English?
I see a lot of questions from people having trouble with the PSM exam questions - and them wondering if it is the fact that they are not native English speakers... I *am* an English speaker, but I am having a problem understanding the English in this question...##what does it mean?
"Advantages of stating requirements as failing acceptance tests include (choose all that apply):"
or more to my point... what does it attempt to mean
PS - it is one of the OPEN assesment questions so there should be no problem with me repeating it here
I believe it is asking for advantages of stating negative acceptance criteria.
Here is what I am thinking as an example
As someone trying to book my flight, I want to be able to pick my departure & return dates, so that I can book flights on the days I would like
Negative Acceptance Criteria: If you do not enter a return date, prompt them to enter one with an error message
I can't be certain without seeing the list of options, but I suspect this question may be asking:
"What are the advantages of stating requirements as acceptance tests that initially fail"
In other words it may be querying the advantages of a test-first approach to development using the red-green-refactor principle.
As a "non-native" and "non-fluent" in English, my understanding is the same as Ian : "Advantages of ATDD ?"
It is true that this kind of sentence is not very easy to understand.
All the negative questions are also more tricky for non-native English.