Writing Executable Specifications
Elisabeth Hendricksson stated at Turku Agile Day 2010 that “Specs is an abbreviation for speculations”. She is right, specs are often speculations. How can this be avoided? Execution of code doesn’t leave any room for speculation. If the specs can be executed, they aren’t speculations anymore.
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Linking Requirement and Acceptance Tests
Acceptance tests and requirements are linked. You can’t have one without the other. The tests clarify and amplify the requirements. A test that fails shows that the system does not properly implement a requirement. A test that passes is a specification of how the system works.
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From Requirements to Automated Tests and Back
Learn how software applications can be specified, continuously developed, tested and delivered and how testing supports the flow from requirements through to acceptable systems. In the Agile community, Acceptance-Test Driven Development (ATDD), Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD), Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Specification by Example are gaining greater acceptance as an effective approach to developing systems of high […]
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Busting the Myths of BDD
The ideas behind Behavior-Driven Development (BDD), Specification by Example and Agile acceptance testing are deceivingly simple, but have proved far from easy to implement. Yet most of the complaints online come from misunderstood ideas which lead to misguided attempts. This talk busts the myths around these techniques and shows how successful teams all over the […]
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Successful Feature Injection
Feature injection is a business analysis approach that focuses on business value, an approach similar to Behavior Driven Development (BDD). It transfers knowledge to the team about how the project can deliver value and what are the features needed to deliver that value. Examples are used to transfer this information to the team in the […]
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Behaviour Driven Development with Cucumber and RSpec
These two videos show the Behaviour Driven Development (BDD) cycle using Ruby, Cucumber and RSpec.
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