%0 Conference Paper %1 1155511 %A Melnik, Grigori %A Maurer, Frank %A Chiasson, Mike %B AGILE '06: Proceedings of the conference on AGILE 2006 %C Washington, DC, USA %D 2006 %I IEEE Computer Society %K acceptance agile requirements reticollab0708 testing %P 35--46 %R http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/AGILE.2006.26 %T Executable Acceptance Tests for Communicating Business Requirements: Customer Perspective %U http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1155439.1155511&coll=&dl=&CFID=15151515&CFTOKEN=6184618# %X Using an experimental method, we found that customers, partnered with an IT professional, are able to use executable acceptance test (storytest)-based specifications to communicate and validate functional business requirements. However, learnability and ease of use analysis indicates that an average customer may experience difficulties learning the technique. Several additional propositions are evaluated and usage observations made. %@ 0-7695-2562-8

@inproceedings{1155511, abstract = {Using an experimental method, we found that customers, partnered with an IT professional, are able to use executable acceptance test (storytest)-based specifications to communicate and validate functional business requirements. However, learnability and ease of use analysis indicates that an average customer may experience difficulties learning the technique. Several additional propositions are evaluated and usage observations made.}, added-at = {2007-10-02T15:51:22.000+0200}, address = {Washington, DC, USA}, author = {Melnik, Grigori and Maurer, Frank and Chiasson, Mike}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/290c4fc31a1eacf50d3ba991ac02a83d7/teresadaniela}, booktitle = {AGILE '06: Proceedings of the conference on AGILE 2006}, description = {Executable Acceptance Tests for Communicating Business Requirements}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/AGILE.2006.26}, interhash = {19d31c1ca8fea04b1f092d82a85eda13}, intrahash = {90c4fc31a1eacf50d3ba991ac02a83d7}, isbn = {0-7695-2562-8}, keywords = {acceptance agile requirements reticollab0708 testing}, pages = {35--46}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, timestamp = {2007-10-02T15:52:31.000+0200}, title = {Executable Acceptance Tests for Communicating Business Requirements: Customer Perspective}, url = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1155439.1155511&coll=&dl=&CFID=15151515&CFTOKEN=6184618#}, year = 2006 }