Executable Acceptance Tests for Communicating Business Requirements: Customer Perspective

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	Grigori Melnik, Frank Maurer, Mike Chiasson, "Executable Acceptance Tests for Communicating Business Requirements: Customer Perspective," AGILE Conference, pp. 35-46, AGILE 2006 (AGILE'06), 2006.

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	@article{ 10.1109/AGILE.2006.26, author = {Grigori Melnik and Frank Maurer and Mike Chiasson}, title = {Executable Acceptance Tests for Communicating Business Requirements: Customer Perspective}, journal ={AGILE Conference}, volume = {0}, year = {2006}, isbn = {0-7695-2562-8 }, pages = {35-46}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/AGILE.2006.26}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, }

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Grigori Melnik, University of Calgary, Canada

Frank Maurer, University of Calgary, Canada

Mike Chiasson, Lancaster University, UK

Using an experimental method, we found that customers, partnered with an IT professional, are able to use executable acceptance test (storytest)-based specifications to communicate and validate functional business requirements. However, learnability and ease of use analysis indicates that an average customer may experience difficulties learning the technique. Several additional propositions are evaluated and usage observations made.

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Grigori Melnik, Frank Maurer, Mike Chiasson, "Executable Acceptance Tests for Communicating Business Requirements: Customer Perspective," agile, pp.35-46, AGILE 2006 (AGILE'06), 2006

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