Building valuable software with BDD

BDD is not just gherkin… writing feature files is not necessarily BDD. So, what is this deal with BDD that remains hidden in plain sight? This talk explores the origin, beliefs and advantages of applying BDD to product development. And some live coding will serve as the cherry on the cake.

In times of product development at scale, with multiple distributed teams, and varied styles of coding and testing, readability and maintainability of code are prime casualties. Moreover how does one measure the value quotient of the product?

Behavior driven development (BDD) is a practice that bridges the gap between business needs and technical implementation by enabling the business users and developers to collaborate in ubiquitous language, with focus on value delivery.

The focus areas of this proposed session are enriching collaboration, transparency, code quality and ways to develop products that deliver value.

Proposed Agenda
# What is BDD? (and how it differs from TDD)
# Dev challenges and need of BDD
# Define business value
#Journey from business objectives to product features
# Code walk through
# Q & A

About Speaker

Ritesh Mehrotra
Agile Consultant. Developer. Speaker
Assistant Vice President - Credit Suisse AG
Founder - TechTalks
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ritesh-mehrotra/

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