Gáspár Nagy on software

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

BDD Addict Newsletter December 2020 (#50)

by Gáspár on December 16, 2020

Dear BDD Addicts,

The year is close to finish… people have started to make their conclusions for the year. But it’s hard to tell how much these are going to be valid for the next year or the years after. In spite of the changes that have impacted all of us, I have learned a lot about BDD this year. I have seen how collaboration can find its own ways even in constrained situations. I have seen such discussions; learning about BDD works well remotely. I have learned how beneficial it can be in tough times if you have a consistent continuous quality strategy for your software projects.

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Working with BDD Remote Part 3: Make living documentation accessible

by Gáspár on November 25, 2020

Originally posted at specflow.org, 9 July, 2020

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In the article series so far we have seen how to get a better understanding of the requirements using examples in a remote environment and how to formulate these into BDD scenarios online. We also mentioned that the documentation we produced this way is a living documentation, because the scenario execution results can immediately alert when there is a conflict between the expectations and the implemented system. But how valuable is the documentation if nobody uses it? In this section we are focusing on how to make our living documentation better accessible to all stakeholders. In a remote environment this is particularly important.

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Working with BDD Remote Part 2: Drive development with Gherkin

by Gáspár on November 24, 2020

Originally posted at specflow.org, 2 July, 2020

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In Part 1 we have discussed how we can ensure shared understanding in remote environments using examples during the online requirement workshops. As mentioned there, those workshops focused on getting the most out of the precious time together, therefore the result (the rules and the examples) have been captured in a simple form, not using Given/When/Then.

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Working with BDD Remote Part 1: Collect Examples Online

by Gáspár on November 24, 2020

Originally posted at specflow.org, 22 June, 2020

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Even as we slowly open offices, remote work remains the norm. The sudden shift to remote work clearly exposed the importance – and challenges – of remote collaboration. Now that a few months of experience has helped us understand the scope of the challenge, it is a great time to consider how we can use methodologies like BDD to improve remote collaboration.

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BDD Addict Newsletter October 2020 (#49)

by Gáspár on November 18, 2020

Dear BDD Addicts,

November started with an unusually warm weather and brought a considerable increase of the virus spread that has been followed by stricter restrictions in most of the countries. At the HUSTEF conference where I was a track chair someone showed the Cynefin model, which classifies domains into chaotic, complex, complicated and obvious ones. And there is also a confusion area where we don’t even know where we are. So where are we now? Are we able to make well-prepared experiments and evaluate the results about COVID? This would be required to get to the complex phase.

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