article thumbnail

AoAD2 Practice: Test-Driven Development

James Shore

To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. Test-Driven Development. It’s test-driven development, and it actually delivers these results. Test-driven development, , or TDD, is a rapid cycle of testing, coding, and refactoring. Why TDD Works.

article thumbnail

Scrum master certification: Top 13 certs for agile pros

CIO

While Scrum can be a specific IT or tech skill, some organizations will hire a Scrum master , someone who is responsible for overseeing Scrum principles in the workplace, establishing Scrum practices, and helping others learn and understand the Scrum framework. What is a Scrum master?

SCRUM 288
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

5 Tips for Successfully Implementing Behavior-Driven Development in Your Team

Gorilla Logic

It enhances your existing Agile approach , synthesizing Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Acceptance Test-Driven Development (ATDD). For each team member, ask: Are they familiar with BDD or TDD? Are they familiar with the language and technology you are planning to use?

article thumbnail

Quality Management is Risk Management

Xebia

In my previous blog I wrote how embracing failure can be a viable strategy , depending on the current quality level. 9001, 14001, 27001, 22301), but they all use similar strategies to handle risks. Designing your quality strategy . Understanding the risk management strategies enables us to design a quality strategy. .

article thumbnail

What is BDD and What Does it Mean for Testers?

Abstracta - Software Development

A software development strategy that makes sense for both your business team and tech team Behavior Driven Development (BDD), as its name indicates, is not a testing technique, but rather a development strategy (as well as TDD, which is test driven development).

article thumbnail

AoAD2 Practice: Fast, Reliable Tests

James Shore

Fast, Reliable Tests. Our tests don’t get in our way. Test-Driven Development. Teams who embrace test-driven development accumulate thousands of tests. The more tests you have, the more important speed and reliability become. Broad tests are slow and unreliable.

article thumbnail

Improve User Story Acceptance Criteria with Behavior-Driven Development (BDD)

Gorilla Logic

Development teams use BDD to create simple scenarios that describe how an application should behave from the end user’s perspective. BDD encourages collaboration between the technical and business stakeholders, ensuring everyone has a clear, shared understanding of the intended user experience in the final product.