Gáspár Nagy on software

coach, trainer and bdd addict, creator of SpecFlow; owner of Spec Solutions

Divide & conquer à la BDD: story, rule, scenario

by Gáspár on May 29, 2019

When practicing Behaviour Driven Development (BDD), the details of the user stories are illustrated with BDD scenarios. But how many scenarios are enough for a good understanding? Rules can help. If you break down the user story to rules (acceptance criteria, business rule), collecting scenarios becomes easier, because you can collect them for the rules and not for the entire story. In this post, I am explaining what rules are and how they can help you.

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BDD Addict Newsletter May 2019

by Gáspár on May 6, 2019

Dear BDD Addicts,

Since the last issue of the newsletter, spring has finally arrived! We had a great tit couple nested in our garden making big noise with their 6 chicks. The weather is warmer now and there are also many people who started to write about BDD, test automation or agile testing, so it was not so easy to choose. If you have also seen a good post or article that has not been listed here, please let me know at bddaddict@specsolutions.eu, so that I can share with others.

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Example Mapping: the good enough facilitator

by Gáspár on April 29, 2019

In my previous article I have given a brief introduction to Example Mapping (a requirement workshop facilitation technique often used with Behaviour Driven Development) and listed a few tips how to avoid requirement gaps. Based on the feedback of that post, I thought I would write a few more posts about Example Mapping, to answer the common questions I usually receive whenever I show this technique to someone.

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