Course Description

This three day workshop introduces participants to Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD) as a collaborative requirements discovery approach. Delegates will leave with a clear understanding of ATDD, the concepts and practices and its relevance for their organisations. The goal of ATDD is to drive out ambiguity and clarify expectations by focusing on executable specifications. The aspirational goal is for no more bugs and for people to be working together naturally.

Target Student

Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Development Managers and Developers, Business Analysts, Product Owners, Testers, anyone considering reducing waste and achieving shorter time to market.

Pre-requisites

In order to attend this workshop, delegates must have attended the Scrum Practitioner or Professional Scrum Master workshop.

Performance Based Objectives

Through attending this workshop you will gain insights into:

• The advantages of the test-­first approach
• How ATDD fits within Scrum
• The role of the Product Owner and the development team in ATDD
• Product Backlog items in ATDD
• Dealing with non-­functional requirements

Course Content

The workshop will also cover aspects of:

• Quality-­driven: Definition of Done and Acceptance Criteria
• Role of testing in achieving high quality
• The difference between ATDD and TDD
• Acceptance Test Driven Development cycle

Interactive sessions and engaging discussions will also take place around:

• ATDD and Continuous Integration, how to combine
• Available tools
• Risk & pitfalls
• How to start (includes Sprint1 and creating the Walking Skeleton)