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Behavior Driven Development (BDD) Masterclass || Updated ||
14 students
Behavior Driven Development (BDD) Masterclass || Updated ||
Software Testing, QA Testing, Gherkin and Automation Concepts, Collaborative Requirements & Test Automation for Success.
Created byForce Academy
Last updated 6/2026
English
What you'll learn
- Understand the origins, principles, and core philosophy of Behavior Driven Development (BDD).
- Explain the differences between Test Driven Development (TDD) and Behavior Driven Development (BDD).
- Apply the Three Amigos collaboration model to improve communication between business and technical teams.
- Understand and navigate the complete BDD lifecycle, including discovery, formulation, and automation.
- Conduct effective discovery sessions to uncover business requirements and expected system behaviors.
- Identify and reduce ambiguity in requirements through structured conversations and shared understanding.
- Create and organize Features, Scenarios, and Steps using proper Gherkin syntax.
- Understand how feature files are translated into automated executable tests.
- Understand the architecture and components of a BDD automation framework.
- Describe test runners, execution workflows, and state management concepts in BDD environments.
- Apply living documentation principles to keep requirements and implementation synchronized.
- Understand how BDD supports Continuous Integration (CI) and modern software delivery practices.
- Collaborate more effectively with developers, testers, business analysts, product owners, and stakeholders to deliver higher-quality software.
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Course content
6 sections • 24 lectures • 1h 12m total length
Requirements
- - No prior experience with Behavior Driven Development (BDD) is required.
- - Interest in Agile methodologies, collaboration, and software quality practices.
- - Willingness to learn how business requirements can be transformed into executable specifications.
Description
This course contains the use of Artificial Intelligence.
|| Unofficial Course ||
Behavior Driven Development (BDD) has become one of the most effective approaches for bridging the gap between business objectives, software requirements, development, and testing. Rather than treating requirements, development, and quality assurance as separate activities, BDD promotes collaboration, shared understanding, and the creation of executable specifications that accurately reflect business needs. This course provides a comprehensive and practical exploration of the concepts, principles, and workflows that make BDD a powerful methodology for modern software teams.
Throughout this course, you will gain a deep understanding of the origins of Behavior Driven Development and how it evolved from Test Driven Development (TDD) to address communication challenges between technical and non-technical stakeholders. You will explore the philosophy behind BDD, learn why shared understanding is critical to successful software delivery, and discover how collaboration can reduce ambiguity and improve product quality.
The course takes you through the complete BDD lifecycle, beginning with the discovery process where business stakeholders, domain experts, developers, and testers work together to uncover desired system behaviors. You will learn how structured conversations help teams identify business rules, clarify requirements, and transform abstract ideas into concrete examples. Special attention is given to techniques such as Example Mapping and deliberate discovery, enabling you to create a common language that aligns business goals with technical implementation.
As you progress, you will master the art of writing executable specifications using the Gherkin language. You will learn how to structure feature files, create meaningful scenarios, and effectively use Given, When, Then, And, and But statements to describe behavior in a clear and understandable format. The course also covers advanced Gherkin capabilities, including Background sections, Scenario Outlines, Examples tables, and Data Tables, helping you model complex business behaviors while maintaining readability and consistency.
Beyond specification writing, you will explore the automation concepts that transform plain-language scenarios into executable tests. You will understand the purpose of step definitions, how automation layers connect business-readable specifications with code, and the architectural principles that support scalable BDD automation frameworks. The course explains execution workflows, test runners, state management concepts, and the relationship between automated specifications and software quality assurance processes.
You will also learn how BDD integrates into modern Agile environments and supports continuous improvement throughout the software development lifecycle. The course demonstrates how BDD practices can be incorporated into Agile ceremonies, sprint planning activities, backlog refinement sessions, and collaborative workshops. In addition, you will discover how living documentation helps organizations maintain alignment between business expectations and system implementation, reducing maintenance overhead and improving long-term project sustainability.
By the end of this course, you will possess a strong conceptual foundation in Behavior Driven Development and understand how to apply BDD principles to improve communication, reduce misunderstandings, create effective specifications, and support high-quality software delivery.
Whether you are a developer, tester, business analyst, product owner, Scrum team member, or software professional seeking to strengthen collaboration and quality practices, this course will equip you with the knowledge and confidence needed to successfully adopt and leverage BDD in real-world projects.
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Who this course is for:
- Software Developers who want to better understand business requirements and improve software quality through Behavior Driven Development (BDD).
- Software Testers and QA Professionals seeking to enhance their testing practices with executable specifications and collaborative testing approaches.
- Business Analysts who want to create clearer, more effective requirements and reduce ambiguity in software projects.
- Product Owners and Product Managers interested in improving communication between stakeholders and development teams.
- Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches looking to strengthen collaboration and shared understanding within Agile teams.
- Project Managers who want greater visibility into requirements, testing, and software delivery processes.
- Team Leads and Engineering Managers seeking to establish better alignment between business goals and technical implementation.
- DevOps and Continuous Integration practitioners interested in understanding the role of BDD in modern software delivery pipelines.
- Students, graduates, and aspiring software professionals who want to learn an industry-recognized approach to requirements specification and software quality.
- Anyone interested in learning how collaborative discovery, executable specifications, and living documentation can improve software development outcomes.