Executive Summary

Driving Software Development with Executable Acceptance Tests

Posted October 31, 2006 | Technology |

The accompanying Executive Report provides an overview of executable acceptance test-driven development (EATDD), a software development methodology where automated tests are used to specify high-level functional requirements and drive the development.

About The Author
Frank Maurer
Frank Maurer is a full professor at the University of Calgary and also mentors industrial teams on agile methods and Web technologies. His research interests include agile methods, Web engineering, knowledge management, and globally distributed software processes. He served as the research program chair of Agile 2006 and currently serves as cochair for the Experience Track of ICSE 2007. His was a member of the program committee of many… Read More
Grigori Melnik
Grigori Melnik is a software engineer, researcher, coach, and educator with 15 years of industrial and academic experience. He is currently affiliated with the University of Calgary and SAIT Polytechnic where he conducts applied research and teaches senior software engineering courses. His areas of expertise include agile methods, empirical software engineering, software testing and test automation, e-business software engineering, and software… Read More
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