agile testing Archive

  • One of the most important lessons that I’ve learned as the result of the research conducted for my upcoming book Specification by Example is that many of the most common problems people have with implementing BDD or agile acceptance testing come from a misalignment of conceptual models. By changing our...

    The principle of symmetric change

    One of the most important lessons that I’ve learned as the result of the research conducted for my upcoming book Specification by Example is that many of the most common problems people have with implementing BDD or agile acceptance testing come from a misalignment of conceptual models. By changing our...

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  • My article on lowering the barrier to entry for agile testing was published in the December issue of The Tester, the newsletter of the special interest group for testing of the British Computer Society. I’ll also be speaking at the next BCS SIGIST conference on December 8th on winning big...

    Lowering the barrier to entry for agile testing

    My article on lowering the barrier to entry for agile testing was published in the December issue of The Tester, the newsletter of the special interest group for testing of the British Computer Society. I’ll also be speaking at the next BCS SIGIST conference on December 8th on winning big...

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  • It is my great pleasure to announce the immediate availability of The Secret Ninja Cucumber Scrolls, a free e-book and online step-by-step guide for Cucumber, a tool that is quickly becoming the weapon of choice for many agile teams when it comes to functional test automation, creating executable specifications and...

    The Secret Ninja Cucumber Scrolls

    It is my great pleasure to announce the immediate availability of The Secret Ninja Cucumber Scrolls, a free e-book and online step-by-step guide for Cucumber, a tool that is quickly becoming the weapon of choice for many agile teams when it comes to functional test automation, creating executable specifications and...

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  • As a community, we’re very guilty of using technical terms and confusing business users. If we want to get them more involved, we have to use the right names for the right things and stop confusing people. This lesson is obvious in acceptance tests and we know that we need...

    Let’s change the tune

    As a community, we’re very guilty of using technical terms and confusing business users. If we want to get them more involved, we have to use the right names for the right things and stop confusing people. This lesson is obvious in acceptance tests and we know that we need...

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  • The next meeting of the UK agile testing user group is on the 3rd of August in central London. Here are the details of the talk: Dan Leong on Clean Acceptance Tests This presentation discusses how our agile team renewed our focus and understanding of our acceptance tests when the...

    Clean Acceptance Tests, August 3rd, central London

    The next meeting of the UK agile testing user group is on the 3rd of August in central London. Here are the details of the talk: Dan Leong on Clean Acceptance Tests This presentation discusses how our agile team renewed our focus and understanding of our acceptance tests when the...

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