Incorporating the testing mindset improves customer exploration of product needs. At the same time, agile test planning and delivery benefits from involvement in agile requirements analysis. In this experiential tutorial, participants examine a subset of agile analysis models in tandem with specifying acceptance criteria to verify and validate requirements. Participants experience how incorporating the tester mindset during requirements exploration accelerates test planning and specification, enhances product quality, and uncovers missing, conflicting, erroneous and unnecessary requirements.
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