Learn how to do Specification by Example
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- Scandinavian Developers conference, Göteborg, Sweden, April 17, 2012
- Dutch Testing Conference, Bussum, NL, 18 April
- Testing and Finance, London, 17 May 2012
agile testing Archive
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Stop automating manual test scripts!
Posted on July 19, 2010 | 1 CommentCreating an Executable Specification from existing manual test scripts might seem as a logical thing to do when starting out with Specification by Example and Agile Acceptance Testing. Such scripts already describe what the system does, and the testers are running them anyway, so automation will surely help. Not really... -
Anatomy of a good acceptance test
Posted on June 16, 2010 | 10 CommentsThe long term benefits of agile acceptance testing come from live documentation – a description of the system functionality which is reliable, easily accessible and much easier to read and understand than the code. In order to be effective as live specification, acceptance tests have to be written in a... -
Using FitNesse to test web services
Posted on May 5, 2010 | 1 CommentJust got this question from a blog reader: I am evaluating whether to use FitNesse with FitSharp for acceptance testing some web services. In reading your book and searching online, I could not find a template or recommended approach to doing this. The following is a working idea on the... -
The perfect agile test management tool
Posted on May 4, 2010 | 1 CommentDavid Evans and I facilitated a session on designing a killer agile test management tool last week at the UK Test Management Forum, with the goal of learning what are the biggest currently unsolved problems for agile teams in the area of testing at the moment. So for any tool... -
May agile testing evening in London: Hands-on root cause analysis
Posted on March 29, 2010 | No CommentsHere are the details on the May agile testing evening in London at Skills Matter. I hope you can join us for this fun workshop. May 4th, 18:30 to 20:00 Hands-On Root-Cause Analysis Even the best teams encounter costly, puzzling problems. Leaders and others concerned with improving software quality and...

