Gherkin is a very simple logic language that is used in software development to record acceptance criteria, among other things. Acceptance criteria define the conditions that must be met for a requirement to be considered fully implemented. They serve as a mediation between the requesting and implementing parties; Gherkin’s stringent structure allows expected outcomes to be clearly and delineated even before they are implemented in a very understandable way.
In transformation projects, Gherkin’s clear logic language helps optimally for focusing on the core of a requirement. This makes it easier to break down complex requirement areas into individual use cases or stories in an agile approach. In addition, it supports the focus on the user perspective, which is why its use is ideal in combination with customer journey maps, for example.