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Stelligent releases survey results from test-driven development roundtable Survey reveals majority of organizations do not practice TDD
RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Stelligent Incorporated, an expert consulting firm helping development
teams optimize Agile software production, today announced the results of a survey conducted at their "Share
your test-driven development stories" roundtable last month. Approximately 25 CTOs, IT and project managers were in attendance to
discuss the benefits and goals of testing and why it is beneficial to
practice test-driven development (TDD). The purpose of the survey was to
examine the adoption rate of TDD, why it’s
being practiced, and how often.
The results show that 84 percent surveyed do not currently practice TDD
and 79 percent said they do not measure code coverage for development
projects. Developers at the roundtable said they believe in implementing
TDD; however their organizations are not ready to adopt the method due
to the risk of process change. Results from a complementary
survey distributed in September revealed 71 percent felt CIOs would
adopt agile methods if they had a greater understanding of the business
benefits.
Additional results from the survey include:
85% find unit tests are more effective at finding errors versus
traditional testing.
29% said they only practice TDD when they remember to.
53% defined TDD as writing a test before writing any code
47% defined it as writing tests for anything that could break.
Despite the lack of adoption, survey respondents cited several reasons
for practicing TDD. These include reduction in development time,
maintainability, fewer defects, faster feedback and a more extensible
system design.
“There is a trend of sticking to the tried and
tested methods however, there is a clear benefit to practicing
test-driven development,” said Andy Glover,
President of Stelligent. “Practicing TDD
allows developers to discover defects and fix them during the build
process resulting in greater confidence that the system will meet the
current requirements defined for it.”
