You’ll collaborate with other stakeholders to agree requirements by developing user stories and examples together, using language that everyone understands. You’ll be able to use your skills and knowledge to raise questions and share information during these conversations, revealing information about what we plan to build.
After the collaborative phase of BDD, testers can pair with developers during outside-in development to learn how a feature is being implemented technically. This provides feedback to the developer and also informs testing later on.
Choosing a BDD tool
Teams often look for a tool to support their BDD practice. For best results, look for one that securely integrates with your end-to-end toolchain, i.e. seamless integration with your agile project management tool, two-way real-time sync with your git repository and support for your favoured automated testing tools. A good BDD tool will become the team’s central resource and display the single source of truth for everyone involved in the project.
Behave Pro for testers
Considering Behave Pro for Jira as your BDD tool? Here are just some of the features that you’ll like the sound of:
Be confident that non-technical, business-focused stakeholders can use the familiar and intuitive interface
As living documentation, it’s easy to track and test as the project progresses or, for example, if a new release is required or there are regulatory changes
Built-in session-based test management features for exploratory testing
Extract feature files via export or Git integration, to create automated user testing in your chosen BDD framework – Cucumber, SpecFlow and Behat, for example; and set up regression testing to prove that existing software functionality has not been compromised by new updates