The course covers BDD principles, Gherkin syntax, feature files, scenarios, and integrating BDD with automated testing frameworks.
Overview
This Behavior Driven Development (BDD) training is designed to help participants understand and apply BDD practices to improve collaboration between business, development, and testing teams. The course covers BDD principles, Gherkin syntax, feature files, scenarios, and integrating BDD with automated testing frameworks. Participants will gain practical insight into writing executable specifications and aligning software development with business requirements.
Learning Outcomes
• Understand the principles, workflow, and collaborative approach of Behavior Driven Development (BDD).
• Write clear, business-readable test scenarios using the Given-When-Then methodology.
• Design automated acceptance tests aligned with business requirements and user stories.
• Implement BDD frameworks, feature files, step definitions, and test execution workflows.
• Integrate BDD practices with automated testing frameworks and CI/CD pipelines.
• Build scalable, collaborative, and quality-driven software delivery processes using BDD best practices.
Duration & Delivery Mode
7 hours
Target Audience
• QA and test engineers
• Software developers
• Business analysts and product owners
• Agile and Scrum team members
• Automation and quality engineers
Pre-requisites
• Basic understanding of software development or testing concepts
• Familiarity with test automation tools is helpful
• Interest in agile and collaborative development practices
Skillset Achieved
• Understanding BDD principles and benefits
• Writing Gherkin feature files
• Creating clear scenarios and acceptance criteria
• Linking BDD to automated tests
• Improving collaboration between business and technical teams
• Applying BDD in agile environments
• Designing executable specifications
• Integrating BDD into CI/CD workflows
Course Outcome
By the end of this training, participants will be able to apply BDD principles to write clear, executable requirements and improve collaboration across teams. Learners will gain strong fundamentals in Gherkin, BDD tooling, and agile collaboration, enabling them to align software delivery with business expectations.
Course Outline
Introduction to BDD & Collaborative Development
• What is Behavior Driven Development
• BDD vs TDD and traditional testing
• Business-technical collaboration concepts
• Value of executable specifications
Gherkin Syntax & Feature Files
• Given-When-Then structure
• Writing readable feature files
• Scenario outlines and examples
• Best practices for Gherkin writing
BDD Tools & Frameworks Overview
• Cucumber overview
• SpecFlow overview
• Behave and other BDD tools
• Choosing the right BDD framework
Linking BDD with Automated Testing
• Mapping scenarios to step definitions
• Integrating BDD with Selenium
• Running BDD tests
• Reporting BDD results
BDD in Agile & CI/CD Pipelines
• BDD in Scrum and agile teams
• Continuous testing with BDD
• Integrating BDD in CI/CD
• Managing BDD at scale
BDD Workshop & Best Practices
• Writing BDD scenarios for a sample project
• Reviewing and refining feature files
• Mapping scenarios to automation
• Final review and best practices
Assessment Topics
• BDD Fundamentals & Framework Setup Assessment
• Feature File & Scenario Development Assessment
• Step Definitions & Test Automation Assessment
• Test Execution, Reporting & CI/CD Integration Assessment
• End-to-End BDD Automation Project Assessment
Evaluation
Participants will be evaluated through hands-on BDD scenario writing exercises, practical feature file reviews, instructor-led discussions, and a final assessment focused on applying BDD practices to real-world projects.
Course Materials
Participants will receive course materials, slides, reference materials, exercises and access to resources for further learning.
Certification
Upon successful completion of the training, participants will receive an AcadNXT Certificate of Completion for Behavior Driven Development (BDD). This digital, verifiable certification validates practical BDD practices, Gherkin usage, and collaborative agile testing and development skills and can be shared on LinkedIn and included in professional profiles to enhance agile and quality engineering career credibility.
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What Our Students Say
Says this BDD training helped his team improve collaboration between business and technical stakeholders.
Highlights AcadNXT’s BDD course as an excellent program for mastering Gherkin and executable specifications.
Shares that the training improved his team’s ability to translate business requirements into testable scenarios.
States that this course provided strong practical guidance for implementing BDD in Scrum teams.
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