Guidelines for Adopting Behavior-Driven Development (BDD): A Case Study

Shexmo Richarlison Ribeiro dos Santos, Marcus Vinicius Santana Silva, Marcos Cesar Barbosa dos Santos, Luiz Felipe Cirqueira dos Santos, Mariano Florencio Mendonça, Marcos Venicius Santos, Marckson Fábio da Silva Santos, Alberto Luciano de Souza Bastos, Fábio Gomes Rocha

2025

Abstract

Context: To analyze the effectiveness of adopting Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) with agile teams that have not previously used this framework. Problem: Lack of a study that combines guidelines inherent to adopting BDD. Solution: To achieve the proposed objective, the authors carried out two previous studies: the first identifying the state of the art of BDD through a Systematic Multivocal Literature Review; and, consequently, the state of the practice was analyzed, through a Survey, with professionals who use BDD in their work activities. Thus, this research sought to validate the guidelines found. Method: A case study was carried out in a private company focused on security software development with an agile team that did not use BDD. Summarization of results: The results obtained showed the effectiveness and validity of the guidelines previously found for adopting BDD. There is also a need for improving communication among stakeholders, the only problem found in BDD’s adoption. Contributions and impact: The main contribution of this study is the guidelines presented inherent to the adoption of BDD to contribute to both academia and industry regarding the understanding and implementation of this framework, respectively.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Ribeiro dos Santos S., Silva M., Barbosa dos Santos M., Cirqueira dos Santos L., Mendonça M., Santos M., Santos M., Bastos A. and Rocha F. (2025). Guidelines for Adopting Behavior-Driven Development (BDD): A Case Study. In Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST; ISBN 978-989-758-772-6, SciTePress, pages 141-148. DOI: 10.5220/0013681700003985

in Bibtex Style

@conference{webist25,
author={Shexmo Ribeiro dos Santos and Marcus Silva and Marcos Barbosa dos Santos and Luiz Cirqueira dos Santos and Mariano Mendonça and Marcos Santos and Marckson Santos and Alberto Bastos and Fábio Rocha},
title={Guidelines for Adopting Behavior-Driven Development (BDD): A Case Study},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST},
year={2025},
pages={141-148},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013681700003985},
isbn={978-989-758-772-6},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST
TI - Guidelines for Adopting Behavior-Driven Development (BDD): A Case Study
SN - 978-989-758-772-6
AU - Ribeiro dos Santos S.
AU - Silva M.
AU - Barbosa dos Santos M.
AU - Cirqueira dos Santos L.
AU - Mendonça M.
AU - Santos M.
AU - Santos M.
AU - Bastos A.
AU - Rocha F.
PY - 2025
SP - 141
EP - 148
DO - 10.5220/0013681700003985
PB - SciTePress