BDD for Non-Programmers: Live Workshop Certificate for Michael...
============== Day 01 =====================
Introduction
- Why BDD?
- BDD as an extension of Agile
- Agenda for Day 01
Applying BDD at Different Stages in the Software Development Cycle
- Before development
- During development
- After development
One Language to Rule Them All
- Engineers and non-engineers speak different languages
- Bridging the gap through BDD
- A preview of the BDD language: Gherkin
The Different Roles of BDD
- BDD as product requirements (for product owner)
- BDD as acceptance criteria (for developers)
- BDD as test cases (for testers)
- BDD as a description of the product (for other stake holders)
Back to Agile: It All Starts with User Stories
- Overview of the Agile development cycle
- The role of User Stories in Agile development
Q&A Session and Discussion
Quiz
Creating a Good User Story
- Using the right language
- Role, Action, Outcome
- A sample User Story
Activity - Writing a User Story
- Writing your first User Story - individual activity
- Tightening your User Stories - team activity
- Delivering your User Story - team activity
User Stories in Real Projects
- Team dynamics
- Tools and techniques
- User Stories in the software development cycle
On to BDD
- Extending the User Story
- Introducing the Feature File
- Capturing the expected behavior of software
- Imagining what "unexpected" behavior looks like
Creating a Good Feature File
- Using the right language (Gherkin)
- Given, When, Then
- A sample Feature File
Activity - Writing a Feature File - PART 01
- Writing your first Feature File - individual activity
- Feature section
- Scenario section
- Tightening your Feature File - team activity
- Delivering your Feature File - team activity
Feature Files in Real Projects
- Team dynamics
- Tools and techniques
- User Stories in the software development cycle
Q&A Session and Discussion
Quiz
Setting up Your Environment
- Making Gherkin pretty
- The joy of productivity
Activity - Writing a Feature File - PART 02
- Writing your Feature File - individual activity
- Passing multiple arguments to your Scenario
- Scenario Outline section
- Tightening your Feature File - team activity
- Delivering your Feature File - team activity
Q&A Session and Discussion
Quiz
Closing Remarks
============== Day 02 =====================
Introduction
- Recap of previous day
- Agenda for Day 02
Your Own Product - An Introspection
- Describing your product
- Drawing a picture of your product
Extending Test Coverage
- Usability of the system
- Business requirements
- Business processes
Activity - Writing a Feature File - PART 03
- Writing your Feature File - individual activity
- Examples section
- Reusing data and scenarios
- Organizing features and scenarios with tags
- Tightening your Feature File - team activity
- Delivering your Feature File - team activity
Q&A Session and Discussion
Quiz
The Feature File - What to Leave Out
- What to leave to the engineers
- Low-level functionality (unit tests)
- Exhaustive cross-component functionality (integration and API testing)
Q&A Session and Discussion
Quiz
Your Own Product - An Introspection
- How usable is your product?
- How usable is your product to outside users?
Communication with People outside Your Team
Closing Remarks