AGILE IN ACTION

Rick Mugridge talks about story test-driven development using FIT and doubling the value of automated tests . Story tests, written in FIT, capture the details of user stories as concrete executable examples and help you to know when you're done. These video presentations are not technical tutorials on how to use FIT / FITLibrary / FitNesse .

This session was presented by Steve Freeman and Mike Hill. Using FIT is a great way to produce automated acceptance tests, but the underlying message of the session was: The act of designing and writing the FIT documents can be an effective means of communicating with the customer. This can help us understand the details of a user story and identify suitable acceptance criteria, which tell us when we're done. The role playing between Steve [the techie] and Mike [the busy customer] was a giggle and demonstrated how well this communication mechanism can work.

Generally, the acceptance testing and unit testing performed by an agile team facilitates collaboration and communication, creates feedback loops, and gives developers the courage to attempt things they would perhaps normally shy away from. A test-driven approach to development causes high-quality solutions and implementations to emerge.

Fit with Ward Cunningham and Rick Mugridge.