Driving Software Development with Executable Acceptance Tests

by Frank Maurer, Grigori Melnik

This Executive Report by Frank Maurer and Grigori Melnik provides an overview of executable acceptance test-driven development, a software development methodology where automated tests are used to specify high-level functional requirements and drive the development effort. Tests define acceptance criteria and are developed at the beginning of an iteration before a feature is designed and implemented. An overview of modern frameworks and tools supporting executable acceptance testing is included, and the benefits and challenges for business stakeholders, as well as developers, are identified and investigated. Finally, the results of two studies that examined this approach are presented along with the lessons learned.

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Driving Software Development with Executable Acceptance Tests1 November 2006

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