Towards traceable test-driven development

Jane Huffman Hayes; Alex Dekhtyar; David S. Janzen

doi:10.1109/TEFSE.2009.5069579

Towards traceable test-driven development

Jane Huffman Hayes, Alex Dekhtyar, David S. Janzen

Computer Science

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Abstract

Key among the Grand Challenges in Traceability are those that lead to achieving traceability as a byproduct of the natural software development life cycle. This position paper profiles test-driven development (TDD), an emerging software development practice, in which automated tests and code satisfying them are developed in rapid succession over multiple iterations. Our position is that the nature of TDD offers unique opportunities for collecting traceability information throughout the TDD life cycle and that the provision of traceability information to the software developers during TDD will improve the process and the resulting software. We discuss the opportunities, challenges, and plans for the synthesis of TDD and traceability.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2009 ICSE Workshop on Traceability in Emerging Forms of Software Engineering, TEFSE 2009
Pages	26-30
Number of pages	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TEFSE.2009.5069579
State	Published - 2009
Event	2009 ICSE Workshop on Traceability in Emerging Forms of Software Engineering, TEFSE 2009 - Vancouver, BC, Canada Duration: May 18 2009 → May 18 2009

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Name	Proceedings of the 2009 ICSE Workshop on Traceability in Emerging Forms of Software Engineering, TEFSE 2009

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Conference	2009 ICSE Workshop on Traceability in Emerging Forms of Software Engineering, TEFSE 2009
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Vancouver, BC
Period	5/18/09 → 5/18/09

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Hayes, J. H., Dekhtyar, A., & Janzen, D. S. (2009). Towards traceable test-driven development. In Proceedings of the 2009 ICSE Workshop on Traceability in Emerging Forms of Software Engineering, TEFSE 2009 (pp. 26-30). Article 5069579 (Proceedings of the 2009 ICSE Workshop on Traceability in Emerging Forms of Software Engineering, TEFSE 2009). https://doi.org/10.1109/TEFSE.2009.5069579

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Hayes, JH, Dekhtyar, A & Janzen, DS 2009, Towards traceable test-driven development. in Proceedings of the 2009 ICSE Workshop on Traceability in Emerging Forms of Software Engineering, TEFSE 2009., 5069579, Proceedings of the 2009 ICSE Workshop on Traceability in Emerging Forms of Software Engineering, TEFSE 2009, pp. 26-30, 2009 ICSE Workshop on Traceability in Emerging Forms of Software Engineering, TEFSE 2009, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 5/18/09. https://doi.org/10.1109/TEFSE.2009.5069579

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Proceedings of the 2009 ICSE Workshop on Traceability in Emerging Forms of Software Engineering, TEFSE 2009. 2009. p. 26-30 5069579 (Proceedings of the 2009 ICSE Workshop on Traceability in Emerging Forms of Software Engineering, TEFSE 2009).

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