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Acceptance Criteria

Acceptance Criteria typically accompanies a User Story to provide clarification on the specific behavior a system should perform to be considered acceptable to stakeholders. Acceptance Criteria explains what the system should do after the development has been completed and is not a list of instructions for the team to follow. When in doubt imagine the prefix, "To be acceptable the system shall" is written before each criteria. 

Agile

Agile generally refers to a set of principles that guide its practitioners on how to provide superior customer service. Agile generally encourages constant improvement through continuous customer use and feedback. Published in 2001 the Agile Manifesto is credited for starting the Agile Software Development Movement. Visit agilemanifesto.org to see the manifesto and the full list of signatories. 



BDD

Behavior-driven Design. Refers to a format, often used by Analysts and Product Owners, for Acceptance Criteria to clearly communicate expected system behaviors to Developers and Testers. This format is used by Cucumber to automate testing. The format follows a GIVEN, WHEN, THEN structure. Example: GIVEN The User has responded, "Yes" to Question 6 and 8 WHEN The User clicks the submit button THEN the 'Join the Jelly of the month club' page will display



Scrum

Is a framework created to enable teams to leverage the Agile ideals as they collaborate to build software. The framework emphasizes transparency, adaption, and inspection. The framework is credited to Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland. Associated terms include Sprint, Retrospective, Stand Up, Ceremony, and Backlog. 

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