in context
Lessons that use this term.