we’ve been using cucumber A BDD tool, for behavior driven developement begin with end in mind test for outcomes Aslak Hellesøy 1 million downloads as of oct 5th, 2011
So, instead of driving a browser, let the computer drive your test plan for you
value=biz value or value to end user
multiple language support, including LOLcat
when you’re done, it’s all green - like a cucumber this is not just for ruby, you can test PHP, Java, even .NET
our program manager interviewed key stakeholders and wrote up the features needed in Gherkin, the cucumber language and then I could create automated test