May 16, 2022Cucumber: a year in reviewIt’s a little over a year since I re-joined the Cucumber open source team as co-lead with the inimitable Aslak Hellsøy, joining a team of full-time SmartBear staff including Aurélien Reeves and Jo Laing. I want to look back on what we’ve achieved in that year. Cucumber continues to grow Across the Cucumber ecosystem…Cucumber6 min readCucumber6 min read
Oct 24, 2018Learning to be a better dadLast Friday night I was in a reflective mood and I wanted to try and engage my family in giving me some feedback about what I could do to be a better dad. I tried something was based on the Wise Crowds workshop format, not that they had any idea…Life Lessons4 min readLife Lessons4 min read
Oct 17, 201810 easy ways to fail at BDDIn my work, I come across many organisations who desperately want to enjoy the benefits of practicing BDD, yet set themselves up for failure. Growing new practices in your teams is a lot like growing plants: you need to create the right environment for the changes to take root and…Software Development8 min readSoftware Development8 min read
Jul 5, 2018Who writes the Cucumber scenarios?Barbara is a business analyst. Until recently, Barbara hated BDD. When her company first adopted Agile, lots of things changed. She was told she no longer needed to write requirements documents. …Agile4 min readAgile4 min read
Jan 12, 2018Why we do thisI just got home from a week-long retreat with the rest of the team from Cucumber, along with a special guest @salfreudenberg. …Agile3 min readAgile3 min read
Dec 15, 2015Introducing Example MappingBefore you pull a user story into development, it’s crucial to have a conversation to clarify and confirm the acceptance criteria. Some people do this during their backlog refinement or planning poker sessions. Other teams have a specific three amigos meeting, specification workshop or discovery workshop. Whatever you call this…Agile8 min readAgile8 min read
