An Industrial Case Study on Test Cases as Requirements
Bjarnason, Elizabeth LU
; Unterkalmsteiner, Michael
; Engström, Emelie
LU
and Borg, Markus
LU
(2015)
Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming 16th International Conference, XP 2015
In Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
212.
- Abstract
- It is a conundrum that agile projects can succeed ‘without requirements’ when
weak requirements engineering is a known cause for project failures. While
Agile development projects often manage well without extensive requirements
documentation, test cases are commonly used as requirements. We have
investigated this agile practice at three companies in order to understand how
test cases can fill the role of requirements. We performed a case study based
on twelve interviews performed in a previous study. The findings include a
range of benefits and challenges in using test cases for eliciting, validating,
verifying, tracing and managing requirements. In addition, we... (More) - It is a conundrum that agile projects can succeed ‘without requirements’ when
weak requirements engineering is a known cause for project failures. While
Agile development projects often manage well without extensive requirements
documentation, test cases are commonly used as requirements. We have
investigated this agile practice at three companies in order to understand how
test cases can fill the role of requirements. We performed a case study based
on twelve interviews performed in a previous study. The findings include a
range of benefits and challenges in using test cases for eliciting, validating,
verifying, tracing and managing requirements. In addition, we identified three
scenarios for applying the practice, namely as a mature practice, as a de facto
practice and as part of an agile transition. The findings provide insights into
how the role of requirements may be met in agile development including
challenges to consider. (Less)
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- author
- Bjarnason, Elizabeth
LU
; Unterkalmsteiner, Michael
; Engström, Emelie
LU
and Borg, Markus
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2015
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Behaviour-driven development, Agile development, Acceptance test, Require-ments and Test Alignment, Case study
- host publication
- Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming : 16th International Conference, XP 2015, Helsinki, Finland, May 25-29, 2015, Proceedings - 16th International Conference, XP 2015, Helsinki, Finland, May 25-29, 2015, Proceedings
- series title
- Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
- volume
- 212
- pages
- 12 pages
- publisher
- Springer
- conference name
- Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming 16th International Conference, XP 2015
- conference location
- Helsinki, Finland
- conference dates
- 2015-05-25 - 2015-05-29
- external identifiers
-
- scopus:84942798244
- ISSN
- 1865-1348
- 1865-1356
- ISBN
- 978-3-319-18611-5
- 978-3-319-18612-2
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-18612-2_3
- project
- Embedded Applications Software Engineering
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 069340e1-a18e-4bb1-86a6-6b1d3a116a92 (old id 5104528)
- date added to LUP
- 2016-04-04 14:29:46
- date last changed
- 2025-01-09 00:31:24
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weak requirements engineering is a known cause for project failures. While<br/><br>
Agile development projects often manage well without extensive requirements<br/><br>
documentation, test cases are commonly used as requirements. We have<br/><br>
investigated this agile practice at three companies in order to understand how<br/><br>
test cases can fill the role of requirements. We performed a case study based<br/><br>
on twelve interviews performed in a previous study. The findings include a<br/><br>
range of benefits and challenges in using test cases for eliciting, validating,<br/><br>
verifying, tracing and managing requirements. In addition, we identified three<br/><br>
scenarios for applying the practice, namely as a mature practice, as a de facto<br/><br>
practice and as part of an agile transition. The findings provide insights into<br/><br>
how the role of requirements may be met in agile development including<br/><br>
challenges to consider.}},
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