Behavior Driven Development is a hot topic for many teams looking to reduce defects, increase collaboration, and get a better return on investment from their code. This talk introduces Behavior Driven Development, explains the approach of development driven by concrete examples, and looks at the benefits of having executable specifications. With examples from everything from software to wasps, robots to road trips, attendees will gain an appreciation for the complex behavior that can be represented through simple examples using Given, When, Then statements.
President of Xeric Corporation
Mark Shead is the president of Xeric Corporation where he helps organizations increase their return on investment in software development. He has worked extensively as a coach with the U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve Banks implementing Agile development and deployment practices. He specializes in helping teams use current tools and processes to build development/deployment pipelines in organizations with legacy change management policies and turning six-month deployments cycles into something measured in hours.