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Writing Great Specifications
book

Writing Great Specifications

by Kamil Nicieja
November 2017
Intermediate to advanced
304 pages
9h 37m
English
Manning Publications
Content preview from Writing Great Specifications

Chapter 1. Introduction to specification by example and Gherkin

This chapter covers

  • Examining why teams need specifications
  • Recognizing common specification pitfalls
  • Understanding the basics of specification by example and Gherkin
  • Solving common delivery problems with specification by example and Gherkin

How well we communicate is determined not by how well we say things, but how well we are understood.

Andy Grove

The money is all on the right [side of the product life cycle], in the area of certainty [where the product is mature]. I work on the left, with uncertainty. I’ll never be rich.

Chris Matts

Humanizing technology is perhaps the greatest challenge of software engineering. The technology industry must strive to show tremendous empathy ...

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