The benefits and challenges of executable acceptance testing
Shelly Park, Frank Maurer · 2008
In this paper, we argue that executable acceptance test driven development (EATDD) allows tighter integration between the software requirements and the implementation. We argue that EATDD improves communication between all project stakeholders. We give an overview of why previous approaches to requirements specifications are less than impressive and how executable acceptance tests help fix problems. In addition, we argue for multi-modal executable acceptance tests and how it can help improve the requirements specification. We provide some of the immediate research questions that need to be addressed in order to push forward more wide-spread use of executable acceptance test driven development.