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Specification by example

Specification by example (SBE) is a collaborative approach to defining requirements and business-oriented functional tests for software products based on capturing and illustrating requirements using realistic examples instead of abstract statements. It is applied in the context of agile software development methods, in particular behavior-driven…

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Examples as a single source of truth

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Specification by example

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Specification by example

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related to history · 14
Specification by example → Competitive Development, Customer Test, Domain-driven, Example, Extreme Programming, Gause, Martin Fowler, Pattern Language, Specification, The, Ubiquitous Language, Ward Cunningham, Weinberg, WyCash
related to Automation · 11
Specification by example → BehatConcordionCucumberFitNesseFramework, Examples, FrameworkReqnroll, HTML, In, NETGauge, NETSpecFlow, Specification, Successful, The, This
related to Examples as a single source of truth · 9
Specification by example → After, Any, As, Examples, Living Documentation, To, When, With, With Specification
related to Applicability · 6
Specification by example → Agile Testing Quadrants, It, Specification, Tests, There, They
related to Example Mapping · 6
Specification by example → Acceptance, BDD, Example Mapping, Examples, Rules, The
related to Key practices · 3
Specification by example → Deriving, Specification, Teams
related to Advantages · 2
Specification by example → Highly, Specification
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Specification by example → evolution of the Customer Test practice of Extreme Programming proposed around 1997 and Ubiquitous Language idea from Domain-driven design from 2004

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Specification by exampleis aevolution of the Customer Test practice of Extreme Programming proposed around 1997 and Ubiquitous Language idea from Domain-driven design from 20040.90text
testersinstance offaster turnaround time for software changes and better alignment of activities of various roles involved in software development0.80text
analystsinstance offaster turnaround time for software changes and better alignment of activities of various roles involved in software development0.80text
developersinstance offaster turnaround time for software changes and better alignment of activities of various roles involved in software development0.80text
Specification by examplerelated to AdvantagesHighly0.60section
Specification by examplerelated to AdvantagesSpecification0.60section
Specification by examplerelated to ApplicabilitySpecification0.60section
Specification by examplerelated to ApplicabilityIt0.60section
Specification by examplerelated to ApplicabilityThere0.60section
Specification by examplerelated to ApplicabilityTests0.60section
Specification by examplerelated to ApplicabilityAgile Testing Quadrants0.60section
Specification by examplerelated to ApplicabilityThey0.60section

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