Live Specifications: From Requirements to Automated Tests and Back
Paul Gerrard
Gerrard Consulting
In the Agile community, Acceptance-Test Driven Development (ATDD), Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD), Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Specification by Example are gaining greater acceptance as an effective approach to developing systems of high quality and business value.
Key Takeaways:
- Learn how companies can implement continuous delivery and live specifications using the Behaviour-Driven Development approach and redistributed testing
- See opportunities to transform the way good governance is delivered
About Me!
Paul is a consultant, teacher, author, webmaster, programmer, tester, conference speaker, rowing coach and publisher. He has conducted consulting assignments in all aspects of software testing and quality assurance, specialising in test assurance. He has presented keynote talks and tutorials at testing conferences across Europe, the USA, Australia, South Africa and occasionally won awards for them.
Educated at the universities of Oxford and Imperial College London, he is a Principal of Gerrard Consulting Limited, the host of the UK Test Management Forum and the Programme Chair for the 2014 EuroSTAR testing conference.
In 2010 he won the EuroSTAR Testing Excellence Award and in 2013 he won the inaugural TESTA Lifetime Achievement Award.
He’s been programming since the mid-1970s and loves using the Python programming language.