This presentation showcases how BDT as an approach evolved and what are the advantages of implementing the same. It includes one of the case studies to exemplify how Aspire's BDT framework helped a F500 company in successfully implementing BDT.

1. BEHAVIOR DRIVEN TESTING

2. Evolution of Agile Methodologies
DSDM
Scrum
Xtreme
Programming
Feature
Driven
Behavior
Driven

3. Focus on technical
implementation
Long regression cycle
Mini-Waterfall
Huge defect fixing costs
Lack of visibility of what is being
tested
Maintenance Nightmare
Behavior driven
Functionality driven
BDT : A paradigm shift
Focus on behavior of the
software
Same visibility to all in the Team
Removes ambiguity
Works towards the big picture –
Business value
Automate right set of tests
More effective testing efforts

4. BDT Approach
Work
towards the
big picture
•Focus on requirements
•Identifies the different flows
/ application behaviors
• Easy to understand the
scenarios
• Much useful for automating
multi channel applications
• Open Source savvy
• Greater ROI
• No longer costly to maintain
Extension of
TDD
Agile
BDT
Improved
collaboration
between
stakeholders
Shifting
thinking in
“tests” to
thinking in
“behavior”
Describes
the tests as
expected
behavior
Behavioral
specification
through user
stories

5. BDT Process Outline
Business Analyst writes
a formal User Story
Run the automated
scenarios and fix if any
bugs exists
Automated tests run as
regression tests
Tester writes the
behaviour driven
Cucumber Scenarios
based on the user story
Scenarios get
automated by the QA
team
User accepts the
software (Acceptance &
Quality Criteria met)
Scenarios get reviewed
by the business team
Automation engineer
writes the step
definitions for the
scenario steps

6. Benefits of BDT
Helpful for communicating the requirements effectively
Mutually understandable structure (test scenarios) between BA, QA and Dev
Verified by BAs and testers to make sure of the acceptance criteria
Test scenarios reflecting user stories & the business requirements of the application
More certainty on what is needed
Automated regression suite defined by BAs
Effective re-purposing of past scenarios

7. BDT – Tool Snapshot
Ruby
.NET
Java
.NET
Groovy
All the above tools will enable us to execute the Plain-text functional specifications as automated tests.
For UI interactions we can use Selenium web driver / Watir web driver.

8. CASE STUDIES

9. Test Automation using BD methodology for a
F500 Retail firm
A $27 Billion Retail
chain in USA.
It has about 850
stores around the
country.
More than 3
years old ongoing
engagement with
Aspire
Functional Testing,
Test Automation
and Maintenance
Onsite Offshore
Model

10. Challenges and Solutions
Challenges
• No Automation - Long running regression cycles
• Lack of visibility on what to test
• Outdated test cases
• Unable map with requirements (user stories)
• Maintenance nightmare
Solution
• Suggested and implemented BDT
• Scenarios developed for each requirements with the right process and collaboration
methods
• Implemented Test Automation as a strategy and reduced no of bugs and defect leakage
• Scenarios updated according to the enhancement / changes in requirement
Tools and Technologies
• Scripting: Ruby
• BDT: Cucumber
• UI Automation: Selenium Web Driver (POM)
• CI Tool: Jenkins
• Code Repo: GIT

11. Aspire’s BDT Framework
AUT
Cucumber Reports
Jenkins
Data Source
(YML/DB)
GIT
Feature Files
Build Stage
YML
Step Definitions

12. Aspire Difference
Before Aspire
After Aspire

13. About Aspire
Been in IT Service business for over 15 years
Niche Software services provider
60+ active engagements; 1000+ Aspirians
Core Competencies: SaaS, Mobile, Test Automation, Infrastructure
Management, SOA/BPM, Enterprise Architecture
Focus Verticals: Education, Healthcare, Media, Retail and Distribution
Gartner listed Product Engineering Provider
ISO 9001:2008 certified
Awards
Ranked among the Top 20
Global R&D Service
Providers by Zinnov
Consulting
Ranked in the top 500 fast growing technology companies in Asia
Pacific for 3 years in a row

14. Testing @ Aspire
3
Average Defect Leakage Ratio that we promise our
customers.
4
Fortune 500 customers that we have served and continue to
serve in QA
30
Premium Commercial and Open Source Testing Tools that we
work on.
100+
Highly skilled Test Automation programmers on Java, C#, Ruby,
Python, Perl , Vbscript and others
Exceptionally talented and certified QA resources
Applications that we have tested till date.
35000+
100000+
High severity bugs reported
Bugs identified till date

15. Thank You