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BDD (Behavior-Driven Development)

Behavior-Driven Development — extending TDD with natural-language, specification-by-example tests.

Links acceptance criteria to executable tests. Widely practiced; not framework-mandated. Often written out as "Behavior-Driven Development" but universally referred to by the BDD acronym.

Across the Frameworks

Scrum
Informal

Used colloquially, not framework-defined.

SAFe
Informal

Used colloquially, not framework-defined.

LeSS
Informal

Used colloquially, not framework-defined.

Nexus
Informal

Used colloquially, not framework-defined.

Related Terms

TDDAcceptance CriteriaSpecification By Example
Present in Scrum, SAFe, LeSS, Nexus.