CSSE3002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Alex Faickney Osborn, Acceptance Testing, User Story
28 Jun 2018
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Brainstorming (in software engineering)
-Created in 1957 by an advertising executive – Alex Osborn
-Four rules
oGet as many ideas as possible
oBrainstorming activity discourages criticism, everyone should input ideas no
many how bad or good it is
oExpand ideas so that there is a variety
oExplain more on the existing ideas
Studies on brainstorming
-Studies ongoing
-1987: Group brainstorming might be less efficient than individual brainstorming
-2008: Group brainstorming – able to debate, hence challenge with new ideas, more
creative
Brainstorming in software development
-Typically have a lot of brainstorming
- Two constraints (functional: technical aspect & practical: concerned about the
limitation)
Specification by example
-Acceptance testing rather than unit testing etc
-Focus on realistic examples (similar to user stories)
-Advantages: helps development, not doing more than u have to, forgetting
anything
-Cucumber: a type of software, runs automated acceptance test, to make sure
everything follows the main function
Questionnaire
-Face-to-face: interviewers reading questions from a sheet, allow interviewers
to capture the immediate emotional responses of the respondent
-Telephone: people less likely to alter their answer to better represent
themselves
-Paper based: sent by post sometimes, less manpower needed to conduct it,
possible misinterpretation of questions
-Online: easier to distribute, easy to collect data, may be more effective to
address sensitive issues, cheapest way, but respondents may not be honest
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Document Summary
Created in 1957 by an advertising executive alex osborn. Four rules: get as many ideas as possible, brainstorming activity discourages criticism, everyone should input ideas no many how bad or good it is, expand ideas so that there is a variety, explain more on the existing ideas. 1987: group brainstorming might be less efficient than individual brainstorming. 2008: group brainstorming able to debate, hence challenge with new ideas, more creative. Two constraints (functional: technical aspect & practical: concerned about the limitation) Acceptance testing rather than unit testing etc. Focus on realistic examples (similar to user stories) Advantages: helps development, not doing more than u have to, forgetting anything. Cucumber: a type of software, runs automated acceptance test, to make sure everything follows the main function. Face-to-face: interviewers reading questions from a sheet, allow interviewers to capture the immediate emotional responses of the respondent. Telephone: people less likely to alter their answer to better represent themselves.
