Study Overview
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Acceptance Testing
Goal contributions
| Major Goal | Minor Goal | Contribution Value | Situation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Improved Effectiveness (performance) | Faster coding | - | Programmers took 16% more time. |
| Improved Effectiveness (performance) | Avoid injecting defects during maintenance | ++ | Continual regression tests find "new" errors that passed previous tests. |
| Improved Product/Code Quality | Reduced product defects | ++ | |
Requisite contributions
(S - Satisfied, PS - Partially Satisfied, U - Undefined, D - Denied, PD - Partly Denied)
| Major Requisite | Minor Requisite | Requisite Satisfaction Value | Situation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Defect be Resolved Quickly | Designer's understanding of code be increased | S | Designer must thoroughly understand the feature to be implemented in order to write a test for it. |
Study information
- ID:
- 64
- Name:
- Boby2004
- URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2003.09.011
- Study Type:
- Empirical Study
- Study Format:
- Controlled Experiment
- Description:
- Two 8-person groups at each of 3 companies
- Organization:
- John Deere; Rolemodel Software; Ericsson
- Year:
- 2004
- Reference:
- Boby; G. & Williams; L. (2004). A structured experiment of test-driven development. In Information and software technology; 46; 337-342.
- Title of Paper:
- NA
- Conference Name:
- NA
- Abstract:
- NA
