Last February, I had this conversation with an agile coach (AC) at an organization in an agile transformation:
AC: – “We started up on BDD today!”
Me: – “Really? That’s awesome! Automating scenarios?”
AC: – “No, just writing scenarios.”
Me: -“So it’s not BDD… It’s specification by Example.”
AC: -“Why not? BDD doesn’t need test automation.”
Me: -“We can say that’s half way to BDD. Scenarios shall be automated after writing it.”
After few minutes, no agreement.