Great Big Agile: An OS for Agile Leaders

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67. Test-Driven Development

Jeff Dalton¹ 

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Waterford, MI, USA

 

Description

Test-driven development (TDD) is an agile technique where a developer will write a basic test case to verify the desired functionality, knowing that it will fail, and then writes the minimum amount of code to pass the test. The developer will then enhance the code to ensure that it meets acceptable performance and coding standards and principles.

Test-driven development brings the most value when used with short sprints, where rapid experimentation is possible.

Typical Roles

• Agile Team ...