Description
Summary
Specification by Example is an emerging practice for creating software in line with realistic examples, bridging the communication gap between business stakeholders and the dev teams building the software. On this book, creator Gojko Adzic distills interviews with successful teams all over the world, sharing how they specify, develop, and deliver software, without defects, in short iterative delivery cycles.
About the Technology
Specification by Example is a collaborative method for specifying requirements and tests. Seven patterns, fully explored On this book, are secret to meaking the method effective. The method has four main benefits: it produces living, reliable documentation; it defines expectations clearly and makes validation efficient; it reduces rework; and, above all, it assures delivery teams and business stakeholders that the software that’s built is right for its purpose.
About the Book
This book distills from the experience of leading teams all over the world effective how you can specify, test, and deliver software in short, iterative delivery cycles. Case studies On this book range from small internet startups to large financial institutions, working in many processes including XP, Scrum, and Kanban.
This book is written for developers, testers, analysts, and business people working together to build great software.
Purchase of the print book comes with an offer of a free PDF, ePub, and Kindle eBook from Manning. Also to be had is all code from the book.
What’s Inside
- Common process patterns
- How to keep away from bad practices
- Fitting SBE in your process
- 50+ case studies
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Table of Contents
- Key benefits
- Key process patterns
- Living documentation
- Initiating the changes
- Deriving scope from goals
- Specifying collaboratively
- Illustrating the usage of examples
- Refining the specification
- Automating validation without changing specifications
- Validating frequently
- Evolving a documentation system
- uSwitch
- RainStor
- Iowa Student Loan
- Sabre Airline Solutions
- ePlan Services
- Songkick
- Concluding thoughts