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    "displayName": "Behavior-Driven Development (BDD)",
    "description": "A collaborative development practice where developers, testers, and business\nstakeholders co-author executable specifications in plain-language Given/When/Then\nscenarios. Builds on TDD by shifting focus from implementation to behavior,\nusing tools like Cucumber, SpecFlow, and Behave to automate acceptance criteria\nas living documentation.\n",
    "methodologyKind": "quality-focused",
    "origin": "Dan North",
    "yearIntroduced": "2006"
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