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added some things to watch out for when doing BDD (#26408)

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6. Resulting software design that matches existing and supports upcoming business needs.
7. Improved quality code reducing costs of maintenance and minimizing project risk.
And some things to watch out for, be aware of:
1. Beware of focusing too much on the tooling and less on the business objectives and collaboration.
2. Be careful not to use technical details in the steps.
3. Be careful not to focus on the implementation in the steps.
4. BDD may not be right for every project. Consider the trade offs and choose wisely. If you automate with BDD it does, usually, add a layer of complexity. Be sure that this work is necessary to provide the benefits you hope to gain. For example, just testers using BDD probably isn't a smart way to do BDD.
## More Information
* https://dannorth.net/introducing-bdd/
* Wiki on <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavior-driven_development' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>BDD</a>
* A well-known Behavior Driven Development (BDD) framework is [Cucumber](https://cucumber.io/). Cucumber supports many programming languages and can be integrated with a number of frameworks; for example, [Ruby on Rails](http://rubyonrails.org/), [Spring Framework](http://spring.io/) and [Selenium](http://www.seleniumhq.org/)
* [BDD Guide](https://inviqa.com/blog/bdd-guide)