BDD for Agile Teams
Most teams optimize for one half of that sentence. Behavior-Driven Development gives you both — a way to turn examples and conversation into executable specifications everyone actually understands, so what gets built matches what the business and the customer needed in the first place.
$400 · Taught by Paul Moore, Certified Scrum Trainer · Digital badge, 8 SEUs & PDUs, and a 2-year Scrum Alliance membership included
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Enhance team collaboration and deliver software that truly meets business needs by adopting Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) principles. Create a shared understanding and build higher-quality products with greater efficiency.
Enhance team collaboration and deliver software that truly meets business needs by adopting Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) principles. Create a shared understanding and build higher-quality products with greater efficiency.
Enhance team collaboration and deliver software that truly meets business needs by adopting Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) principles. Create a shared understanding and build higher-quality products with greater efficiency.
Enhance team collaboration and deliver software that truly meets business needs by adopting Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) principles. Create a shared understanding and build higher-quality products with greater efficiency.
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The credential
BDD for Agile Teams is an official Scrum Alliance microcredential in the Technical Literacy track. Attend both live sessions, participate, and it's yours — no exam, no follow-up assignment.
What you'll learn
Eight modules covering the full BDD arc — from discovery through examples to advanced Gherkin, and how it all fits into a real sprint.
Module 01
The value behind behavior-driven development and the three core practices that make it work, before any syntax enters the picture.
Module 02
Turn a user story and its acceptance criteria into concrete examples that surface what the requirement actually means.
Module 03
Run the conversation that gets developers, testers, and the business into the same room over the same examples — before code is written.
Module 04
Express examples as Given-When-Then scenarios that are readable by anyone and executable by your test tooling.
Module 05
The habits that keep scenarios short, focused, and useful — and the common anti-patterns that quietly make them neither.
Module 06
Structure feature files around business rules, not implementation details, so the spec stays readable as it grows.
Module 07
Backgrounds, scenario outlines, and tables — the syntax that keeps larger scenario sets readable instead of repetitive.
Module 08
Where discovery, specification, and automation actually land inside refinement, sprint planning, and delivery — not as extra process on top of it.
Who it's for
BDD works because it gets the whole delivery team talking in the same language — so it's built for more than just developers.
Looking for a shared way to turn a backlog item into something everyone agrees is actually done.
Restoring the engineering discipline that keeps specifications executable and code aligned with what was actually asked for.
Wanting sharper backlog refinement and clearer alignment with developers, stakeholders, and customers.
Translating requirements into executable specifications that developers and business stakeholders both understand the same way.
Getting into testability and edge-case conversations earlier, and learning the fundamentals of automated acceptance tests.
Looking for a concrete practice that closes the gap between "done" in the sprint and "right" for the customer.
Straight answer on prerequisites: there are none. Programming experience isn't necessary — some familiarity with software development helps you follow along, but the practices apply to anyone shaping what a team builds.
Your seat
Two afternoons, one credential, and a standing invitation to keep working on it with us.
The official Scrum Alliance BDD for Agile Teams microcredential — shareable the day you finish.
Professional membership included with your seat — community, resources, and member pricing for two full years.
Members earn eight Scrum Education Units and eight PMI Professional Development Units, applicable to your certification renewals.
Keep coming back. Bring the scenarios and feature files you're actually working through and get feedback from Paul and other practitioners.
Your trainer
Agile Technical Coach · Certified Scrum Trainer
Paul is an expert Agile Technical Coach dedicated to restoring the "engineering" in software engineering. With decades of hands-on experience in high-stakes development environments, he doesn't just teach theory — he focuses on the hard technical skills required to build maintainable, high-quality software. As a guide for thousands of developers worldwide, he bridges the gap between abstract Agile concepts and the daily reality of writing code, helping teams deliver value faster and with greater confidence.
Questions
TDD tends to be developer-centric, working at the level of classes, modules, methods, and functions. BDD looks at the bigger picture — what users need, what the business needs, and what features actually align to those needs. They're complementary: BDD scenarios often drive the same test-first discipline TDD is built on, just aimed a level higher.
No. There are no prerequisites, and programming experience isn't necessary. Some familiarity with how software gets built will help you follow along, but the discovery and specification practices apply just as directly if you're a product owner, business analyst, or tester.
No exam. Attend both live sessions and participate, and we register you for the Scrum Alliance BDD for Agile Teams microcredential. Your digital badge follows shortly after.
Two 4-hour live virtual sessions on consecutive days — eight hours total across the eight modules, moving from discovery and examples through Gherkin syntax to integrating BDD into your actual sprint workflow. It's interactive by design, so plan on cameras on and bring a real feature or user story to work with.
Yes — Scrum Alliance members earn 8 SEUs, and the course is also eligible for 8 PMI PDUs, both applicable toward renewing your existing certifications. Your seat also includes a two-year Scrum Alliance membership.
Yes, and for this course it's often the stronger choice — a private session lets your whole team practice discovery and Gherkin against your actual product, so everyone leaves working from the same feature files. Email hello@rocketninesolutions.com and we'll put together a plan.
Still deciding?
Not sure whether BDD is the right next step for your team? Describe what you're building and we'll give you a straight answer — even if the answer is a different class.
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Run both sessions with your whole delivery team working from the same backlog. Everyone earns the same credential — and everyone leaves writing scenarios the same way.
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