“Test-driven development (TDD) is a programming technique in which the tests are written prior to the source code. It is proposed that TDD is one of the most fundamental practices enabling the development of software in an agile and iterative manner. Both the literature and practice suggest that TDD practice yields several benefits. Essentially, it is claimed that TDD leads to an improved software design, which has a dramatic impact on the maintainability and further development of the system.” (Reference: ieee.org)

Fannie Mae, a government sponsored entity (GSE), is in the fourth year of it’s agile transformation. Teams use an Agile Maturity Matrix as a roadmap for optimizing their agile capabilities as well as technical engineering practices.

As long-standing teams, we have a long track record of trying to incorporate persistent TDD practices with varying degrees of success. But it was only after the LDNG teams collectively matured their agile mindset and focused on optimization, implementation of TDD took flight.

Past year, 4 teams comprising the Loan Delivery Next Gen were recognized for being the first teams in organization to complete highest agile maturity model’s category, hallmarks for which include: Feature level BDD, Test first mindset & All layers of testing are automated and executed on every check-in.

• Do you want a real world example of implementing TDD in a large program?
• Are you unable to grapple with the challenges of TDD? Is TDD frustrating you?
• What are some misconceptions about implementing TDD?
• How do you get a good ROI (Return On Investment) by developing TDD capability?
• By the way what’s the big deal about TDD? Is it really helping or just another hype??

This talk is intended for the technical members on a cross-functional team (responsible for the “how” who are faced with implementing TDD) as well as well as Scrum Masters and Product Owners who are interested in understanding the benefits of TDD and why they should be advocating for / insuring there is capacity to develop and mature these practices as part of the team’s work. Unlike most TDD training sessions, this focuses on the subtleties and challenges of implementing TDD in a pragmatic manner that address everyday concerns of a large organization.

Join us to get answers to all these questions based on our real world experience as well as see a live intuitive demo.

While we are not experts in this field (at least not yet), we will share our journey and practical learnings. How does that sound?

Our presentation shares experience of Loan Delivery teams. We will share our journey in adopting TDD along with moving away from testers in team, to training developers with test-first mindset. We will also cover misconceptions and touch a little on testing techniques for developers. We would like to cover the non-technical blind spots that most TDD trainings might miss, based on our real world experience.

Also in the spirit of Agile, we will present practical real-time example of TDD in action that addresses a number of concerns, but mainly how to re-factor code using TDD. We will use personal laptop to demonstrate a loan calculator example.