Linking user stories and scenarios

One of the key benefits of AssertThat BDD, Cucumber & Test Management for Jira is that the BDD scenarios and user stories are available in one place - Native to Jira.  The BDD scenarios are presented alongside the user story in a format which makes it easy for the product owner, development and test teams to easily collaborate and develop the user story.

AssertThat BDD, Cucumber & Test Management for Jira presents all the feature files and scenarios in one place under the features menu.  The BDD scenarios can be linked to the user story, updated or new scenarios added from within the user story.

Scenarios can be developed either from within the Features Menu, or by adding Scenarios to feature files from within the User story. 

Display AssertThat plugin on Issue View

Step 1: When the plugin is first enabled you may need to switch on the AssertThat functionality on the Issue view, by clicking on the page

Link scenarios to user story

Scenarios can be linked to User Stories on the Issue View as detailed below. It is also possible to link user stories to Scenarios from the Features pages

Step 1: Open the user story and click on Select Scenario

Step 2: Start typing part of the feature name to display a list of features to select from. Then click on the feature name.

Step 3: From the drop down select the Feature file for the Scenario.  From the Scenario drop down select the Scenario or Select All Scenarios to be linked to the User Story

Step 4: When you have selected the scenarios from the list of scenarios in the feature file then select Save.  The scenarios will be linked to the user story.

Add new features from issue view

Step 1: To add a new feature from issue view simply start typing the new feature name. If the feature name doesn’t exist the the Add as new feature link will be displayed and a new feature will be setup.

Unlink scenario from user story

Step 1: To unlink the scenario from the user story, click the unlink button:

Set the scenario to automated or manual

Step 1: When the scenario is linked to the user story, complete the Scenarios detail by adding tags and setting the scenario as automated or manual which is required to Exporting Feature files for Automated Test Execution.