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Category Archives: bdd
BDD and Complexity Thinking tutorials at NDC Oslo
This year I’ll be running two 1-day workshops at NDC Oslo: Behaviour-Driven Development Have you ever wanted to know exactly what your customers want? Or helped them to clarify their requirements? Have you ever wanted to quickly pick up a … Continue reading
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BDD for Life – revisited at GOTO Chicago
A couple of years back, I ran a talk on how to apply some of BDD’s techniques to your whole life, and to life coaching. I am very excited to announce that this year, at GOTO Chicago (April 23rd – … Continue reading
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BDD Training – a bit differently
Did you know that there are types of requirements which are so uncertain that talking through them will just end in arguing about them? Or that some requirements are so well understood they’re simply boring? That some requirements are more … Continue reading
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Examples in the large
A couple of posts ago, I wrote about Feature Injection. Here’s a quick summary of how I do it: Vision: A primary or core stakeholder has a vision which will save money, make money or protect revenue. Goals: As well … Continue reading
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BDD in the large
One of the biggest problems I encounter with BDD is that it was started by developers, for developers, so that we could get a better grip on what it was we were developing. As we began to understand the complexities … Continue reading
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Showcasing the language of BDD
Since there are a few debates going on (again!) about whether BDD is just TDD done well, I thought it might be interesting to showcase some examples where BDD language made a difference to people’s understanding. From StackOverflow, TDD – … Continue reading
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Conversational patterns in BDD
BDD isn’t about the tools. It’s about the conversations you have, exploring examples (or scenarios) of an application’s behaviour, to see if everyone has the right understanding. Of course, we don’t know what we don’t know, so feedback is still … Continue reading
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Deliberate Discovery – a “Sonnet”
Uncertainty’s the muse of all that’s new, And ignorance the space in which she plays; A year’s enough to prove a vision true, But we could prove it false in only days. We dream, and chase our dream, and never … Continue reading
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